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Fitness Friday: Loseit.com

Linking up with Mandy from Mommy Musings for
 
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Baby weight sucks.  You have those women out there who barely gain a pound during their entire pregnancy and what they do gain...they lose within the first month of the baby being born.  Then you have the people like me, who just can't seem to shake the baby weight.     
 
I don't ever talk about my weight. It's just a weird thing I have.  But I have been 'dieting' for the past 5 weeks now.  I'm trying not to see it as a diet but more of a lifestyle change.  I've cut my portion sizes down, started making better choices and kept track of all of the foods I'm eating (calorie counting).  I'm down 9lbs so far and I hope the weight will just keep coming off.  I won't share my goal because I'm weird like that but I'd like to be a 'normal size' (normal to me) again by December.
 
I credit my success so far to Loseit.com.  Never before have I felt so accountable for the foods that I am eating.  I keep track of all of my food choices and let the system tell me what I can and can't have.  I love  Loseit.com because I can enter all the foods that I plan to eat in a day and then tweak my diet accordingly. 
 
It even accounts for alcohol!
 
It gives you your daily and weekly totals and nutrients shows you all of the other details of your diet for the day such as fat, carbs and sodium.
 
Planning to go out to dinner?  Loseit.com has tons of restaurants in the food library so if you are able, you can check the menu ahead of time and plan your meal.  Know you are going to go over your calories for the day?  You can plan exercise too.  Loseit.com will tell you how many calories you are burning on any activity that you do.  I especially love house cleaning.  Burns a ton of calories!
 
They also have different reports that you can look at to see how many carbs you're eating or how much sodium you're taking in.  They have challenges you can take to lose more weight and they have forums to get information.  You can also get Loseit.com on your phone with a free app!
 
I know that there a ton of sites out there that you can use but I really enjoy using this site the most.  I think what helps the most is the exercise indicator.  I like knowing that what I'm doing is actually burning off calories!
 
If you're thinking about starting a food journal or counting calories, I highly recommend Loseit.com.  I have used it in the past successfully and it as been successful so far.  Let's just hope I can keep it up.  I need to get in shape for Baby #2!
 

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  1. JanOctober 12, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    Before everything else, if that's your diet, good job girl! I'll check this app out!

    xo,
    janmloves.blogspot.com

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    1. Vanessa MillerOctober 12, 2012 at 3:57 PM

      Yup, that's my diet. I'm trying to eat normally but just cut portions back. Staying under 1100 calories is tough!

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  2. UnknownOctober 12, 2012 at 1:32 PM

    This looks great! I'm going to have to check it out. Thanks SOOO much for linking up with me!!!

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