New Measurements!

It's the 15th, which means I take new measurements!

Neck: 12 inches (no change)
Waist: 29 inches (-.8 inches)
Hips: 39.5 inches (-1.3 inches)

I'd rather see myself losing inches than losing pounds. While both would be nice, seeing these numbers feels better.

Yesterday, I figured out my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and my TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure).  So, basically, my TDEE, which is 2330, is how many calories I need daily to maintain my weight. My BMR, which is 1510, is the number of calories I burn if I stay in bed all day. According to the websites I've read and the people I've talked to on MFP, it's best to eat at least your BMR. In order to find out how many calories you should eat to lose weight, subtract 15%-20% from your TDEE. Thusly, my new calorie goal is 1864, daily.

I bet that was confusing. Here are a few links I used to figure all this out:

BMR Calculator
Fat2Fit
Scooby's Workshop

Not today

Due to many factors beyond my control (kinda), I am going to stop counting calories as of 4 o'clock. I started the day off badly by eating 3 timbits, and I have also been working (slowly) on my research article evaluation that is due tomorrow. (It's a research article about how librarians do not do research. Oh the irony!) Anyway, that means no gym for me today and we're going out for sushi later, so there is no hope for me. I'll still watch what I eat, but I won't have actual numbers to show for it.


To compensate for my lack a daily food entry later on, here are two tweets my friends posted. I like them, and I find them inspiring and often-times hilarious.

Change

I just changed around some settings on My Fitness Pal. Since I first started being active on that site, I said I wanted to lose 2 pounds a week. It set my calorie limit to 1200 a day. I've been eating (more or less) 1200 calories a day for about a month now, and I haven't lost anything.

I've been reading on the forums, that some women up their calorie intake, and because of that they've been able to hurdle the plateau they've been stuck at. So, I changed around some settings. I told the site that I'd want to lose 1 pound per week, and it bumped my calorie intake to 1470. We'll see if it helps!