I have always believed that counting calories is detrimental to the diet process. I think it leads to a hateful, resentful relationship with food. Food is necessary to live and it brings happiness, why hate it? Because when you are counting calories, that bear claw you're craving that has 800 calories is the enemy. And no one wants to hate pastries.
Anywho, James convinced me to download "Livestrong Lite - Calorie Counter." I whined and moaned, but I downloaded it. We discovered that, in order to lose 2 pounds a week, James is restricted to 1899 calories and I am restricted to 1665 calories a day.
At first it seemed easy, until you add in all the grazing we do. For those who don't know, grazing is when you wander in and out of the kitchen snacking on chips, cheese, munchies, or whatever. Yesterday, my grazing accounted for 20% of my caloric intake. Definitely going to need to watch that.
Next blog post: chicken rice bowls for 350 calories!
Eventual blog post: examining my emotional relationship with food and sharing a few secrets
Keep walking!
Meredith
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