The 1,000 Calorie Challenge

So remember like 3 days ago when I said I was going to count the calories I was eating? Yeah, that's not gonna work. Today I drank part of a Gatorade before Ashton spilled the rest. I have no idea how much. I gave him a piece of pizza, but I ate the crust and dipped it in a tiny bit of blue cheese. Oh and he didn't finish the last 3 bites of his pizza, so I did. No idea how many calories. I'm sure some extensive google searches would help me out, but I'm gonna have to side with Sweet Brown on that one. I never realized how much food I share with my toddler until I tried to count the damn calories. As someone who has never had a problem over-eating or even eating when I'm not hungry, all the trouble is not worth it to me. So I decided to approach this from a different angle: I LOVE my new Polar watch, which (combined with an included heart rate monitor) calculates the amount of calories I burn when I exercise. So I aspire to burn 1,000 calories a day. And then eat whatever the heck I want. Considering that I burned over 600 calories in Stroller Strong Moms alone this morning and I do a lot of other little workouts throughout the day, I think that should be perfectly possible. If I am completely fatigued, I will burn some calories walking or doing yoga. Or I'll add some push-ups. There is a way, every day. I am also going to count playing the violin, but I'm going to leave breast feeding out of it for now, even though that alone burns about 500 calories a day. So starting tomorrow (Wednesday), this is the new plan!!
In the meantime, here are some more comparison pics to keep me going.