Wow. What a week. I’m totally bugged I couldn’t exercise after Monday, but my back is a lot better. I’m hurting at the moment sitting on a barstool at the computer, but I am much better now than I was on Tuesday and Wednesday.

I’m still in love with CalorieKing. It’s been so interesting to see how calories and nutrients add up in a day. I’m not struggling as much to make it up to my recommended calories, but I frequently have a couple hundred extra at the end of the day, so I enjoy a hazelnut steamed milk, or an italian soda sometimes. Thursday night, I had 32 Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate baking chips (those are the big ones) and was still in good standing with the diet. How is this possible?

Also on Thursday, I wore a pair of jeans that I haven’t been able to wear comfortably in several months. It felt really good.

I weigh 222.6 today. Which means I’ve lost 2.4 pounds this week (only exercising once, remember) for a total of 5.2 pounds in just shy of two weeks.

I thought it would be more, since I was 221.8 yesterday and I’ve been going down every day. But last night we had people over and I ate a very heavy dinner, plus one cookie which put me over my calorie target by 190 calories. I was going to walk it off on the treadmill later, but by the time they left, I was really tired, so I just went to bed.

So here we are again this week. I’m eating more. I’m losing weight. My calorie percentages are as follows

50.8% from carbs
23.9% from protein, which is a little higher than recommended
25.3% from fat

CalorieKing is awesome. It tracks everything. Here are my nutrients averaged since I started

Daily Averages

food calories: 1,798 cals
exercise minutes: 22 mins
exercise calories: 116 cals
net calories: 1,682 cals
fat: 51 g
saturated fat: 14 g
carbohydrate: 231 g
sugar: 80 g
protein: 109 g
fiber: 26 g
sodium: 2,365 mg
potassium: 1,246 mg
calcium: 1,481 mg
iron: 6.3 mg
zinc: 2.4 mg
cholesterol: 122.6 mg
effective carbohyrate: 182 g

This is so cool. And again, it’s easy because they aren’t telling me what to eat. I can eat what’s available (making healthy choices, but still) and I’m losing.

CalorieKing also tracks measurements.

I’ve lost 1/2 inch in my chest
1 1/2 inches in my waist
1 inch in my hips
and 1/2 inch in my thighs

since last Saturday.

I can tell, too. The past few days, when I’ve put my hands on my hips, my waist has felt smaller. You can imagine, I’m sure, how nice that’s been.

Blah, blah, blah. Me, me, me. I’m sorry. I’m just so excited. I’ve been stalled out for SO LONG. Months at a time of checking in every Saturday at Health Group only to say, “I’m a loser. I haven’t done anything. I’m eating bad, I’m not exercising…..”

I’m happy to have something different. And I’m thrilled that it’s been so incredibly easy. Surprised that it’s been this successful. Fascinated by what I’m learning.

So, I’m going to try to exercise today. Lightly so I don’t mess up my back more. There’s a big family dinner tomorrow and I’ve discovered over the past two weeks that social eating is when I have trouble. I’m going to try really hard not to blow it.

How was your week?