I'm horrible at math. Completely horrible. So let's see if I can do this right.
3500 calories = 1 pound.
Thus to lose 1 pound in a week, one needs to eat 500 calories less per day than whatever it takes to sustain his/her current weight. (7 days x 500 calories = 3500 calories)
Interesting.
Good to know.
But like I said, I'm not counting calories.
It's boring.
It's depressing.
I find myself focusing too much on eating and on how hungry I feel.
But more importantly, I just don't want to do it.
Nope. Not gonna.
So instead, I'm working on portion size.
Perfect!
Except, wait, what is the right portion size?
I was just going for "smaller" than what I had.
But thanks to this refresher from the Chubby Girls Diary I realized that my smaller still wasn't quite small enough.
What the scallop? When did I start eating such huge masses of food? Smaller isn't even small enough? Sheesh!
So I followed Brenda's (I believe that's who posted it) lead and printed the portion size visuals out. (Thanks for the tip!) They are on the front of my fridge in plain sight, along with my "before" pictures. Every time I go to the fridge and think of getting something out I remember where I'm at and how I can get better.
And it's helping! (At least with helping me choose right amounts)
So there's the math if you're an analytical person and want to count calories.
And if you're more like me, use the visual - it'll be more your style.
Of course, then there's exercise. But that's a whole other ball of wax.
1 comment:
Something else to consider is that you don't JUSt have to eat less. You can combine your workouts with your diet. So if you burn 250 cals that is 250 cals less that you have to watch what you are eating. Don't forget workouts count!! :D
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