Deb_N's Journal, 13 October 2014

Before I joined FatSecret I was walking very little. 300 steps was about it. I am retired so I was walking from the computer to the kitchen three times a day. After I got my pedometer heart rate monitor, I walked about 1300 steps on a "good" day, when I bought groceries. On the day that I joined FS, November 25, I only walked 785 steps, because I was sitting at the computer reading everything. ;) I knew that I had to walk more and eat less. Today I checked my data on my step count and saw that four days after I joined FS I walked 4027 steps! In the month before my February doctor appointment I was walking an average of 5280 steps a day. So I think joining FS was the best thing that ever happened to me, for many reasons. The things I have learned from the members here cannot be enumerated. Thank all of you for the support and encouragement! Even after my doctor appointment, I was not slacking off and walked an average of 4146 steps each day. As I approach my goal weight I have been walking less, but my food choices are low calorie and I am never hungry. If I have a restaurant meal or dinner at someone else's house, I walk more steps earlier in the day to make sure that I never burn less calories than I consume. This plan is working for me. :)

139.6 lb Lost so far: 62.4 lb.    Still to go: 3.6 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1070 kcal

Fat: 32.95g | Prot: 62.85g | Carb: 124.95g.   Breakfast: Trader Joe's Raw Brazil Nuts, Black Tea, Splenda No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Great Value Low Fat Small Curd Cottage Cheese, Black Pepper, Southern Grove Almonds, ProGrade Nutrition whey protein powder vanilla, Tap Water. Lunch: Baker's Corner Cajun Cornbread & Muffin Mix, Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active), BetterBody Organic Chia Seeds, Wheat Montana Milled Flax Seed, Millville Old Fashioned Oats, Black Pepper, Southern Grove Dry Roasted Unsalted Peanuts, Dried Whole Sesame Seeds, Tap Water. Dinner: Coffee, Diamond Crystal Brands Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, Happy Farms Deli Sliced Muenster Cheese, Mission Mission Carb Balance Whole Wheat Fajita tortillas, Great Value Broccoli Florets, Baby Carrots, Happy Harvest Cut Green Beans, Casa Mamita Fat Free Refried Beans. Snacks/Other: Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active), Wrigley Orbit Sugar Free Chewing Gum - White Spearmint, Great Value Decaffeinated Iced Tea with Peach Drink Mix, Ice Breakers Ice Cubes Sugar Free Gum Cool Lemon, Wrigley Extra Dessert Delights Sugarfree Gum - Peach Cobbler, America's Choice Red Delicious Apple, Blueberries (Unsweetened, Frozen). more...