I mentioned in my first post a great smartphone app you can get to assist you in losing weight. Available for both Android and iOS, Lose It! is a calorie and exercise tracker.
You don't need a smartphone to use the service, though. You can create an account on the website (did I mention the website and the application are both free?) and have access to the same features there.
All you need to do is enter your gender, birthdate, current height, and current weight, and Lose It! will give you a daily caloric budget based on how fast you want to lose weight and what your goal weight is. It allows for anywhere from 1/2 a pound to 2 pounds a week, but fair warning,, you will probably not have much success if you go 2 pounds a week starting out - this will put you down to about 1,500 calories a day. It's too much of a jump.
Start with 1 pound a week. With exercise, believe me, you will lose weight faster than that. Just be consistent. The occasional cheat day where you go over by 400 calories won't kill you, but you can't eat an entire pizza by yourself every week an expect to drop weight.
The app is how I started. Virtually no exercise at all. Ease into that part. Don't think you're going to wake up tomorrow and eat nothing but salad and tofu and never touch another soda or french fry. It's not realistic. Don't cut out the foods you love, but you will need to scale them back. Hell, I still drink soda. I just drink a lot less of it, and drink a lot more water than before. If you have any questions on getting started or the app, feel free to comment and I'll do my best to give you an answer.
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