Starting my summer goal!

So I've lost about 15 pounds or so over the past few months without really trying that hard. I want to continue losing weight this summer, but I know in order to do that I need to work harder. I'm taking cycling and zumba classes 4 days a week right now, but I haven't really been keeping up with the zumba. A few times I have missed zumba I have gone on a bike ride instead and I'd like to keep that up. This summer I plan on biking more often, doing lots of walking, and hitting up the pool. I know I also need to start doing a better job of eating healthier. My eating habits aren't that awful, but they're not that great either. My biggest challenge is my sweet tooth. I seem to want dessert and chocolate ALL THE TIME! I know I can have that stuff, but just not as much as I am right now. I also tend to want to eat when I'm stressed. If I've had a rough day the first thing I want to do is come home and have some feel good food. Not a good idea. For awhile now Brian has talked to me about creating a profile on livestrong.com to keep track of my calories. That's what he does to lose/maintain his weight and it works really well for him. I created an account today to get started on the right track. I entered all of my info (age, height, weight, activity level) and it calculated how many calories I can have a day to lose 1 pound a week. I can eat 1,876 calories a day to meet my goal. Which really means nothing to me right now. I very rarely look at the calorie content of what I eat or pay attention to if what I'm having is actually one serving. So tomorrow might be quite a shock for me! My plan is to start looking and entering tomorrow. The way it's set up is actually pretty neat. You can look up the calorie content of what you eat, save meals you eat frequently to use again, and enter in how much exercise you've had to see how many calories you've burned. I think it will be really helpful. There is also a mobile app so I can do it on my iphone.

Hopefully it goes well! Wish me luck!