With the birth of my grandson two weeks ago - I went off any kind of diet and could have cared less. Now I am interested in getting back on it over the weekend. My problem is that I am torn between doing a Low Fat versus Low Carb.

What do you think? Which is best for you? I’d like to hear your opinions. Whichever choice I pick I will monitor my blood pressure and you can see if it is working or not. I’ll try and post it tomorrow. I have the new Omron portable blood pressure monitor so I can give you results daily, weekly or monthly.

I started tracking my measurement around my waist for the past couple of days. I noticed that I have already lost one inch around my waist. Maybe I should only track this once a week? My goal is to be able to fit back into my Size 34 Jeans. I still have several pair for several years ago. I know that I will be close to goal when I can get them back on. Right now I am lucky to barely get me Size 38 jeans on. Thank God for stretch jeans and work pants.

I am finally down to a new low since going back on a caloric restriction diet. I hit 265 pounds this morning. Although I don’t know if I am taking in too much sodium in my diet which may be a cause of me not losing as much? I’ve also been fearful of not eating enough calories but maybe I shouldn’t worry about that. Part of me is wanting to go back to Weight Watchers. They let you eat anything you want - Just within the points allotment.

I’ve been reading, listening, and watching videos, tapes, and books on diet and exercise for the past three weeks. My conclusion is that no matter what diet you are on - Low Fat, Low Carb, Grape Fruit Diet, Slim Fast, Jenny Craig, Nutra System, Weight Watchers etc. the one common thing that all diets do is restrict calorie consumption. That’s the whole secret - PERIOD!

Your body needs to burn more calories than it takes into it - PERIOD! You can achieve this by two ways. Cutting calories, Exercise or a combination of both. Take in fewer calories and burn more - That’s it. Now, how many calories should you consume? I have a little calculator over on the left hand side towards the bottom. You can select the settings to what you are now just to see what they are but the important thing is to choose the setting of what weight you want to be.

I want to be 199 lbs, so at 5′10″ and age 44 my daily calories should be no more than 2274 calories consumed per day. Remember 3500 calories equals one pound. So by cutting 500 calories per day from my diet I should lose on average one pound per week. It’s all about the math. The calculator says that I am currently taking in about 2767 calories per day so doing the math I should lose one pound per week but I’ve been exercising so I hope to be able to cut an additional 500 calories per day making it a 2 lbs per week weight loss. How’s the math?

Today I got the chance to really see how the Omron Pedometer worked. All I can say is that I am more than pleased. I only can assume that it kept an accurate track of my steps but based on my trials last night it seemed as if it was within 1 step plus or minus for 200 steps.

I know that it accurately detected when I was doing as it calls aerobic steps (10 minutes continual walking). I know this because after I came home and it cooled down outside, I took a walk around my neighborhood. It uploads your measurements to the computer and plots your progress throughout the day. So I can tell when I walk more or less and where I can make improvements.

Another nice feature is that it keeps track of your measurements for days so If you can not upload your information right away then its ok. I set my goals low and will increase them over time. Take a look below on how I did my first day. You can see where I was inactive during certain portions of the day. Six to Seven pm I took a nap, if your wondering why no results. In conclusion I highly recommend this Pedometer as the one to get. I’ve had several before this and I think this one is the best on the market.