I've been formally tracking my calorie consumption for 10 days now. The goal was 2 weeks, so I've got just a few more to go. It's surprisingly easy, as long as I can find out the calorie content of each food. That's the hardest part, mostly for the eating out.
Take Famous Dave's for example. The only relevant items that I could find online were the firecracker beans (60 per 6oz serving). Good to know but it's the ribs I was really curious about.
I wasn't trying to make any major changes while I was tracking my calorie intake, I mainly wanted to know how much I was actually eating. I didn't skip any meals. I ate on all my breaks. I usually ate when I was hungry (sometimes had to wait 30-45 minutes because lunch break hadn't arrived yet).
The things I did change were simple to me. I knew soda was a bigger part of my diet than I'd like it to be so I mostly switched it for water on breaks and with meals. If I felt hungry at work, I went to get a drink of water and that helped most times. I switched to caffeine-free diet coke for lunches because I was still craving sweet fluids during lunch. I didn't stop drinking soda completely but I did manage to cut it to one or two cans every other day.
The other interesting thing with this tracking the calories was where those calories are coming from. Over the last few months I've been trying to balance the macro-nutrients (carbohydrates, fats and proteins) at each meal and also with each snacks (that's not easy without turning a snack into a full-fledged meal). But a bigger issue is the alcohol consumption. I just drink too much, for good health and for too many calories. So I'm taking a long break away from any heavy drinking after this St. Cloud fun hangout time.
I weighed myself last night and I weigh 184.5 lbs. Now, I don't know how accurate the last measurement was since I thought the battery was dead. But if that was correct, that means I've lost 4 pounds just from being observant of what I eat and making some minor changes on top of that. ( and yes, I weighed myself in the nude, no glasses, after I ate but with an empty bladder... just because you wanted to know)
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check out sparkpeople.com you can get the calorie amounts for food and keep track of them there. It's free. You can even keep track of things like fiber, protein, an vitamins. Although it might be a little too involved for your tastes...I do not know. I have been using it.
I'll check that out, thanks.
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