Finished my first week of logging my food in over 6 months! (Just getting started and saying hi!)

At the beginning of this year I got a Fitbit flex. I used it some but after a trip out of the country (basically eating out for 3 weeks) I had given up on logging my food and didn't start back up when I got home.

A little over a week ago I stepped on the scale at my doctor's office and I finally realized that I had gained a lot more weight than I thought. I knew my clothes were tighter but the numbers kicked me into gear. I bought a scale and initially weighed in at 174 pounds. I had looked at keto before but it seemed too difficult to start with as it's so different from what I like to eat right now and it cuts out several of my favorite foods. Im a vegetarian and for protein I eat a lot of beans, lentils and some soy which tend to be pretty high carb. So I kept looking and I found this sub.

Im not sure how but this weekend I weighed in at 171.6 pounds. My goal is 131 and I'm 5 ft. 5 in, 22yo female. I started using my Fitbit again and I've had a calorie deficit every day this week except for one which was around maintenance level. I know it's not recommended to try for a deficit the first week of logging but I feel like if I don't start trying now then I won't want to later. My goal is to get comfortable with a 750 per day caloric deficit. I didn't hit it every day this week but I'm working towards it. My total deficit for the week was -3397 calories (almost a whole pound!) meaning my average deficit was close to -500 per day! There was definitely a lot of day to day variation but I'm happy just to be starting my journey. I'm already beginning to learn how to budget my calories and think about what meals will fit into the rest of my day.

Here's what my usual week day looks like:

Breakfast- protein shake (210)

Lunch- protein bar or other snack (~250) and sometimes a soda or energy drink if I'm tired (150-250)

Dinner - premade meals or other (400-600)

Snack/dessert (?)

Weekends tend to vary more, usually with either a protein shake for breakfast or something with eggs that usually ends up being more of a brunch, then sometimes a snack, and dinner.

I've found it's a lot easier for me to eat microwavable dinners as I don't really enjoy cooking and when I cook I tend to make one thing and eat all of whatever I made (it's a terrible habit that's going to change) I'm trying to kick the soda at lunch and the bedtime snack cravings that tend to take me over my budget.

I'd appreciate any tips, suggestions, stories, etc.

Submitted December 18, 2016 at 05:08PM by ived_nella http://ift.tt/2i4nWj0