Good morning. Of course today is my weigh in day. And it appears I have done something wrong. I know the pizza was not a good idea last week! I learned that after I ate it. But I do think I have figured something out here and I wanted to know what all other calorie counters thought about it. I think I remember everyone saying to play around with the calorie intake and see what is a good number of calories to eat each day to lose weight. So here I am.
I went through my fitday journals to get all of my daily calories so I could see where I went wrong. I think I found it!!! I can't figure out the averages each week though... I never was good at math.
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Here is a legend to the diagram I am sharing...
___ = New week (weigh in day)
+ = Above 1600 calories (my doc said 1600 calories a day)
- = Below 1600 calories
Start Weight.... 192.4
8/26...............
- 1199
8/27...............
+ 1709
8/28...............
+ 1632
8/29...............
+ 1759
8/30...............
+ 1731
8/31...............
- 1192
Total Calories... 9222 (1 day short of a full week)
Weigh In......... 193.8
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9/01...............
- 1441
9/02...............
+ 1626
9/03...............
- 1253
9/04...............
+ 1845
9/05...............
- 1220
9/06...............
- 1493
9/07...............
- 1477
Total Calories... 10355
Weigh In......... 193.2 (showed weight loss on scale)
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9/08...............
- 1310
9/09...............
+ 2278 (pizza)
9/10...............
- 1210
9/11...............
- 1439
9/12...............
- 1481
9/13...............
- 1260
9/14...............
- 1530
Total Calories... 10508 (highest calorie week)
Weigh In......... 194.8 (weight gain on scale)
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I am thinking if my calorie intake was lower everyday I might see a loss on the scale each week. I mean for example if you look at week 1 and add in the 7th day.. an average daily calorie (about 1550) it equals around about what my 3rd week ended up at... which I gained. But the 2cd (middle) week I had less calories and saw a loss on the scale.
So instead of eating 1400 to 1800 calories a day I thought I should go to 1400 to 1600 a day. However, now that I look at it... maybe I should go lower???? If I could figure out the average daily calories for each individual week that might help me see what would be better.
Anyway, I would like to know what you all think. I have been exercising everyday... a minimum of 2 miles I beleive is the least I have done. Thanks in advance for your input.