Calorie Restriction needed reevaluating
Where I went wrong
I use on online calorie calculator to tell me how many calories I need for my age, height, activity level and weight. I check several just to see if they are all the same. I got into a habit of using my current weight of 139 all the time. Not even thinking that I want to lose 12 pounds and should use 127. What an idiot. I finally did yesterday and discovered I need less calories to maintain 127 plus I am a year older. (sigh) I have reduced my calories accordingly. It is about 300 less, hope I can do it. I had gotten used to the higher amount so for a few days I might feel hungry again. I will use a few supplements to get me through this. So far so good. I do know the first few days are usually pretty easy to do. I usually fail around day 4 or 5. I have no choice this time. I am going to do it. After I drop the 12 pounds I will increase the calories by 200 or 300. Of course this will be fruit. What else is there? Nothing I want that is for sure.
BBQ Day
During the summer months I don’t like to cook indoors. I have been using the outdoor grill for about a month now. What I do is buy enough lean meats to last for 2 to 3 weeks and grill is all. I don’t like wasting coals to grill just one meal. This works great for us. I take the food off the grill and put it straight into the freezer. After it is solid I put it into bags and store it in the fridge freezer. When dinner time comes we pick what we want and microwave it using the frozen entree setting which is a heat sensor. It comes out juicy and so darn tasty. It is still medium rare. We then put it on top of a huge salad, romaine or spinach. So we are getting lots of raw too. Today is a grill day. I need to get myself prepared. I will grill some range fed top sirloin steaks, forty 90% ground beef patties 4oz each, 12 organic chicken breasts, and 10 loin, lean, pork chops. I tried grilling the fish and failed. Guess I didn’t have the grill hot enough. I will still do that indoors for now. The Greek loves having his pick for dinner, he is even hooked on the raw spinach salads. Yum for sure.