Hopefully-Daily Calorie Rundown

[sincere]

I'm calorie counting. In public so that you all can shame me if I fail to do so. The idea is to have four meals at 350 calories apiece throughout the day and to try to avoid straying above my daily allotment of 1400 calories. I will occasionally (and hopefully not often) indulge in "splurging" meals (usually Chinese or sushi) where I won't count, since I physically... can't. As long as the rest of the day / week is on track, it shouldn't be a big deal...

1/17 - Tuesday

BREAKFAST: 7am
[sandwich] [idk]
1050 calories left

I unthinkingly purchased two deli sandwiches with no calorie counts while at King Soopers. I ate only about half of it and decided to just write it off as the full calorie count for the meal and not let it drag me down.

SECOND BREAKFAST: 10am
Skinny Cow snack 120 calories
[brownie?] 100 calories
830 calories left

That's right, I'm a fucking hobbit. Co-worker pressured me into eating one of her gluten-free brownies! I very nobly only had a quarter of a piece of one, sacrificed my planned granola bar, and gave it the same calorie count.

LUNCH: 1pm
DM Beef Stew 250 calories
580 calories left


DINNER: 9pm wtf
Macaroni/meat sauce 250 calories
Green beans 60 calories
270 calories left


SUCCESS!

Current weight:

...tbe. probably 175 lbs, I usually am.
171 lbs last night. Wooo!

Comments

[canavasary]

I should probably do this. I should do this.

[sincere]

I've been "hypothetically" counting for a while now. By hypothetically I mean "We bought foods in the 300 calorie range and then ate them". But we didn't count, we snacked, and soon enough "Oh, a cup of grapes is 100 calories" evolved into "Eh, this bunch of grapes is probably a cup! /too lazy"

So I'm just documenting it now, in the hopes that it'll keep me honest. You can count with me if you feel like undertaking a completely crazy endeavor!!

[oneill]

Get you some, Kay. ツb

I will occasionally (and hopefully not often) indulge in "splurging" meals (usually Chinese or sushi) where I won't count

Good idea. I figure if you do what you're supposed to do 90% of the time, you can afford to do what makes you happy that remaining 10%.

[sincere]

/highfive!

I figured, I'm already trying to change like four major things about my lifestyle, which everyone says you should never do. If I try to cut out Chinese food and sushi, eventually it'll screw me over -- whether because I stop counting because I'm so busy beating myself up for one meal with unaccountable and probably too many calories, or because I'll end up going "I deserve sushi, I had a rough day at work" "I deserve Chinese, I had a headache" "I deserve a pizza, I was sad briefly today" and suddenly I ordered in five times in the week. I'm the worst at excuses.

Thanks for the support ♥