Nifty apps.

So, I found a Daily burn tracker that will help me keep track of the calories I've eaten and burned. It's extremely helpful as a free app, but slightly more convenient as a paid $4.99 app. I can scan foods in to search for nutritional facts with the paid version, but the database does not have EVERYTHING. We buy a lot of store brand items, so food city brand or walmart brand items are not always available.

Still, if you are trying to lose weight, I would strongly suggest this app.

I also found a neat sight that will help verify (I found this before I found the app) exactly how many calories you burn while working out. Those nifty little trackers on a bike or elliptical doesn't always take into consideration your actual weight and I hate to admit this, but I never gave it much thought before, but the more you weight, the more you burn. It takes a lot of energy to move this big ass of mine, while the tracker on the gazelle I am using may point out that I'm burning around 60 calories, I'm really burning more than twice that much.

Makes me feel better about the whole working out thing.

I've been on this very strict diet for four days now and I feel pretty good. I am learning as I go, for instance, I tend to switch up a bit here and there to make my meal more rounded. Instead of eating all of my raw veggies at lunch, I'm throwing in a chunk of meat with it and saving some of the veggies for my dinner. Today is the first day that I've had a real craving and it doesn't help that I have craps from hell, I would LOVE some chocolate, but I had a half a peach instead.

Last week I was doing a half a mile on the gazelle, but by the end of the week I was at a mile in 15 minutes. I took a break over the weekend because of the awful cramps, but I pushed myself to do more yesterday, sadly I was only at about a third of a mile. My body was rebelling and I got a late start, I just didn't have the energy.

Really, All I want to do is curl up with a heating pad and rest. My joints ache from the rain heading our way, I'm cold, and crampy, and my cycle is heavy these last few days. I WILL push myself to work out more this evening, even if it is just to get a half a mile out, it will happen.

Tomorrow I go to see my provider to get my first month logged on this weight loss adventure. I've been at it for a few months really, but now I am getting serious about it. I then get my new glasses.. Get to come home for about 2 hours, then it is off to the big city to get a psyche eval for this surgery.

I took the day off tomorrow, I'm trying to figure out how to handle my meals, I cannot eat for 4 hours prior to my visit, so I can also get blood work done, but then I won't be home for several hours during my lunch and dinner hours, so I am consider healthy eating choices for dining out. Salads options, perhaps a wrap? I love that most places have menus online, I just now have to figure out which would be my best choice out of my options.