Sheesh! I played around with my numbers spreadsheet again today. Just messing with calories in/out and what it takes to lose x pounds by y date. Like I said before I’m not taking this all literally but I like having a ballpark and data to look at.

So I tried to figure out what it would take to lose 2 pounds per week. The only way I could make it work and not go under 1200 calories each week was to eat exactly 1200 calories a day plus I’d have to burn 200 calories in exercise every day AND burn 500 calories (total) twice a week. Yikes! That is totally not sustainable for me. I’m going to have to stick with the more reasonable 1 pound a week. That allows me 1600 calories on the weekends, 1400 calories during the week, plus I get two days off from the gym. So much more realistic.