Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Day 120 - Weight Loss by the Numbers

So, I have decided to increase my calories to 1400 per day. I know this doesn't seem like a big increase, and I know I will have to increase even more, but I want to take it slow (because I am a Nervous Nellie!!) Yesterday, I tried adding in an afternoon snack because that is usually the time when I am hungriest... right after I get home from work at about 4:30pm with the kids while we are waiting for my husband to get home for dinner at about 6:30pm. Sometimes that can be a really LONG 2 hours!! Today I am going to try just adding some calories to my breakfast and lunch, and see which I prefer (eventually I will probably be able to do both!)...

Just for the fun of it, I have compiled some interesting statistics from my weightloss journey...

# of days to reach goal weight: 118
# of pounds lost: 40.8
# of calories on average I ate each day: 1467
# of calories on average I burned each day through exercise: 373
# of days that I ate over 2000 calories: 8
# of days that I ate over 5000 calories: 1
# of laughing cow cheese wedges eaten: 129
# of grapefruits eaten: 57
# of hours spent rambling to poor husband about dieting: countless!

I am going to try weighing myself every morning (for now) but I will continue to report my weight here only once per week.

Here is what I ate yesterday:

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3 comments:

  1. Diane, Fit to the FinishSeptember 15, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    I love that you have such detailed records of your eating. I think that slowly adding in a few calories is a great way to figure out where the "maintenance magic number" is for you. For me, it's probably about 2000. I don't count calories per se, but that's my estimate which is probably pretty accurate.

    You should be so proud of yourself and all you have accomplished.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    Wow, it took me over a year to lose what you lost in 4 months. I think I just went straight to maintenance lifestyle, skipped the weight loss part.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 15, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    Good for you ! add a little here and there and see where it leads you ! Slowly adding is best anyway ! Love your stat list ......my husband suffer from my diet ramblings too !

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