I have a confession. I have a bunch of annoying nutrition and weight loss facts I've always wanted to share, but when I was 18 years old my best friend told me no one cares that you need to eat peanut butter on whole wheat bread for it to actually to make protein in your body. So I've kept my annoying facts to myself. I am in no way an expert, YET! One day it is my hopes and dreams to be a registered dietitian and herbalist. Nothing in my blog should be taken as expert advice. So read if you like, comment if you like.
Basic weight loss is based on calories. How much you take in and how much you put out. Check out this website to find out how many calories your body needs just to stay alive. http://health.discovery.com/centers/heart/basal/basal.html This is if you laid on the couch and didn't move. Basic movement probably adds about 400 calories and the more active you are the more calories you need. Sometimes being a busy mom I feel like I use allot of calories but everyday movement isn't as much as you think it would be
I found a free website that will keep track of how many calories you ate and burnedhttp://www.my-calorie-counter.com/. Basic info is it takes 3500 calories to make a pound and 3500 calories to lose a pound. So if you can cut what you eat and burn calories by 500 a day you will lose one pound a week.
I'm excited for this challenge. As Jeremy's coach I will be getting our family to move everyday. He doesn't know it yet but when we watch tv we will be doing situps, pushups, banana rolls, sqauts you name it during the commercials.
So comment and make me feel loved. Too annoying, too basic?
So comment and make me feel loved. Too annoying, too basic?
