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I found this amazing website this morning. It is www.diet.ivillage.com You can find all kinds of goodies on this site. I found my BMI (body mass index)...just type in your weight and height and it will calculate it for you. It will also tell you what range you should be in.
If you go under the category of quizzes and tools, there is a calculator that you can type in any food and it will tell you the calories, fat and carbs in it . I think this is awesome because I am starting to count my calories. The hardest part about doing that is actually knowing how many calories are in the food you are eating. Tools like this prove to be so helpful.
Last night I got a printed "daily food diary" from a trainer at the gym. It's just one page for each day. You write down everything you had for breakfast, snack. lunch, snack, dinner and the last snack. On the side there is a place for the calories, protein, carbs, and fats. At the end of the day you count them up and see how you did. Then you can adjust for the next day.
The trainer, Alex, who is a believer...yay! said that our metabolism is like a fire in the fireplace. Food being the wood that goes in it. If you wake up in the morning and load some wood in it, you don't wait hours until you refill it. You continually put a little bit of wood in it all through the day. Same with our metabolism. Instead of filling our tummys big time, 3 times a day, we should continually fill it throughout the day in little portions...to keep that metabolism up, to keep that fire going. If we have a big lunch or dinner that we are going to eat, don't eat it all at once. Eat half of it and then save the other half for a little later. I don't know about you, but I kinda like that. I love to eat, so let's break down the portions and eat more often!
If you find anything on the website you find helpful, please share it. We're in this together. Also, if you want me to make you a copy of the daily food journal, I can. I will send it over email...just let me know. And always remember...pray.