Calorie Average for May 28

I have successfully counted calories for the last 8 days!  I thought it would be a good idea to look at my week to see how I've been doing.

Over the last 8 days I ate a total of 14,958 calories.  Divided by 8, that works out to approximately 1870 a day.  According to my last weight update, I should be eating about 2300 calories a day to maintain my weight.  So I'm on average eating about 430 calories a day less than that amount. 

According to that article I linked to about eating to meet your needs, you should eat approximately 400-500 calories less per day if you want to sustainably lose weight (we're talking losing 1lb a week).  So according to the last week, I've done that!  I think that's pretty exciting. :)

And I have to say, I've been way more conscious of what I'm eating since I started counting calories.  It hasn't stopped me from enjoying a glass of wine or anything, but I successfully said no to candy at a friend's house.  So that's great, too! :)