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Here I go,since my day is over I will get the ball rolling... thanks to fitday.com I have started counting calories- I need some help though, see my questions below...

My goal is to lose only a few pounds to put me back to fitting into a dress i need to wear to a wedding on April 30th, exercise should do it but keeping a log will hopefully keep me away from sugary treats which are bad for me!


My BMR is 1406 basal but with "lifestyle" which I checked as "seated some movement" it rises to 2320- Which should I count to get to my food budget? Okay, someone else will probably be able to answer this better but as I am the only one here right now, you get my take on it! If you figure out how much weight you want to lose, it will tell you how many calories to minus from the number. Like my BMR is 1834, but to lose 5 lbs in one month I have to minus 625 fewer calories than my body burns. So that makes it.. 1209, and then I get to add whatever calories I burn from exercise.. Does that make sense for you? The best way I can explain this is..... it takes a deficit of 3500 calories (example: 500 x 7 days = 3500) in order to lose ONE pound

I did very little exercise today as I am still sick but that is no reason to pile on the pounds! I DID cook dinner thought and cleared up a little. Don't worry about not exercising if you are sick, if you push yourself you'll just get more sick and then you'll really be out of service for a while! I agree...when your sick...rest and keep the fluids in ya.

ANYWAY here's my log:

Breakfast: small white breadroll (warm so no butter etc needed) Bowl of porridge made on water, teaspoon of honey yum

Lunch: another small breadroll, a cow what is that? & gate fruit cup, 200ml Chocolate soymilk

Dinner: Gnocchi with homemade pasta sauce that contained zucchini, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, tomato puree, herbs and peppers, it was REALLY yummy Sounds delicious. YUMMERS!!
Dessert: another fruit cup

Water: at least 6 pint glasses, I have a sore throat so have been slugging it back- so 120 oz What should my water goal be?
You want to drink half an ounce of water for every lb you weigh. So I weigh 160 right now, which means my goal is 80 oz of water. YES!!
This is the formula I use too. I think much of the world still goes 8 glasses a day, but for a big guy for instance that isn't enough. For me it is 65-70 but being I am trying to lose weight and have tendency to C I try to drink 80 a day- 100 a day in hot summer or when sweating a lot. More than that would be ridiculous.
My total calories for the day are 1445.

I had NO sweets or biscuits today. Good job!!! This could be (a) Because I finished both packs of the ones I like yesterday. or (b) because I am sensible and being good. Hee hee, I think that's why I didn't have any chocolate today.. I WANTED some, but there wasn't any around and I am housebound today with loads of homework to do, ha ha. Good job anyway, the longer without sweets, the less you'll crave them! Or that's how it works for me anyway.

I really wanted to go for a walk today but absolutely wasn't up to it, I never even got dressed I am hoping to go to work tomorrow and if I do I will bring my runners and walk home, it clears my head and takes 35-40mins so its good exercise too. If the weather's OK I will probably drag P for a 40 minute walk tomorrow evening too. Just hope I am feeling better... I hope you're feeling better too! Take it easy, don't worry about missing a few days.. you need to rest while you're sick. You'll be back on your feet soon enough.

Thanks for listening! Sure...it is great to have ya back!! Shell

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Any time!! Glad to have you aboard!
Cheers!
Steph

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