{"id":4372,"date":"2013-03-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2013-03-08T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T11:38:08","slug":"guest-blogger-tammy-stouffer-on-the-lose-it-app-for-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2013\/03\/guest-blogger-tammy-stouffer-on-the-lose-it-app-for-weight-loss.html","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger Tammy Stauffer on the Lose it App for Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So, the other day I was listening as my petite, cute-as-a-pixie friend explained to me how she needs to get serious about losing weight and is using the Lose It<\/em> App and actually lost a few pounds.<\/p>\n

Before you run off and download it from the App store, hear me out as I confess my one day experience with the loser app.<\/p>\n

I plugged in my current weight and put in a slightly ridiculous dream weight so the little app could calculate how many calories I was allowed to have in one day. It gave me a daily log to track what I\u2019m eating, and even a way to track my exercise. For accountability and incentive, I could even share it with a friend and we could be accountable to one another as we watch what the other one is eating every day (not sure I would want her to know every time I pop a mini-Twix bar in my mouth)!<\/p>\n

The app will print daily or weekly reports about my calorie intake that can show me, complete with graphs and charts no less, how close to my goals I actually am\u2026as if I need that extra mathematical stress in my life.<\/p>\n

But I was ready. Surely, my normal daily intake wasn\u2019t that far from what the app was telling me I could eat in order to enjoy life…and stay alive. My breakfast consisted of one piece of whole grain oatmeal toast, a banana with a tsp of peanut butter, a cup of soy chocolate milk, and two cups of coffee with creamer. 390 calories. Not bad; I was off to a fairly good start.<\/p>\n

My mid-morning snack = 2\/3 cup of blueberries at 56 calories. I deserve a Twinkie for that one.<\/p>\n

Ah, finally lunchtime! My plate could barely hold my HALF of a turkey and cheese sandwich, with 8\u2026okay 10, multi-grain Tostito chips, and 5, or was it 6?, olives, and a glass of tea. 570 calories. Wow, the calories were starting to add up and I was starting to get nervous because I could only have about 230 calories or so for the rest of the day!<\/p>\n

I made it to dinnertime without snacking, whew! If I wanted to lose 1 pound per week for six weeks, then this next meal needed to be reduced to a homemade protein chocolate-peanut-butter-banana smoothie (you should try one – they are the best!).<\/p>\n

Well that yummy glass of frozen goodness put me 39 calories over my limit! And it was only 4:30 in the afternoon!! I was not going to make it to bed time unless I was willing to go over my calorie limit and completely derail the path that would lead me to my dream weight in six weeks.<\/p>\n

At this point, my college-age son and daughter entered the scene. As soon as I began to mention the Lose It<\/em> App, they both informed me: \u201cit\u2019s stupid!\u201d<\/p>\n

Their reasons?<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cCounting calories is not a healthy way to lose weight, or even stay at your current weight, because it matters more what<\/em> you eat, not how much you eat\u201d<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYou will become obsessed with food and calorie counting and \u00a0pre-occupied typing into that thing every moment of your day and night\u201d<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSo, if you\u2019re over your calorie limit and you\u2019d like to eat an apple – because that is a healthy thing to do \u2013 but you won\u2019t because it\u2019s too many calories? That\u2019s stupid!\u201d<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhy do you think you need to lose weight? Who told you that you needed to? They\u2019re stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve decided that I\u2019m deleting the Lose It<\/em> app from my iPad after only one day of use.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the kind of time and energy spent counting calories will be better used basking in the presence of my Heavenly Father, who knit me together and tells me, in His eyes, I am simply perfect.<\/p>\n

In the image of God
\nYou poured yourself into me
\nThat ought to be enough
\nA beautiful reflection
\nof Heaven\u2019s perfect love
\nWhen I look at me
\nGive me eyes to see
\nThe image of God <\/em><\/p>\n

~ \u2018In the Image of God\u2019 lyrics (offering hope and healing, for those struggling with body image issues and eating disorders, from our \u2018Tell Me What You See\u2019 CD<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Visit our \u201cTell Me\u201d Facebook Page<\/a>–Dr. Linda wrote a word in the inside cover!<\/p>\n

Tammy Stauffer lives in Elizabethtown, PA with her husband and three college-age children who migrate in and out of their home.\u00a0 She serves as Project Manager with Music for the Soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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