Daily Calorie Counter

Ok, so I went online and found a few different daily calorie counters:

http://www.acefitness.org/calculators/daily-caloric-needs-calculator.aspx

2155 to maintain current weight

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

2154 to maintain

1920 to lose

http://my.apexfitness.com/vip/fitness_calculators/daily_caloric_needs.php

2516 to maintain

http://www.active.com/fitness/calculators/calories.htm

2603 to maintain

As you can see they are all telling me that I can have over 2000 calories a day to maintain my weight. Well, that is NOT going to happen. First of all, I would have a tough time consuming that many calories while eating MANY more vegetables. And since that is my plan, I should easily be able to keep my caloric intake down. The problem is, I can't go TOO far down or my body will start conserving the fat on my body. This is why I will definitely keep some meat and fish in my diet. The last link tells me I can intake the highest amount of calories to maintain my current weight, but it also told me that to lose weight I should take in no more than 1800 calories. That didn't really surprise me.

For example, tonight I am making me a small portion of salmon on top of all of the different vegetables I had in my freezer. As I said earlier, I'm a bit broke after the holidays but I'm back to work tomorrow so before the end of the week I will be able to pick me up some much more desirable foods.

Well, this is not the BEST meal I've ever had, but it isn't the worst either. I am not real big on salmon but we had it in the house so that's what I'm eating. As long as I eat it with my broccoli I am much happier. I love broccoli.

So, as for how many calories that meal was, well, I'm not sure. But I am sure that it didn't come anywhere near my limit for the day. My day is almost over and chances are the only other thing I will have to eat (possibly) will be an 80 calorie yogurt cup. Tomorrow I will make much more effort to at least get in ENOUGH calories. I figure if I can aim for about 1800 calories a day, and walk on my treadmill and maybe even use my weights, then I should be able to begin losing weight. So, I need some veges and fruits.

Speaking of veges and fruits I also found a site that has some really delicious sounding smoothies. Right now I do not own a blender (in the past I had really no use for them) but it is looking like that is going to be one of my first investments. There is no reason why I can't make something as simple as a smoothie for at least one of my meals.

I have decided to try very hard to keep my breakfast and lunch meals to strictly vegetables and fruits. I may not always suceed, but if I don't try I'll never know. And then for dinner I will have a SMALL portion of whatever meat or fish I make for my fiance. In the end he may actually appreciate me doing this because he will get more homemade meals instead of the take out we have so very often. Being just the two of us on the weekdays, we tend to find it much easier to just order out. Not anymore!! That is one of my goals as well, to be able to make him more decent meals. Just because he is thin as a rail does not mean that he is necessarily healthy.