I know some AFG’s use the FitDay.
I saw it mentioned again in a blog so I thought I would check it out.
I like the reports that give a more accurate picture of my nutritional intake.
Yesterday (my first day) it looked pretty balanced: 33% fat, 47% carbs, 20% protein, 16% fiber.
The food search is wanting for variety so I am inputting most of my foods; things like Mac&Cheeze made with non-fat yogurt instead of milk & butter just aren’t on there!
I went to Calorie-Count after coming across a discussion board about how many calories expended vs taken in at someones lap-band blog. I discovered there that at my age weight and physical activity level I burn 2600 calories a day (I picked ’sedentary’ since I am not working or working out right now). That astonished me. I remember reading about all this stuff years ago and I guess I just thought it was inaccurate. I also discovered that to reach my goal of 160lbs. I can eat between 1850 – 2250 calories per day and lose between .75 – 1.25 lbs. per week; that’s being totally sedentary. If I add in 1 hour of exercise 4 times a week I can kick that up to 1 – 1 1/2lbs. per week.
If I eat 1850 and subtract 2600 I get a deficit of -750 calories a day.
If I eat 2250 calories and subtract 2600 I get a deficit of -350 calories a day.
I know other people have talked about all this but for me it is kind of a revelation. I can be totally LAZY and still lose weight? I can be MODERATE in my approach to exercise and still lose weight? Oh, OK. DUH. I get it now.

I kept track of my WW points and calories just to see how it would compare.
My points came out to 40 or 1,857 calories.
I then subtracted 5 Flex and came up with 35. Interesting that that is only about 3 points above my starting target range at WW. I have ‘played’ with the WW points to see how much of a difference it makes when you get down to say 25 per day. Well, if you are using your Flex Points and your exercise points you can zoom right back up to 30-35 pretty fast. Even if your daily allotment is 20 you can still get very close to 30 again for an average intake if you take your Flex Points and your exercise points. 35 is OK by me right now since my goal all along has been to crank it down to 39.

The only thing I am wondering about is how much the caloric expenditure/intake may change once I lose weight. Do I need to keep recalculating every time I lose 10lbs. or should I just recalculate when I have a significant weight loss change or become much more physically active? I couldn’t get any more INACTIVE then I am now unless I am bedbound.

1,850 calories sounds like a lot to me. 2,250 calories sounds insane! But, I think if I use it wisely and only eat up to the 2,250 when I am actually hungry it could be OK.

It’s all very interesting to me but the bottom line is that it will STILL take me until August of 2009 to get to my goal of 160lbs.. Yipes. Just in time to graduate from school and get a new job.
At least maybe then I won’t face fat prejudices from shallow prospective employers…nah, then I’ll just have to make sure I look ‘young’ and ‘fresh’, right??