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Your Daily Meal Plan for Your Weight Loss Journey

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Since each of us is different, our bodies all have their own nutrition needs.  Do you know what your body needs for a healthy diet?

Most of us don’t know.  The truth is, the amount of food our body physically needs is much less than what most Americans eat per day.  After we know, and accept, the amount of food we actually need, it is much easier to accept that we overeat for other reasons.

I found a great calculator by the US government that gives you your daily calorie needs for your age, sex, height, and weight.  After entering this data, it gives you a .pdf sheet with not only the calories for the day, but also the types of food for a day and minimum exercise.

For example, here is daily intake plan for a 60 year old female, 5 foot, and 220 pounds (which will produce a weight loss at an acceptable rate):

Daily Plan for 60 years, 5', 220 lbs Woman - 1600 cal/day

Daily Plan for 60 years, 5', 220 lbs Woman - 1600 cal/day

Then, to help you to use this plan, they give you a sheet to help plan and track your food intake during each day:

MyPyramid Worksheet

Very nice tool to help you choose what you plan for your daily nutrition needs.  If you already know your daily calorie intake goal, you can go to this table of links to Calories Results and Food Tracking Worksheets for 1000-3200 calories per day (in increments of 200 calories).

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When Life Gets in the Way

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Life, as we all know, consists of plans and directions altered by twists and turns every where.  So what happens to our weight journey when life gets in the way?

I have a wonderful family.  My grandchildren are all young and adorable (that changes as they grow).  I want to be a part of their lifes which go by so fast.  I also have a 40 hour a week job which I was hoping to be able to quit by now.  Events of the recent past have increased my debt rather than lessen it.  So, I am stuck working at a decent pay – very decent – instead of being the care giver I want to be for the grand-kids.

It is time to make a decision.  I talked to a realtor, finalized my plans to sell my house, and now I have several things to do to get the house ready to sell, fixing, packing, trashing, selling, storing, and moving.  All this on my already time crunched schedule.

What does this have to do with weight loss or even weight management?  Think of the extra stress, the missed meals, the drive through food pickups to save time, etc  etc etc.  Yes,  what does  it have to do with my weight loss journey?

It is a bump in the road; A huge bump.  It will be hard to practice the new habits I have built during the past year or so.  Thankfully, I am on a portion control plan where I purchase my meals and snacks all ready for the microwave.  The longest any takes to cook is 6 minutes.  I also will be taking an appetite suppressant to avoid binges.  I will have to purchase fruits and veggies all ready prepared to have on hand as I munch through my tasks.

And exercise?  I think I will be getting much more exercise than I want, thank you for asking.

All of this is to say – life is not always smooth on your weight loss journey, but you have to continue to reach your goal and past that to maintain your goal.  It is also to say I probably won’t get much time to post.   So, hit the RSS button  for a subscription to your favorite reader or for an email subscription.  And feel free to browse the 65 posts or more plus the extra pages.  There is a wealth of good information written just for you.

Leave a comment and tell what you do when life gets in the  way.  :-)

 When Life Gets in the Way
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