OLDARMYMED's Jul 2014 CalorieKing Blog
A Drum Roll, Please . . .
Saturday, July 26th 2014
The primary reason I signed up and pay to be a member of Calorie King is to lose weight. The side benefit, and the reason people stay members after losing the weight is the improvement in health and energy that they experience. Calorie King is not just another diet program - it is a lifestyle. I referred to it in an earlier post as the "Calorie King concept," which is misleading because the concept of "calories in - calories out" has been with us for a long, long time. Calo...The Moment of Truth
Friday, July 25th 2014
Tomorrow is my first moment of truth; my first official weekly weigh-in. I have found the Calorie King concept to be the easiest "program" I have ever tried. The snacks keep the munchies at bay and the recording is simple and fun. Like I said in a previous post, it is like a slow moving video game where I have total control over the score. Pretty cool.My long term goal is to drop sufficient weight before I retire so I'll have energy to get my house fixed up and ready to sell ...
Why Am I Not Hungry?
Wednesday, July 23rd 2014
OK. I got off to a late start this morning and had to rush to my train. Consequently, breakfast was late and only amounted to a tomato and a slice of toast. I was busy all morning on a project at work and forgot to eat my morning snack. Lunch time rolls around and my stomach should be rumbling its annoyance at being empty. It isn't, and I am not very hungry. I nuked a package of broccoli with cheese sauce and made a half pocket sandwich with a tablespoon of peanut butter. Everything was ver...It's Like A Video Game
Tuesday, July 22nd 2014
I am beginning to treat Calorie King like a video game. The goal is to stay within my calorie limit while still eating things I like and never feeling hungry.I learned years ago that animals, including humans, are not designed to top off their tanks two or three times a day. Doing so leaves me feeling full and saps my energy. I had a cat (one of my kids took him when she moved out) and we left food out all day for him. He never overate and simply grazed throughout the day. That cat had an...
Is My Calorie Target Too High?
Monday, July 21st 2014
Here's a question for any of the nutrition experts out there. CK gives me a target intake of calories for each day. What is the down-side of coming up short by a few hundred calories at the end of the day? I eat three meals and four snacks, take a multivitamin, and do not feel deprived or hungry, and still come up short by up to 500 calories. Should I strive to hit the target or is is OK to just leave the deficit at the end of the day? Should I manually adjust my daily calorie target down a...