Do you know your magic number? You know the one...the number of calories you can eat in one day and still lose weight. I suppose if we did we would all be thin and fit, at least the ones willing to take the time to count those pesky calories.
We recently had a great speaker come into my workplace to share some dieting and fitness tips. The main topic of Dieting 101 was knowing your number. He asked if we all knew what our number was. Um, no. If we all did, most of us would not have been there and most of us would not be signed up for The Biggest Loser. Turns out you need to see a Personal Trainer to find out your number. I'm thinking this is great news for me because I hope to some day get my certification as a Personal Trainer. I'm secretly wondering if you get a magic code that detects this number. As we were sitting in this session one of my co-workers mentioned what he thought was his number. The speaker immediately points to him and says, "No, that number is too low. You should be at..." And then gave him a number that he thought would work better for him. Ugh, why couldn't he have pointed at me and gave me my magic number?
So, here I am trying to figure it out. Am I not losing weight because I am eating too little and I'm starving myself? Are my fat cells hanging on for dear life? Or, am I in denial about how much I really can eat in one day. I have a heart rate monitor that gives me my calorie burn so I am going to wear it for a few days (24 hours straight) and see what that tells me. I'll start there and will just have to take it one week at a time. I will be following at 40/40/20 Protein/carb/fat ratio, which I normally don't track. I think that's where I'm off...I love me some carbs!!!!
I'll be the first to let you know when I find that magic number.
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