Counting Calories

Today is my resting day as far as working out goes, so I thought I'd talk to you about counting calories.

I am currently using the website my fitness pal. It's a great resource for providing a community of people and support as well as a calorie tracker, workout tracker, and calorie tracker. They even have a free app for your smartphone! (If you're smart enough to have one of those.. I'm not yet.. haha) I also used to use Spark people and still keep up with their blogs because they have some great tips as well. If you're just wanting to count calories and not have a tracker, I would suggest calorie king.

Today could have been better as far as calories went, BUT I did really really well. I just adjusted my calorie count down by about 200 calories, so I wasn't sure how well I would do with that. However, today I hit my new calorie goal EXACTLY. I was so proud. Especially since I ate Long John Silver's popcorn shrimp for lunch.. with fries.. and hushpuppies..

BUT I ate two big helpings of meatless taco salad for dinner. Lettuce, homemade guacomole, tomatoes, and black beans with a little green salsa on the top.. SCRUMPTIOUS! That kept me on track for my calorie goal today. I'm very proud of myself.

I promise it looked better in person.. dumb camera phone..

It's also a good thing knowing that my mom knows that I'm trying to eat healthier. When I shake my head at bacon-wrapped hot dogs (no lie, she suggested this.. she was on pinterest), she understands it's not that I'm saying no to her suggestion because I'm being picky. I'm just being healthy! Especially due to my slight lack of control at lunch today.

In other news, I have at least a couple people who are interested in doing the Couch to 5k with me starting in October. I would totally be up for having an accountability group either here or on facebook. It would be wonderful for me considering my sister the runner (mentioned previously) is not home to force encourage me to go on runs. So, what do you think? Who's up for it? Let  me know in the comments! Feel free to make suggestions about whether or not we should make a facebook page or whatnot. Love ya'll. It's bedtime. Stay healthy!