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Originally Posted by fern46
I downloaded MyFitnessPal and started tracking my food there. I'm allotted 1440 calories a day if I want to lose a pound a week. That's completely doable. I noticed the app adds on more calories if you exercise. I'm not sure I want to use those, but its nice to have wiggle room if I'm starving and need an extra snack. I'm hoping forcing myself to log all of my food will help me stay on track. I used weight watchers to do the same when I needed to lose baby weight after my kids were born. It worked well for me. Hopefully the same will be true this time.
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All the best using MyFitnessPal. That's what I am using and I like it. I like that it also keeps me in line in terms of carb intake and saturated fat intake.
1,440 calories per day should certainly be doable for most women (size and activities, depending). I'm actually doing a more agressive 1,200 calories per day, and most days feel fine with what I eat. For me, finding the best bang for the buck (calories) keeps me satisfied. Sometimes I use some exercise calories, but not always.
I feel a notable difference and I am only on week 3. I look forward to my weigh-in this Friday. I only weigh myself on Fridays.