That said, I did download a pretty cool app for my phone today called MyFitnessPal which seems like its going to be pretty useful.
Not only does it come with a pretty cool widget (see the new weight loss thing on the right side of the page), but it has given me a target calorie number to hit if I want to lose weight, which seems like a cool idea now that I'm off the grog.
All you have to do, is set your current weight, age, sex and target weight loss (1.5lbs a week just so you know) and it tells you how many calories you are allowed a day (1660 for me). Then over the course of the day you get to add what food you have eaten all day. It really has everything, even particular brand foods so the calories and different weights and sizes so they are very accurate on the calorie counter.
With that in mind I thought I'd show you what I've eaten and how many calories I've eaten all day. What I have found, as you will see, is that I don't really eat that much and don't even hit the calorie target for a controlled weight loss. In fact, what I could see is that when I added what I usually drank in a night, that is where I would jump to or above the calorie target.
Fatty fatty alcohol
So here is what I ate today
Breakfast
Large Bowl of Just Right Cereal with Semi Skimmed milk - 232
Instant Coffee with Semi Skimmed milk - 31
Lunch
Protein Shake - 120
Dinner
Honey Chicken (1 cup) - 500
Garden Salad - 40
Egg - 85
Snacks
Carrot Sticks - 30
High Protein Bar - 180
Instant Coffee with Semi Skimmed milk - 31
Instant Coffee with Semi Skimmed milk - 31
TOTAL = 1280
Which as you can see is a lot less than the Goal calorie of 1660, and wait it gets even worse when you consider I went to the gym today and did 40 minutes of high intensity circuit training which burns off [according to the MyFitnessPal] around 271 calories.
This leaves me with a net calorie burn of 1009 which means that by the time this month is over I am going to be one skinny motherfucker!!!
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