171 - Quick slightly uninteresting post

I may be computerless tonight (thinking about getting some upgrades done and software installed), so a quick post while on a short break from work.

I was wrong about the BMR formula in my previous blog, the female formula was correct at 655... Anyway, I've been waaaaaaaay underestimating... I subscribed to the 1,200 calories per day and you'll lose weight school of thought. I was actually surprised to find that when I did food journaling that I was not even eating 1,200 some days... My meals at one point consisted of CheezIts and Pepsi for breakfast, a 300 calorie frozen dinner for lunch with water, and a Greek salad for dinner with more water. I might have a frozen fudgesicle for dessert or a snack cup of Jello pudding, or I might not, and then a handful of almonds before bed. And I was burning 300 cals on the treadmill 3x a week. Not only was it not the healthiest of diets, but I probably put myself into starvation mode without realizing it. And heating those frozen meals in their plastic containers probably screwed my hormones up royally...

According to this calculation I should be eating between 1,700 and 2,000 calories a day if I want to maintain my weight (which I don't). I know that in order to lose weight I should eat less, but probably not 500 calories less... not in addition to exercise... This is going to take some adjusting to... eating is a frickin' science! Why can't we just come into the world craving only what we should eat, knowing when to stop eating, knowing when to snack, and feeling compelled to be active??? If that could happen, and we could be paired with a mate (not in an arranged sort of way, but a cosmic destiny without the searching sort of way) that would be awesome. And if we could know from an early age what to do for a living that would not only sustain us but also make us happy, I might be satisfied. And this thermos... a good diet, the perfect mate, an awesome job, and this thermos... that's all I need... and these sunglasses...