My Fitness Pal

Ooops, I totally abandoned this blog... Whoops.

Been busy. Been using My Fitness Pal for about two and a half weeks. And I've put up two blog posts over there. Here they are!

BodyBugg returns! 
Posted on 2013-05-10

Well it's time to do this. Time to lose weight and be healthier in general.

I started a four-month-long health seminar on preventing diabetes last week, and one of the requirements of the class is that I keep a food log. I've tried to keep food logs before, but I wasn't as detailed (or as honest) as I needed to be, so it didnt really tell me all that it should. So far, so good! I've kept a food log for a week now. Some of the portion sizes I've had to guess at, but I'm being as honest as I can be.

Last night I charged up my BodyBugg again. I used it religiously for about 4 months then stopped around Valentine's Day. I want to get a more accurate calorie count for my exercising so I figured - why not? The subscription per month is only $6 and it's really useful. So I'm wearing that today and will continue wearing it!

Lessons Learned, Still Learning
Posted on 2013-05-20

I've been using My Fitness Pal for about two and a half weeks now and I've learned a few lessons.

* It's easier for me to eat better during the weeks. Likely because my schedule is pretty much the same every day. Get up early, work, lunch, work, go home. Eat small snacks I have at my desk during the day. Drink water. I definitely drink more water through the day when I'm at work than when I'm at home.

I can have a small but healthy breakfast (yogurt, fruit, etc.) and I bring my lunch or I go the Park Shops and I'm starting to do research about what's healthier before I go eat so I know what I'm eating, before I eat it.

* I definitely don't eat well on the weekends… No breakfast because sometimes I sleep late or I just don't eat it and then I head off to run errands. I've also had a few "extenuating circumstances" that allow me to snack and make it hard to log all of the food. A graduation party with lots of food last weekend, fondue dinner for my birthday this weekend, a baby shower with far too much food and desserts.Oh and drinking... so much drinking this past weekend.

I am learning to be a bit better at parties with large spreads of food. Scope everything out to see what's there before I make my choices, hunt down the veggies. Get away from the food table and go sit down to eat. These are situations that while they aren't every day, they are frequent, so I just need to continue to get better at handling them.

I'll have my next challenge this weekend... Memorial Day weekend at Canyon Lake with a lot of friends. A lot of food, a lot of snacking options, a lot of "grazing" options -- where you just nibble nibble nibble all day, and never really have a meal. A lot of desserts. A lot of soda in the fridge (one of my downfalls!).

But there are a lot of options for exercising. Swimming in the lake! I tend to wake up early -- early morning runs! The neighborhood is confusing and easy to get lost in, so I could just go for a run along the lake shore. Can't get lost there.