The Food Project: September 2008

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Week 11 Analysis/Recap

Previous weight: 230
Current weight: 227

Alloted calories/week: 20,657
Target calories/week: 16,527
*Actual calories/week: 24,050
Alotted/Target difference: +3,393/+7,523

I'm starting to eat more often and eat more volume now. I dunno if that's my metabolism speeding up but I feel like I'm putting out more than I'm putting in. I'm thinking about keeping an exercise chart since I keep track of my food already. I'm not exactly sure how to go about that process. I don't know for sure the distance that I run since I just run until I get tired. I know how to keep track of the weight lifting but the running part is what I'm unsure of.

Day 77: 3700

The Goal

*****Written on 7/14/08*****
Welcome to my little Food Project. This started on July 14, 2008 and the idea is to keep track of everything I eat. I have a separate book where I write down (an estimate of) the number of calories each item contains. The number next to the day is (an estimate of) the total calories I consumed in that entire day. The pictures appear in the order that I ate them throughout the day.

I'm not doing this in order to lose a specific number of pounds. If I feel comfortable at a certain weight, it doesn't matter if the charts say I'm overweight. I mean, I do weigh myself once in a while but the reason I am doing this is because I have a lot of clothes that I have grown out of. And these clothes are still pretty brand new and I never really got a chance to wear them. So once I am able to squeeze into these shirts and jeans again, we'll see if this project continues....

Besides keeping track of what I eat, I have also started doing 45 minutes of cardio and some light weight lifting every day. I'm looking to engage in more physical activity once I get deeper into this project.

The whole idea for this project was inspired by a certain lady friend of mine. We would go out to lunch on a regular basis and she refused to eat certain things. Later she revealed to me that she was watching what she ate and was writing down everything and the number of calories it had. I decided to follow in her footsteps but to take it to another level. I'm taking pictures of everything as well as writing it down in a book. It's helping me see what I should be eating more of and what I should be cutting back on.

According to a daily calorie intake calculator, for me to maintain my current weight I would need to consume 2951 calories per day. In order for me to start losing fat, I would need to consume less than 2361 calories per day.

Before this project I probably ate 3-4 times more than what appears here. And most of it was junk food (chips, cookies, candy, etc.) and greasy, fried foods. I still have those on occasion but not as frequent as before.

Water is the only beverage I am currently consuming. If I drink something else, I will also take a pic of it. But I do have milk when I eat cereal.

*****As of Dec. 23 (Day 162), I stopped posting the number of calories next to the day.*****
*****As on Mar. 9, 2009 I have started running 2 miles four to five times a week *****

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Day 79: 3390

Monday, September 29, 2008

Day 78: 2850

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Week 11 Analysis/Recap

Day 77: 3700

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Day 76: 4290

Friday, September 26, 2008

Day 75: 2380

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Day 74: 2660

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Day 73: 2470

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Day 72: 3300

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