Restocking the food...

Now, one thing my friend's sister suggested me using was an app called My Fitness Pal, which I have found SUPER helpful so far!  It lets me be aware of the foods and their properties that I am putting in my body.  It also has a place to track calories ingested, calories burned from exercises done and there is even a place you can sync a stepper app to keep track of the steps you do through your smart phone.  I use Pacer and it even calculates the calories burned based on the steps you have taken too, which is very cool.

So for me having Hypothyroidism, I am more sensitive to certain foods than a lot of people and it takes more for me to lose weight than the average person too.  Some people just have to be below their intake vs used calories... My BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate - the amount of calories it takes to maintain your weight) is higher due to my weight, but lower due to my Hypothyroidism... So the balancing act is something we all have to find.  On the days I had three servings of tuna, celery, and a grapefruit, I have had the biggest most consistent weight loss.  Just the plain albacore was getting bland for me, so I found some gourmet select versions of Starkist packets of single servings tuna.  I have tried a few and love them so far.  Let's hope they have as much of an impact on my waist line as the albacore does.  (almonds have also been helpful).  

I also got lemons... I want to cut out smoking and my diet Pepsi, but that is difficult.  I have an e cigarette with a few different flavors that I plan to start using in lieu of the smokes if I can do it... or I should say when I do.  I got some lemons to try to kick the soda with tea and lemon water...