January 3rd (Sunday)

Okay....I finally stepped on the scale. I was so afraid and knew it would be bad. Here is my moment of truth. I am weighing in at 178.6 pounds. Yikes! I'm so ashamed of letting my weight get way up there. I have figured out what I am doing wrong. I have been consuming too many calories. I just read an article in this American Fitness journal that I receive to my house every couple of months. It had an article about calories. It mentioned that the Adkins diet, although good can still lead to too many calories. You still have to burn calories. Even though you are cutting down on fat and carbs, but eating a lot of protein. Protein still has calories.
Okay, so here is what I decided to do. I am not going to do a fad diet...South Beach, Adkins, or anyother diet. I am just going to count calories. I have a copy of the Calorie King. They publish an updated one every year. I have the 2008 copy. I was looking through the book last night and saw that they have a free trial offer. I went to the site and it looks really good. All you have to do is type in what you weigh, your height,your activity level and it gives you a profile. You can type in what you have eaten and it will figure your carbs, fats, and calories. I just ate breakfast at Le Peeps and had a white omlette w/ white cheddar, mushrooms, and sundried tomatoes, oj, coffee w/cream, and a raisin english muffin w/butter. I'm already at 600 calories. Yikes! That is already half of the calories I'm allowed to consume. I'm trying to think of how to tackle the rest of the day. I think counting calories is the best idea. I did not realize that I was eating so many calories. I thought this mornings breakfast was not too bad at all. This is certainly going to be interesting. I think I'm going to keep doing the calories King counter. If you want to try it the website is www.calorieking.com/software.
Good luck!!!
Good Health!
Dianna