I downloaded the Lose It app, as that has been the most highly rated that I have seen, and boy is that thing upsetting. To mess around with it and see how it works, I programmed that I want to lose 1 pound per week. So I logged all of my food an exercise (and can I just express how much I love the "barcode scan" feature on the app? That thing finds everything) and I came in at about 1,000 Calories over what it said I should have logged for the week (I went to two Christmas parties last week, which put me over my Calorie limit twice) in order to lose 1 pound (which would be a 3,500 Calorie deficit). By the logic of the app, I should still weigh about what I weighed last week.
Instead, I am 3 pounds heavier.
Ugh.
And I was supposed to be starting school again today, which I was hoping would help with routine/stability/weight loss, but I live in the Midwest, and it is currently 20 below zero (with a wind chill of -40) so school is closed.
So I am at home, trying to ignore all of the food in my house, and I should be studying. But instead, I think I am going to read some of Wasted because that book always gets me motivated.
I did well last year. I can do well again this year.
Those guides never work for me either about how much you can eat to gain, lose, maintain etc. It's so annoying. Well, you know I'm on a mission to lose too. Good luck to us both!
ReplyDeleteI tried the Loseit app - but it wasn't for me. It's not an app people use here in the Scandinavia and I couldn't use the scan thingie either cause it just didn't have the product in it's register or something..
ReplyDeleteHappy new year hon and GL with your goals.
Thank you. I missed it here. Enjoying catching up on your posts!
ReplyDeleteThe holidays are finally over, so you won't have that as an obstacle anymore. I love Wasted, it's my favorite ED book. Lately I've been staying motivated reading Ana Regzig's blog after you referenced it in a post a few months ago.
Good luck! Hope the weather warms up there sometime soon.