Calorie Calculator

To continue yesterday’s topic - when I see a weight gain of a couple of pounds - my action plan is as follows. I go to this website healthline.com and enter all the relevant stats about myself. Below are the results. I aim for the maintain weight calories. I know from experience that I maintain my weight on 1600 to 1700 calories a day. Yesterday I ate 1570 calories and this morning I was down 1.5 pounds.

I also aim to eat more protein, drink more water, and eliminate sweets and refined carbs more than usual.

Even though I’m convinced that weight loss / maintenance is 80% diet and 20% exercise, I am upping my fitness plan for this week. I consistently work out 3 or 4 times per week. This week I’m setting a goal of 5 workouts. This is a personal test for me to see if committing to it on the blog will keep me accountable. Exercise benefits me physically and mentally. I need the endorphins, people!

Last week’s workouts: Zumba with Michelle on Wednesday, swam 40 laps on Saturday, and ran 4 miles on Sunday, for a total of three workouts.

Thanks for reading!