Nutrition - Tracking Food Is The Hardest Part of This Process

Breakfast - Scrambled Eggs, Spinach, RF Cheese, Banana

Working out has always been the easiest part of weight loss for me. I have a great trainer who has introduced me to sports really, that I love. Boxing and beating the crap out of something when you've had a bad day - nothing beats that feeling. But, nutrition that's another story.

I'm pretty good at tracking nutrition once I'm a few weeks in, but starting off it just seems impossible, BUT I'm going to do it.

Post Workout Lunch - Salad and Protein Smoothie

The website I use is Livestrong.com. I've used a lot of food journaling techniques: Weight Watchers, Excel Sheets, Spark People, My Calorie Counter. I feel like the best option has been Livestrong.com. It has any food you could possibly think of already programmed in, and on the fitness side you can enter the exact number of calories burned instead of selecting some generic exercise.

So, to reach my target of 2lbs lost each week - I am aiming for 1,400 calories a day. I also will be doing one "off" meal a week to give myself a break on the weekends.

Now for my nutrition for Day 1 - November 18, 2011: