Hi- How's it going? Remember my signs on my fridge and mirror that say "Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels"? Well guess what folks, I have another mirror...with another sign. It says "CONSUME LESS CALORIES" (There is also a depiction of what I will look like when I am skinny- essentially it an hour glass with brown hair and no neck. I forgot to add in a neck- but I'd like to have one. I am sure you can all imagine it now. I'll be pretty After a little research- and I mean like a couple minute google search, I have discovered I was right- calories are something to do with energy! In fact, a calorie is a unit of energy and can be found in anything containing energy...so like, gasoline has calories too. It has a lot of calories in fact, one of the many reasons not to digest it... A calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water, 1 degree Celsius. Blah blah blah. I know...you are doodling your name now, right? I'll just get down to business then, what does this mean for you, me, and The Skinny Mission?
Basically, if you consume too many calories your body saves them in the form of fat for a rainy day and if you are like me, and have had plenty of sunny days, you do not need any more "lay away"calories. I may be a packrat in my room, but I will not be a packrat in my body! So, how do I spring clean my body? Well 3,500 extra calories is stored as one pound of fat. And thus, if you want to lose weight you need to burn 3,500 calories/ pound you want to lose by either consuming less calories or by exercising. Good to know. With this information, I will be able to seize the world!
That's all the science I have for today. Oh, and above is a picture of me and an apple. This is a site that you will be seeing a lot of for the next few months. Bye!
Also, thanks "How Stuff Works" for informing me about calories.
Hi! You don't know me but I found your blog through a series of Facebook clicks and thought this was a great project! I've been working on losing weight/being healthier too and thought you might be interested in checking out this site I use: http://www.sparkpeople.com
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of intimidating and involved at first, and I will admit that I had to have a tutorial on how to use it best from an experienced user. But I really recommend it for tracking your calories and weight. I'll spare you a long-as-heck comment about how to customize everything and just say that, since I've been putting in my meals (with calories), exercise/calories burned, and weight every day, I have lost 11 pounds in the past three months! To others that might not seem like a lot but you know what I mean right? SparkPeople is really effective for tracking your health habits and seeing trends in your eating/exercise, and all you have to do is make it a habit to use every day, which is super easy. It has a community/social network aspect, but I don't use it at all and it's been fine.
Ok well this was a long-as-heck comment anyway. But keep up your blog and inspiring work!!