IIFYM && Carb Overload

Hey y'all!<< Southern as mess apparently.  

What am I up to at the momento? 

Well now that you ask...

I'm over here wondering how on earth people count macros?! Like seriously. I had looked at it before, and the other day my friend said that she was thinking about doing it.

Here's the deal.... I was doing a version of counting macros (fat, fiber, protein, carbs) and the whole IIFYM (if it fits your macros), but I wasn't calculating up anything! I was eyeballing it. Really, Bailey... because you've been so great with portions... 

Anyway---I've been real loose about my weight loss here lately. I'm hardcore all week and blowing it on the weekends. Literally, that french toast at IHOP was not even good (but those pancakes tho.... next time).

So, with the new year in sight... I want to be excited and proud of my 2013 progress. It's not as much as I would have hoped, and there was a major up & down and plateau area. To get my butt in gear, I know it's my eating that's going to have to be revamped.


So I'm on iifym.com calculating up my specific macros and then on "myfitnesspal" looking at the macros of things I add and seeing what the better choices for me to get closer to my macros for the day would be.

It's eyeopening the amount of protein that I thought I was getting, that I actually need, and what I'll need to do to meet that.

Equally eye-opening... was the amount of carbs I was wholfing down. This is going to sound stupid, but I thought that carbs really was only bread. EVERYTHING has carbs haha. I'm so over on the amount of carbs I am eating compared to what I should be... it's unreal.

It's almost sad. Like am I that girl restricting my carbs really. Yes. Now, I'll have bread. I'll eat that bread up. BUT- apparently I was not educated at all about the excessive amounts happening.

Really though this is a good moment. Everyone needs to be reminded to take a look into what they are doing and really re-evaluate.

Changing things up is good. AND this is definitely not going to be something that I do for the long run (counting macros), but I think this is how I need to wrap up 2013, and I think that this is going to be a way to teach myself some better eating habits.

I digress. Good Day. ---- I said good day!

Here's an example of today's eats (only to get better):

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Tuesday November 5, 2013 

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Oatmeal Quick Oats - Great Value, 1/2 cup	150	27	3	5	0	1
Kroger - Cream Cheese & Greek Yogurt, 1 Tbsp (28g)	30	2	2	2	43	1
Add Food  Quick Tools	180	29	5	7	43	2
Lunch
Chicken of the Sea - Chunk Light Tuna, to Go Cups, In Water, 1 cup (2.7 oz)	70	0	1	15	240	0
Bob's Red Mill - Chia Seeds, 1 tbsp	60	5	5	3	0	0
Milk - Reduced fat, 2% milkfat, 1 cup	122	11	5	8	100	12
Add Food  Quick Tools	252	16	11	26	340	12
Dinner
Ball Park - Bun Size Smoked White Turkey Franks Fat Free, 1 link	45	5	0	6	490	1
Quick Added Calories, 200 calories	200	0	0	0	0	0
Optimum Nutrition - Gold Standard - 100% Casein Protein Chocolate Supreme, 2 heaping scoop (34g)	240	6	2	48	480	2
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 2 cup	172	24	1	17	255	0
Microwave Cookie Dough, 1 serving(s)	210	25	8	11	310	9
Add Food  Quick Tools	867	60	11	82	1,535	12
Snacks
Dannon Light & Fit - Non-fat Vanilla Yogurt, 0.5 cup	55	10	0	4	55	7
Strawberries - Raw, 1 cup, halves	49	12	0	1	2	7
Nature's Own - Butter Bread, 1 slice (26g)	60	12	1	3	95	1
Justin's (2 Tbsp - 200 Calories) - Maple Almond Butter, 1 tbsp (32g)	95	4	8	3	33	2
Add Food  Quick Tools	259	38	9	11	185	17
Totals	1,558	143	36	126	2,103	43
Your Daily Goal	2,029	76	79	254	2,500	34
Remaining	471	-67	43	128	397	-9
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar