My Fitness Pal

So I decided yesterday that I would follow the trendy kids and start using My Fitness Pal. I IMMEDIATELY regretted that decision and thought my life was over! I spent the next 6 hours or so pouting over the fact that the damn thing told me I should only be eating 1280 calories a day! Most my conversations went something like this FOR REAL! Who the hell lives off 1280 calories, that's 400 a meal! What the hell am I supposed to eat? I'm going to starve! And no wonder I'm still freaking pudgy! Then as I actually started inputting food into it I realized that it is more than doable to live off that and most days I was probably eating fewer calories than I thought I was. It definitely made me hold myself accountable for what I ate and not sneak in little snacks which is a good thing, plus I drank 11 glasses of water yesterday! Go me! I'm not a water drinker and I always struggle with drinking enough, but I have been trying to drink more and this morning I can really see a difference. My tummy looks much slimmer this morning than it has in a few weeks (not over eating probably had something to do with that too!). I ate everything I wanted to eat yesterday (besides sneaking a few hershey kisses here and there, which I normally do) and came in at 1272 calories. So I'm done bitching about how I'm going to starve because I even got in a piece of chocolate cake yesterday. I am going to be meal planning like an SOB this weekend though because I don't want to come home and not have anything made and go out and grab something easy and ruin all my hard work. I honestly was pretty impressed with how much I could eat and stay under 1280 calories, check it out.

 



I know you can't probably read what it is that I actually ate, but you can see that there is quite a bit in there. For breakfast I had light and fit vanilla greek yogurt, a cutie, and a cup of coffee with skim milk. For Lunch I had asparagus, wild rice, an apple, a grilled chicken breast, and a piece of chocolate cake womp womp... For a snack I had a handful of almonds, a cutie, and a cup of tea. For dinner I had chicken con creme ( a mexican dish with chicken, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, and sour cream), a corn tortilla, and a 100 calorie keebler shortbread cookie snack pack. I was honestly surprised that the chicken con creme wasn't more calories, but that was definitely a good surprise! I went over on the day for sugar which I knew I would because of the fruit, but I think there is a difference between natural and artificial sugars. I will tackle that monster later. I also went over on protein which surprised me because I didn't think I ate that much protein! But apparently 2 chicken breasts will do you in, but that's also not changing right now because there is NO WAY I can just have fruits and veggies for lunch I really will starve. So it's safe to say I'm now addicted to My Fitness Pal, I already logged my coffee for the day (49 freaking calories!). I got in another 3 mile run yesterday in 30:30 holla!!! I think I am going to one more 3 miler and then start doing 3.2 so I'm ready for my 5k :-) Today will be a sprint and strength day. MFP doesn't give me any calories for doing strength training :-( but I feel like I burn at least 100 because I don't take breaks and try and keep my heart rate up so it's not just an easy day. Can't wait to do my measurements and pictures next weekend!