Monday May 30th

Monday May 30th was the day I set to be my first day. I woke up and had an open faced tuna sandwich with light non fat mayo for breakfast. I went on a 2.5 mile hike. Came home and made and shared a Jamba Juice make it yourself smoothie and 1 pita with some hummus. Went to see a movie (Hangover 2), and then went to Islands and had a Turkey Burger on a wheat bun...with fries. I dont know calories that well, but my guess is 350 for the tuna sandwich, 120 for the jamba juice, 120 for the 1 pita and hummus, and 1100 for the turkey burger and fries for a total of 1,690. Not terrible, I know I should not of eaten the fries, and to be honest, I dont know if those calories are accurate. But here comes the worst part. As we are leaving Islands, the wife says, "your daughter wants something at Dairy Queen, pull in there" meaning she was having a pregnant craving. Well... she got excited I was going to come in with her which I normally just wait for her to get it and come back to the car...and I fail on day 1. I got a small blizzard. 600 calories. For a total of 2,290. I also ate a handful of strawberries and some cherry tomatoes throughout the day.

So - as I was writing this I did some research from the Internet and found out how many calories my body burns a day (I know this could be off by a bit). Using the Harris-Benedict Formula, my BMR is 2,341. My activity level is probably a little less than Lightly Active, so I will say its a 30% multiplyer (702), and my digestion calories are 304. So my total daily caloric expenditure is 3,347. Is that right? It seems crazy. Can someone out there help me out? haha. So, does that mean my body burns 3,350 calories day right now? Is that really how much Im eating? It doesnt make sense. So, if I want to loose 2 lbs a week, I need to intake 1,000 calories less than 3,350 so 2,350? So, even with the Blizzard I ate I still hit my goal of 2lbs a week? It seems too easy, and also doesn't make sense as to why I haven't lost weight already. Well, maybe I was eating a lot more than I thought. Lets plan it out. If I can limit myself to a net of 1,500 calories a day including exercise my weekly intake would be 10,500 which is 12,950 calories under what my body burns a week which is around 3.5 lbs a week. My goal is to loose 55 lbs which at that pace would take me about 16 weeks. This is the first week. The end of September is around when I will hit my goal. When my daughter is born in the middle of August I will have lost near 35 lbs. Now, I also know that as you get skinner, the daily calorie burn gets smaller so I have to work out more. I understand that, but I think I can do it. Lets loose some weight.