IR Day 1

Today I headed back to SparkPeople to track my calories, carbs, etc. I'm aiming for between 50 and 150 grams of carbs per day. I hit 75. I'm aiming for 1250-1500 calories a day. I hit 1037. Not quite there, but I'm over 1000, so I'm just going to leave it. I didn't eat the birthday cupcakes tonight for Eliana's birthday celebration with Grammee and Grandad. 

My vitamins make up 21g carbs daily. My breakfast protein shake makes up another 21. I suppose if I want to eliminate more carbs, I can switch to pills and make my shakes from powder and almond milk. We'll see if I decide to go that route to save a few grams. I might do that on the weekends, or on these summer days when I have time in the morning. 

I entered a new weight loss goal in Spark People. I want to lose 9 lbs by my birthday, in 9 weeks. That seems doable (I say with trepidation given my past results with weight loss attempts...) given my low carb and MetFormin changes. I'm going to try it. 

Hypothetically, if I could maintain a 1lb per week weight loss schedule, I could weigh 120 by New Years! I would be excited about that. Like.... Super excited! For now, though, I'm going to try for 9 lbs over the next 9 weeks. 

I should weigh myself in the morning and see what my scale says I weigh. The endocrinologist's scale says I weigh 70kg, or 154lb. That's what I put in Spark People and what I figured my goal weight on. 

As it stands right now, my BMI is 30.1, officially obese. Again. Yep, time for a plan.