COUNTING CALORIES AND LEARNING THE UNFORGETTABLE

I am always incredibly flattered when people notice ive lost weight- It is those comments that really inspire you to carry on doing what your doing. It's sometimes hard to see the change yourself!! 

I thought I should blog about a really good help to me over the last year- and that's the app- MY FITNESS PAL. 

On my fitness pal (MFP- because I'm too lazy to keep typing the full name) you can basically diarise what you eat all day long. It has been this education for me that has lead to me making better decisions and sticking to those decision life (it absolutely isn't a diet!). 

It gives you a set amount of calories to eat to reach your goals and you can always add in cardio to give you more calories for the day if you decide to eat the ones you've burnt! (Which is fine. Because you are still eating less calories per day anyway)...

Negative things include the two following: 1. You can't count weight training as calories burnt- this is kinda crazy for a fitness app as everybody keeps telling me you burn more calories doing weight but MFP leads you to want to do more cardio So you see the benefit of the calories coming off on the app. 

2. It does give you nutritional break downs but if you are working to 1500 cals a day, within reason you can eat those however you like... I.E I've got 250 cals left pass me a twirl. To be fair I actaully ate chocolate everyday when losing weight with MFP (which I will blog about- sorry don't hate me) but health wise it isn't fantastic. 

3. It works on weight- weight loss on the scales can be an unrealistic goal to have. You can be heavier and smaller... I weigh a lot on the scales but have had to accept it because it's how I am (and muscle weighs more than fat don't you know!) so it can be disheartening if you don't take it with a pinch of salt. MEASURE YOURSELVES WITH A MEASURING TAPE LADIES- and go off dress size. (Not saying that's loosing a few pounds in the scales isn't a great feeling though)!

BUT!! I would really recommend FMP for anybody who wants to learn about food and start to make healthier choices- there are so many hidden calories in things and it just makes you reflect and learn and make slightly better decisions about what to eat and drink!!! (Like some cordials/squash have as many calories as fizzy drinks but you might not realise that and think you are being good 😣) 

Also with MFP you can never forget what you learnt when you go to pick up a glass of wine but are quite happy to have a gin and slim instead ;) choices choices... 

Thanks My Fitness Pal for teaching me a lot of what I now know about food :)