Switchin it up...

So today I decided that maybe for the first half of my journey or even the whole time, that I should try to stick to a certain amount of calories a day. My first couple of weeks I was just winging it and just looking at the portion and if it seemed like the right size i ate it. And I obvioulsy did lose 6 pounds using this method. But I feel that at the weight and size that I am that I should have some structure. So today after doing some research i decided on 1600 calories, which seems like a reasonable amount =)

It takes a little bit more time to do, but I would rather spend a few extra minutes measuring out portions when I know that the outcome will be me ultimately being thinner. That definitely makes it worth it =) And when I start having my free days i will still try to stick to this same amount.

Speaking of structure I also tried to eat every two hour exactly, and I have to say that I did stay full all day it was amazing...I started eating at 10 and had my last big meal at 6:15..I had one snack hours later with tea but I still had calories left over. Now I could have just drank the tea(beacuse I wasn't even hungry)and not had some of the cookies in the 100 Calorie Chips Ahoy bag, but I cant change all my bad habits at once >_< class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">minutes of walking.....I think what the problem was that I was not stretching AT ALL before my exercise and that is definitely not a good idea not to stretch. So tomorrow is another day,and hopefully the stretching relieves the problem =)

Ok so here is my food journal for today including calories:
Breakfast- 1 1/4 cups of cereal and 1 cup of 2% milk = 350 cals
Snack- 12 grapes, 6 cherries, and 18 pretzels =170 cal
Lunch- Turkey Meatloaf Sandwich on wheat buns w/1Tbls of Mayo, greens,& tomato = 450 cals
Snack- 7 raw almonds = 60 cals
Dinner- Turkey wrapped asparagus and a big salad w/croutons and tomatoes = 342 cals
Snack- Mint Tea and 100 Calorie Pack Chips Ahoy = 100 cals
48 ounces of water
Total for the whole day = 1472