Well, I jumped off the wagon and made a break for it early last week, and it was good for me. I was really demoralized by the weight gain, and I needed to take a break to soothe my frustration.
But now I'm back on track, with a new plan. I don't think my body really uses 2500 calories a day, and I think overestimating my maintenance calories was part of my problem. I'm not going to try to calculate them again, because I think that any calculator I use is going to overestimate them. So, rather than try to get a scientific number based on general trends, I'm just going to pull a number out of the air: 2200. That's how many calories I need to maintain on an average day.
2200 x 7 = 15400. 15400 - 6000 = 9400. 9400/7 = 1342. So I'm trying to average 1350/day, ballpark. Good enough for me. I was losing at that before, so I can lose at that now. Go me!
(Weekly calorie goal = 9450)
UPDATE, 3/3: I'm at 9230 and I've still got a day left. I don't think I'm going to make that goal. *sigh* Stupid pizza.
Total calories for week: 10955
WEDNESDAY
vitamin - yes
Breakfast - coffee: 70
cake: 50
Lunch - veg. beef soup: 300
salad - 150
diet coke
Candytime - Snickers: 280
Dinner - 10 oz steak: 400
asparagus: 100
sugar free jello: 20
Snack - reduced fat pringles: 70
70 + 50 + 300 + 150 + 280 + 400 + 100 + 20 + 70 = 1440
THURSDAY
vitamin - no
Breakfast - fun size milky way: 90
coffee: 70
jellybean: 4
(mmm...candy and coffee--breakfast of champions)
10:45 - 10 jellybeans: 40
.5L water
Lunch - salisbury steak (kind of) mushroom gravy, some potatoes, and salad: 950
.5L water
10 jellybeans: 40
Candytime - 39 jellybeans: 156
.5L water
Dinner - pork chop: 160
asparagus: 50
ice cream - 160
204 + 950 + 40 + 156 + 160 + 50 + 160 = 1720
FRIDAY
vitamin - no
I forgot to track this on Friday, and I have no idea what I ate. Just that I ate a whole lot of it. I did drink all the water, though.
I'm going to put Friday's calorie intake at...1900?
SATURDAY
See also, Friday. Let's see what I can recall...
Breakfast - peanut butter - 200
Lunch - turkey sandwich: 350
chips: 140
cookie: 200
Dinner - a whole lotta pizza: 1000
200 + 690 + 1000 = 1890
SUNDAY
Breakfast - Coffee: 40
muffin: 300
Lunch - Wendy's taco salad: 610
Dinner - pig in a blanket: 150
chips: 200
dip: 100
340 + 610 + 450 = 1400
MONDAY
Breakfast - jello: 10
chips & salsa: 200
Lunch - LC chicken pasta thing: 370
jello: 10
Dinner - LC 3-bean chili: 280
chips: 175
jello: 10
210 + 380 + 465 = 1055
TUESDAY
vitamin - yes
Breakfast - coffee: 70
fun size milky way: 90
Lunch - chicken breast with tomato sauce: 240
pasta: 150
salad: 80
diet coke
.5L water
Candytime - 10 jellybeans: 40
Dinner - hamburger casserole: 750
milk: 100
jello: 10
160 + 490 + 40 + 860 = 1550
Posted by Joy at February 26, 2003 08:24 AM