The plan and the next step.

So I find my self kinda looking more and more forward to the weekend, not just because it's the weekend.  It means that I'm going to be able to sit down and work out where my food is going wrong.  Today I'm planning on sitting and copying over my food journal to my Sparkpeople.com page. (Vaempyress if you're interested).  

The last few days I've been double tracking as I go and have noticed a few things of interest.  Based on my BMR calculations, to maintain my 131kg (285.5lb) I should be consumming 2497 cal a day, 17482 a week.  For a 2lb a week loss, that's 10482 a week, which is around 1497 (1500 for ease) a day.  This should mean any exercise I do should burn extra and be a bonus towards my loss.  Maths wise anyways.

WW has me on 46 daily points, plus the 49 weekly.  Since switching I've basically stalled.  Previously on Points I was losing about the 1kg (2lb) a week, if not more, and I wasn't trying too hard.  I'm finding this time I'm struggling, A LOT.  I'm tracking everything, working out more than I was and i'm averaging 0.2kg (less than half a lb) a week.I keep telling myself a loss is a loss and it will all help, which it does, but I'm 131kg and I can lose much, much more and faster.

So it starts.  I'm double tracking all my food, I want to see where I'm coming in on plain calorie counting versus counting points.  Points means all my fruits and vegetables are free, but they do still have calories. I want to know if I am eating within my range.  Also WW still don't provide a breakdown of your macro and micro nutriant breakdown.  As a geek I want more numbers, more things I can track (I need more stuff for my spreadsheet, sad I know). 

So far I've noticed a few intersting things.  With the diet changes I have made I come in almost smack in the middle for my Carb / fat / prot ranges which I'm very happy about. If I don't eat my 46 points I come in under 1800cal.  Sparkpeople.com puts my daily at between 1400 and 1800 for a loss of 2lb a week.  Once I've finished entering all my food for the last month or so I will be able to see more of a pattern I hope.  Heres to tracking.