I’ve Lost 40 Pounds!
After more than a decade I weigh less than 200lbs. Although I have been trying to lose weight on and off for years, I finally got serious this past July when I discovered an incredible application for the smartphone called, “MyNetDiary“. Most doctors and dieticians will tell you in order to lose weight you need to count calories and track what you eat. Writing down everything is headache enough, but having to look at each package and write down the caloric and nutrional information is cause for a migraine! I simply don’t have that kind of time or discipline. Enter MyNetdiary. This little gem contains a database with just about every conceivable food item including calories, nutritional information, sodium, protein, fiber, cholesterol and carbs. Eat a McDonald’s hamburger today? It’s in there. Slice of pizza from Pizza Hut? It’s got it. Make your own spaghetti? It’s got that too! MyNetDiary also keeps track of the foods you eat most often and populates them first as you begin to type. Too tired to type? You can even scan the barcode on the food and MyNetDiary will find the info for you!
MyNetDiary has literally changed my life. When I started back in July I weighed in at 239lbs, the heaviest I have weighed in my entire life. Years of outside sales and eating on the road coupled with a lack of exercise had taken its toll. Every New Year’s I made the same resolution: This year I’m going to lose the weight. I would try for a while by lowering my total consumption but not changing what I ate. Gradually I would fall back into my old habits and be back where I started. Through MyNetDiary, I learned that a bowl of cereal in the morning with skim milk was 500-600 calories. A ham and cheese sandwich for lunch and a bag of chips is 500-800 calories. Did I mention my sweetened iced tea addiction? I could easily drink 2-3 glasses per meal at 150 calories each. Add this all up and I was consuming almost 2000 calories per day before dinner! Seeing all of this on MyNetDiary really started to help me understand why I wasn’t losing weight.
I began changing my diet by eating two packets of oatmeal every morning for breakfast totaling 260 calories. For lunch I simply eat a turkey sandwich with two pieces of turkey, a slice of cheese and light mayo on flatbread for 360 calories. I overcame my iced tea addiction and now I only drink water, so even though I am on a 1750 daily caloric limit I still have 1130 left for dinner and snacks. Speaking of snacks… my new addiction are fruit smoothies made with lowfat yogurt and frozen fruit. Less than 200 calories in a single serving and boy are they delicious! For dinner I usually have whatever I want, I just watch how much of it I eat, and I easily meet my daily goal. I have also been exercising by mountain biking, doing plenty of yard work and lifting weights to build muscle. MyNetDiary keeps track of your exercise too and automatically calculates the calories you burn. The best part of all is – I feel great!
Although I’m over the hurdle, I still have another 25lbs to go to reach my goal weight of 174lbs (an even 65lbs from my starting weight). Would you like to join me? Let me show you how easy it is to use MyNetDiary. First, sign up on the MyNetDiary website. Next simply enter your current weight followed by your weight goal and target date. MyNetDiary will take care of calculating your daily calorie allowance, goals and nutritional information. If you have a smartphone, you can sync your account with your Blackberry, iPhone or Android device and easily update your meals and exercise throughout the day.
MyNetDiary isn’t free on all platforms. The basic website version and iPhone and iPod Touch versions are no charge. If you would like the Pro version or own an Android device the cost is $2.99 one-time. If you want all of the features including the ability to use a Blackberry, iPad and no advertisements you should select the Maximum version which ranges from $9 monthly to $60 per year ($5 per month). I started with the free version but quickly moved up to the Pro and finally Maximum version simply because I wanted all of the features and I wanted to support this incredible product. Besides, isn’t your health worth it? So join me in my quest to lose weight and lets get fit together!
