I got the glass grinder shipped today, so I'm adding $75.57 to the challenge for a total of $3,603.83.
I also weighed myself this morning as promised and was pleasantly surprised to find I weigh 145 pounds instead of the 150 I thought based on my last encounter with the scale.
The weight times 10 formula isn't going to work for me since I am fairly active, so I figured out my calorie requirements using an online calculator. This is what I came up with:
To maintain my weight, I need to consume: 1730 calories on sedentary days, 1799 on light activity days, 2076 on moderate activity days and 2352 for very active days.
To lose weight, the numbers are: 1230 calories for sedentary, 1299 for light activity, 1576 for moderate activity, 1,852 for very active days.
Now my problem is figuring out what qualifies as moderately active and very active. My guess is most days I fall in the moderately active category. I alternate running with swimming. And the duration varies from 3 to 6 miles on the running, and a half mile to 1 mile on the swimming. And, I'm not always consistent about working out every day. (Any trainers or dieticians out there want to chime in here, feel free....)
The good news is I'm never sedentary and only "lightly active" a couple times a week when I do little more than walk from here to the corner to meet the school bus.
Gosh, this weight management stuff is almost as confusing as financial matters....
Stepped on the scale and a challenge addition
February 25th, 2008 at 09:10 pm
February 25th, 2008 at 09:19 pm 1203974380
Good luck! Calorie counting works, but it takes a lot of concentration (and control over your food), so I've never been able to stick to it for really extended periods of time.
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http://www.wvda.org/calcs/fcals.htm