Success!

After four L O N G months of training and 3 months on our own personal 'Biggest Loser Diet,' I feel like going on a hiatus. I can say that I'm am so exhausted of trying to eat good and exercise regularly. Does that sound blasphemous? I promise to jump back on the band wagon soon, but I want just a few weeks off. I testify that it worked, diet and exercise. I completed, along with a good friend and my hubby, a half marathon just over a week ago. I lost about 15 pounds through all this and feel like I'm back to myself after the third baby. If anyone has words to inspire and get me moving sooner than later... please comment or email me. Thanks:)

Calorie Counter

I recently signed up for six sessions with a personal trainer. As part of my regimen, she asked me to start a food diary. "Arrgh!" I thought, knowing that personal accountability when it comes to my eating habits was not one of my favorite things.

So, I started looking for a good online calorie counter/food diary. My favorite is at Livestrong. Their "Daily Plate" section lets you pick a calorie intake goal based on how much weight you want to lose per week and your general daily activity level. Then you record your daily food intake, using their fairly-extensive database of food items (including restaurant food and other prepared foods) or entering in your own information.

You can also record your daily activity (their activity database includes "sitting in church", if you can believe that!). It adds those calories you expend to your daily allowance and subtracts the calories you take in. So you have a running total of how many calories you can consume in a day. Water intake is also recorded.

Give it a try! I think you'll like it!