All Time Low
I have hit an all time low and I'm very excited about it. December and January had me doubting that I was going to make it to the end of this weight loss journey because my weight loss slowed to a crawl. I really didn't want to go to Weight Watchers last night because I didn't want to face the scale. I was so afraid that there wouldn't be a loss. No loss would have been very difficult to deal with. All I wanted was to lose what I gained last week. I just went to see how much weight I've lost since the first weigh in in December on the 3rd and I've lost 11 bs. That is an average of 1 lb a week so what am I worried about? Well I had about 2 lbs I have lost three times during those 11 weeks. Well that's not too bad. I did manage to lose them and 9 lbs more. So I had a 4.4 lb loss last week and counting for the 1.4 I gained last week the total loss for my journey so far is 64.2 lbs.
I have reached an all time low, a weight I have not been at since right after my son was born. My son is 24 years old. So where do I go from here? DOWN of course. I have tossed out the doubts I had because that is just the thing that will kill my success. I can do this. The really bad thing about my eating habits is that I prefer to eat the healthy foods. Unfortunately I allow myself to fall into a funk or even worse give in to being "tired" and I don't cook.
So how have I done this you ask? Reading back in my blog might give you some ideas but I'm going to shamelessly plug Weight Watchers. I use the online food journal to keep track of points. The key to success is to know how much you are eating and how much you should eat and compare daily how much you ate with how much you should have eaten. I have no idea how many calories I eat a day but I eat less than 28 points. One of the great things about the Weight Watcher program is that you start at X points and as you lose they reduce the points, thus reducing your intake to how much you should be eating. I started at 35 points.
We should talk about exercise. I will be honest with all of you and let you know that I've lost this weight without exercising. I probably would not have had as difficult a time in December and January if I had been exercising regularly. There are more reasons that weight loss to exercise because even people near or at their "safe" weights have to exercise. So this is the week to discover exercise. I'm not sure what I'm going to do but it will be more than just walking around the apartment complex.
I have reached an all time low, a weight I have not been at since right after my son was born. My son is 24 years old. So where do I go from here? DOWN of course. I have tossed out the doubts I had because that is just the thing that will kill my success. I can do this. The really bad thing about my eating habits is that I prefer to eat the healthy foods. Unfortunately I allow myself to fall into a funk or even worse give in to being "tired" and I don't cook.
So how have I done this you ask? Reading back in my blog might give you some ideas but I'm going to shamelessly plug Weight Watchers. I use the online food journal to keep track of points. The key to success is to know how much you are eating and how much you should eat and compare daily how much you ate with how much you should have eaten. I have no idea how many calories I eat a day but I eat less than 28 points. One of the great things about the Weight Watcher program is that you start at X points and as you lose they reduce the points, thus reducing your intake to how much you should be eating. I started at 35 points.
We should talk about exercise. I will be honest with all of you and let you know that I've lost this weight without exercising. I probably would not have had as difficult a time in December and January if I had been exercising regularly. There are more reasons that weight loss to exercise because even people near or at their "safe" weights have to exercise. So this is the week to discover exercise. I'm not sure what I'm going to do but it will be more than just walking around the apartment complex.
Valerie, I think you are doing fantastic and that you should be super proud of yourself!!!
Cheers,
tere
the lazy knitter
http://easyknittingpatterns.blogspot.com/
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