Your Financial Checkbook as Your Weight Loss Checkbook?

Have you ever thought of your food and exercise in terms of having a checkbook? It is different than a financial checkbook but functions somewhat similar.

Consider this....you are given a certain amount of calories each day to spend. You choose throughout the day to use the calories wisely in healthy choices, high in nutrition and reasonable calories. For example, let's say that you know you function best and to lose weight at a reasonable rate you can eat 1,500 calories per day. So, in your checkbook for the day, you'd record 1,500 calories and then deduct from that amount (like you do checks) when you eat throughout the day. If you have calories left over from your daily food intake, those add up to additional weight loss.

Now, exercise comes into the picture by creating a bonus of additional calories spent to the total nutrition/exercise figure for the day in your checkbook. For example, let's say that you used 1,200 calories of your alloted 1,500 calories for the day equalling a 300 calorie difference to apply to your weight loss efforts. The exercise returns an additional 200 calories that you expended by your activity. That would give you a total of 500 extra calories toward your weight loss.

Just as financially responsibility is attained, we record our deposits and checks into our checkbook, become equally responsible for your nutritional intake and exercise and the overall responsibility for your weight loss and health.

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy, CLC
Certified Life Coach, Weight Loss Surgery Coach
Certified Back On Track Facilitator