It does. No doubt about that. I’ve been using Lose It! to track my food and exercise to help me lose weight.
I usually eat the same things for breakfast and lunch. So when I get to work in the morning, I log all my breakfast, lunch, and proposed exercise into the site before I eat. It lets me know how many calories I have for the day based on a one pound a week weight loss.
I had a big dinner last night (don’t judge me) so I wasn’t really hungry earlier today. I’m not going to eat if I’m not hungry. So today I’ve had two cups of coffee and an apple and its 12:45pm (yes, I will have lunch I just need to wait for my worker to get back). If I don’t run today, I have about a thousand calories. Sounds like a lot huh? Once you figure in the extras like cheese or a snack, its not that much. (If I run today which I probably will, then I have 1500 calories to play with).
Counting calories starts to dominate your thoughts. Okay how many calories is this? How many do I have left? If I stop drinking coffee all together, can I have this? Then there’s alcohol and artificial sweeteners. Beer has lots of calories but liquor has less. I try to limit my intake of liquor. Aleta + liquor=bad decisions. I also try to limit my intake of artificial sweeteners too. But I have a sweet tooth for sugar. I don’t want to eliminate sugar from my diet. I just want to lose 20 pounds so I can be healthier and run faster…

























