How do you distribute calories and why it’s important to distribute it throughout the day? We know that we should eat often, 5-6 times a day to keep metabolism going. If you don’t do it right you may end up getting hungry or having difficulty losing fat. Also, all calories is not created equal. I didn’t understand the whole metabolism things until two weeks ago. Now I eat often as much as 8 -10 times a day and my body seems to be digesting food better.

When you eat a high caloric meal your digestive track system may not be able to burn the most of the calories, and may get stored as fat. That’s why it’s better to eat smaller portions to burn it more efficiently. It may also depends on what kind of calories you eat, fruits and vegetables help you greatly with the digesting process.

For example, a female who’s on 1500 calories may divide like this, 400 calories per meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She then has 300 calories left for mid-meal snacks, divide it further, 100 calories/snack. This person may get hungry because she is used to eat more than 400 calories for the main meal and the 100 calories snack is too little to feel satisfied. It may be better to distribute it almost equally.

How many calories do you need? There are few mathematical formulas to figure out your daily caloric intake but using this calorie calculator is easier.

I’m so happy that I hit a new low on the scale (graph)! Last week I visited livelife365.com and it was a great help to me. I didn’t do any exercise this week. So far I haven’t lost so much weight as I would like to but I’ve accomplished alot, eating better and starting to exercise. The first quarter of this year was tough, trying to get exercises into my daily routines. It was such a pain, but I did it!

Now that second quarter is here, it’s time to be better at eating fewer calories. For lunch and dinner I now eat around 200-300 calories/meal. The rest of the calories is distributing equally throughout the day. My stomach hasn’t adjust yet, so I still want more food. My eyes are doing better, seeing that I eat way too many calories in the past. I can eat more vegetables to fill up but I can only eat them so much. I’ll talk more about calories next week.

Craving is still lurking, but I’m better prepared now. I’m constantly reminding myself what do I want MORE. A fat belly or a healthy dazzlingly beautiful gorgeous body? 8-> Every time I make the right choice it does not only bring me closer to my goal, but also the decisions will be fewer every time I win.

I’m back to normal routine again, so nice! The only exercise I got this week was Wii Fit because I didn’t feel like doing any fitness dvd. What I’ve been doing for the last couple of days was learning how to count calories and eating lots of fruits! What a different it makes to my body! I eat at least an apple a day now. My weight is dropping like crazy and I hit a new low on the scale too. I think it may be all the water my body holds. I’m going to the bathroom frequently now. I really had a sluggish metabolism system but by distributing the calories throughout the day and no more than 300 calories per meal my body seems to love it. I know nutritions are a crucial part of weight loss but it didn’t really open my eyes until now. This is really why I should take a notice of how my body feels. As you know I bought a new scale so my weight loss graph is a little bit off (but accurate from now on). Anyway, I don’t think I’m losing any muscle, because I eat the calories I need to have. By the way, I add twitter to my blog so you can now follow me.

My old scale was a little off and I had to step on it 3 times to get accurate readings so I bought a new one, a tanita scale. Thanks Cynthia! No more stepping like crazy I didn’t get my exercise today, but I did some cleaning instead. My home is now free from clutter, yay! I love minimalist style, but it’s hard to put away stuff when I’ve so many hobbies.

My eating habit was poor this week because my “monthly friend” is coming to a visit. Plus, I went to a birthday’s party and I ended up eating too much. I was hungry and sort of forgot that I shouldn’t eat that much! The following days were not better either. I overate because it made me feel normal. Anyway, because of that my scale is up and erasing all the work I’ve done in the past. Actually, I’m not feeling down because I’m feeling more fit and flexible now than I ever was in the past. Plus, I don’t eat as much as I used to. I’ve trouble with food and I realize it’s going to take some times to fix it, even though I’ve a lot of strategies written down.

While I’m on this journey I’ve learned that this is not about rigid schedule/lifestyle, being on or off the wagon, but being flexible enought to stay on course and continue the journey.

In the beginning of you weight loss journey did you create your own plan or took a “pre-packaged” plan? In the past I often chose a “pre-packaged” plan because I believed it was the fastest way to achieve results, because that was what they told me. However, I could never follow through because it wasn’t designed to fit me. By the time I went through 2-3 weeks I was exhausted, and just gave up. This is when you should start re-evaluating your plan and customize it, even if you have your own plan. Don’t blame outside circumstances or yourself for not having willpower!

I’ve been stressed and exhausted lately because I was trying too hard. My goal was to exercise daily 5-6 times/week and I wanted the scale to move down to a new low. I was doing things the wrong way. It’s not natural to exercise everyday, 5-6 times/week for longer periods. A normal thin person wouldn’t do it, so why would we expect ourself to have the motivations and strength to do it all the time? Well, I’ve to do it smarter!

My new workout plan is to exercise 2 days and then rest 1 day. Plus 1 week of rest for every 3-4 weeks. Rest is important for long term success so you’ll have energy to follow through. Don’t rest too much ’cause you’ll be lazy Also, I’m going to start writing a food journal so I can avoid any energy drain in the future. Do you re-evaluate your plan?

Yes, I’m hiding all of my 46lbs(21kg) fat very well in this picture. It’s almost midweek, have you started your week yet? If not, stay away from the computer and start exercising. Like Stan said to Cartman in South Park, get your fat ass up! lol. I was tired today but I did Jillians Michaels Cardio Kickbox, 30 minutes of awesome workout! Yay! Wohooo, more good news, I could now do squats, lunges, especially jumping jacks. Wow! Jillians Michaels was motivating and her video was not too difficult. Surprising facts, I’m in the same age as her and same height too. I wonder, how much does she weight?

Do you remember your first fitness dvd you bought? I remember I bought Billy Blanks Taebo which was way too advance for me. All I was thinking was I wanted to lose weight. So, if you’re new and looking to buy a fitness dvd make sure it matches your fitness level.

I can’t wait until my Omron fat loss monitor arrives! It’s a hand held body fat analyzer. I decided to purchase one after reading Cynthia’s recommendation and other reviews. When you’re doing body fat measurement you might get different results depending on what method you use. The number is not really important but the progress is. I’ll make a review later on.