297,500

Do you know what that number represents? NO! I wish that were my income for this first half of 2008. LOL That huge number represents the approximate number of excess calories that I have consumed in the last 3 years to gain 85 pounds. After doing some more numbers crunching, I have figured that I have consumed an average of 272 extra calories than my body needs in a day. That seems like a small number of calories alone, but compounded over 3 years, that has made a SIGNIFICANT difference in my life. Eight-five pounds of significance. 271 calories= 2 Tbs of peanut butter and a slice of bread, a bowl of cereal with milk.. That kind of extra intake of food (a light meal) has kept me an obese woman.

Doing this kind of numbers crunching has made me open my eyes to see that the small snacks/meals do add up to matter. I am going to start to journal my food intake to get an idea of my caloric intake as it stands and then work from there.