It doesn’t matter what Puxatony Phil says, Spring is on it’s way, is going to be here much too soon and I am growing anxious to get in shape before she arrives.
Like any girlie girl, I want to be in shape before my family begins making our weekend trips to the lakes. As well, being a girls girl, I know what a jumping jack and treadmill are – but when it comes to combining exercise and diet to make a daily regimen that works, my health intelligence goes right out the window.
Earlier today, I signed up for a website MyGraphite.com – Graphite is an online journal that allows me to enter all the data from my daily dining and computes it into recommendations of exercise required to help me burn off the necessary calories to achieve my target weight by my chosen target date.
Once I created my login, I filled out a personal profile by selecting my activity level from Desk-bound/Sitting – Lightly Active – or Very Active. A thorough description is provided of each to ensure you list your activity level properly. You might be surprised at just where you fit in.
I went on to provide my personal and health information such as height, weight and age. Once all my personal data was listed, I clicked a button and Graphite calculated my daily calorie baseline.
I went on to set my my personal goals of how much weight I want to lose each week. what I want my target weight to be and by what date I hope to reach that weight. Based on this information I am then given a target caloric intake target along with sample activities and levels necessary to burn those calories in order to meet my set goal.
After the initial profile is set up – I am able to login throughout the day to log and track the foods I eat and liquids I drink.
Graphite genuinely takes the guessing out of weight loss and fitness. By logging your food intake throughout the day, you’ll be able to leverage off where necessary to make sure you stay within certain boundaries.
Along with my membership, Graphite provides a number of tools and resources to help me eat smart, balance energy and make the necessary changes in my lifestyle.
Ultimately we all can all try those trendy diets – but unless we are willing to make true and long-term lifestyle changes, we can’t expect the weight we lose on trendy diets to remain at bay.
So who will join me?
—————- MomGadget Giveaway —————–
To help kick off our Spring Fling Campaign and get MomGadget readers geared up for getting in shape, Graphite has generously donated 10 lifetime memberships. LIFETIME people! These memberships are worth $50 per year!
Now – The winning doesn’t stop there though – Graphite is currently running a free 7-Day Trial so everyone who wants to try it out, can.
The Winner will be selected and notified via email on February 18th. Please be sure that the email address that you enter with is one that you check regularly, and also check your spam folder. If winners do not respond with the required information within a set time frame – another winner will be drawn in their place.
ONLY COMMENTS MEETING CONTEST RULES WILL BE ELIGIBLE
This MomGadget prize package is open to residents of U.S. and Canada
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I would love this! I am a life long yo-yo dieter and I think that this would be a fabulous tool to get my weight under control. Thanks for the chance.
I’ve been working on shedding a few pounds and exercising more, this looks like a very helpful tool for figuring out and keeping track of my weight loss goals.
I’d love to join you. I like that they have a calorie profile that tells you how many calories is right for me.
Wow, this would be perfect for my motivation to keep exercising
I lost 30 pounds four years ago, gained five back & have been stuck at the same weight ever since. Maybe this would help!
Getting a little tired of see sawing with weight. Maybe tracking it on a daily basis would be helpful
Need to lose a bit of weight before I have surgery on my knee, this would be great to help me do that
This would help with my weight loss goals
I’ve been dieting all my life. This wouls certainly help.
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Sounds great, I’ve been trying to lose since January 5, but it’s a very slow process!! Thanks for the chance
I would absolutely LOVE to join in here! Getting ready to be a bridesmaid in October and every little bit of motivation helps
I’m on the computer daily and need to shed some poundage, so this would definitely be something I could utilize and benefit from!
This would be super helpful! Thanks for the chance.
I could use this to help with keeping my sugar under control and lose weight
I desperately need one of these! I actually thought about it the other day, and realized that if I had somewhere to count the calories I am using, I would be much more motivated to eat healthy/exercise! I have seen some planners that are used, but I feel like if it were on the Internet, I would be much more likely to use it!
Amanda Barnes
amandakbarnes90@gmail dot com
I’m trying to lose weight so this would be fab. Thanks.
i’d love to win this, i’ve tried to lose weight so often, but this year i’m doing it
This would keep me on track -thats for sure!
this sounds awesome i am trying to get into shape before summer and this would be great motivation
I would love to win this! I am getting back into exercising and watching what I am eating after having had foot surgery and being in bed for 2 months. I need help!!!
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perfect! I started all my dieting and working out feb 1st. this will help me figure out how many more miles I need to job after having a couple of Girl Scout cookies. lol
Ah, This is exactly what I was looking for! Puts to bed
many contradictions I’ve heard
Perfect!Great! This helped a lot! I’ve seen a couple
rather confusing websites lately, this cleared up a lot confusion I had.