Ok, if you've been reading, which I'm not sure if anyone has, you've read me say a million and one times that I'm not dieting, that I'm trying to make this a lifestyle change. Well, that's over & done with! Starting today I am dieting!
I've still been losing weight, but way slower than I want to. I really wanted to hit my goal weight of 150 pounds by my birthday in August & if I don't apply myself it's not going to happen. So I'm going to really apply myself & see what happens.
I know for me to lose weight, especially as much as I want to lose as quickly as I want to lose it, I need to get my exercise in & eat less than I've been doing. And when I say get my exercise in, I mean I need to get real workout & break a sweat exercise. The walking I do at work & moving around is great physical activity, but I need at least 20 minutes of cardio a day 6 days a week minimum! And my is great for maintenance or verrrrryyyy slow weight loss, but if I want to lose a pound a week I need to watch my calories a little better. I think 1,800 calories a day is enough that I'm not starving & can hopefully stick with it.
I'll try to update a little more often, but no promises!
Have a great one.
Kim
CW 167.2 (TOM)
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
You eat how many calories per day?
I've been reading a few other peoples blogs throughout my weight loss & I honestly don't see how they do it. One of the ladies is eating about 1,400 calories a day, exercising almost every day & barely seems to be losing any weight. I can't help but wonder if that's due to her eating so low of calories for so long.
I've been tracking my calories burned & calories ate over the last year & I'm actually a little surprised. My average amount of calories burned (according to my BodyBugg) is 2,418 & the average calories ate is 1,992. This is a deficit of 426 calories per day, which should equal about a 44 pound weight loss, but I have only lost 23. I feel I'm pretty good at logging in my food accurately & I've really worked to get my portion sizes on common items dead on, so why isn't my weight loss where it should be?
Since I do weigh most of my food at home still I have to think that the additional calories I'm obviously eating/drinking have to come from our eating out. That's the one area that I have no way to control the actual portion size, but have to guesstimate portion sizes & calorie content.
But anyways, I digress from my whole point (yep, I do that a lot, losing my train of thought). I just don't see how someone can survive on such a low amount of calories for such a long time. Maybe that's why there's so many people who lose weight & end up putting it right back on as soon as they quit dieting.
That happened to my sister-in-law. She went on weight watchers & lost 20-25 pounds in about 4 months. But I believe that she's put almost all of that back on, and most of it pretty quickly after she quit doing the weight watchers.
So does that mean that I'm doing this the right way? I hope so! Or at least, it seems to be the right way for me. Yes I know I whine & complain about losing so slowly, but when I took my time off they weight didn't jump right back on & that makes me very happy & very proud of myself.
So on that happy note I am going to end today's post.
It's Friday Bitches! Woo Hoo!
I've been tracking my calories burned & calories ate over the last year & I'm actually a little surprised. My average amount of calories burned (according to my BodyBugg) is 2,418 & the average calories ate is 1,992. This is a deficit of 426 calories per day, which should equal about a 44 pound weight loss, but I have only lost 23. I feel I'm pretty good at logging in my food accurately & I've really worked to get my portion sizes on common items dead on, so why isn't my weight loss where it should be?
Since I do weigh most of my food at home still I have to think that the additional calories I'm obviously eating/drinking have to come from our eating out. That's the one area that I have no way to control the actual portion size, but have to guesstimate portion sizes & calorie content.
But anyways, I digress from my whole point (yep, I do that a lot, losing my train of thought). I just don't see how someone can survive on such a low amount of calories for such a long time. Maybe that's why there's so many people who lose weight & end up putting it right back on as soon as they quit dieting.
That happened to my sister-in-law. She went on weight watchers & lost 20-25 pounds in about 4 months. But I believe that she's put almost all of that back on, and most of it pretty quickly after she quit doing the weight watchers.
So does that mean that I'm doing this the right way? I hope so! Or at least, it seems to be the right way for me. Yes I know I whine & complain about losing so slowly, but when I took my time off they weight didn't jump right back on & that makes me very happy & very proud of myself.
So on that happy note I am going to end today's post.
It's Friday Bitches! Woo Hoo!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I'm back
Not that I ever really went away, I just stopped posting for a bit.
There's not too much different from my last post.
We took our vacation back at the end of November to Key West. Six days is a little too long for Key West. It's a wonderful place to visit & tons of fun, but.................. Well, there's really not too much to do there besides go to bars. And there's a lot of them! We had a blast & partied like rock stars! Well, maybe overage rock stars!
I totally did not worry about my diet at all. I ate & drank whatever I wanted & kind of figured that we were walking enough to burn off the calories that I consumed. I even took off my BodyBugg! My husband was shocked!
Well, after the vacation, then it's the holidays & no point in not enjoying the festivities right? Well........... on January 5th I decided to get back with the program. I had put on a couple of pounds from my lowest weight, but I was still right around the 170 mark so I consider that maintaining since my low of 168 was a one day low & not a consistent 168.
I'm still w weighing myself every day, but I'm really only counting my Saturday weigh ins as my weight bounce around like crazy! For example, on Saturday I weighed in at 167.2 then on Sunday I was at 172. I did have a couple of cocktails over the weekend Mango margarita! Yummy! But not enough to gain almost 5 pounds. I know it's a combination of water being retained from the alcohol & some pre TOM water. I've been seeing a slow drop ever since Sunday & as of this morning I was down to 170. I have two days before I should start & be close to being back to normal, but I'm not going to sweat it.
If anyone's reading, I hope you have a wonderful day!
There's not too much different from my last post.
We took our vacation back at the end of November to Key West. Six days is a little too long for Key West. It's a wonderful place to visit & tons of fun, but.................. Well, there's really not too much to do there besides go to bars. And there's a lot of them! We had a blast & partied like rock stars! Well, maybe overage rock stars!
I totally did not worry about my diet at all. I ate & drank whatever I wanted & kind of figured that we were walking enough to burn off the calories that I consumed. I even took off my BodyBugg! My husband was shocked!
Well, after the vacation, then it's the holidays & no point in not enjoying the festivities right? Well........... on January 5th I decided to get back with the program. I had put on a couple of pounds from my lowest weight, but I was still right around the 170 mark so I consider that maintaining since my low of 168 was a one day low & not a consistent 168.
I'm still w weighing myself every day, but I'm really only counting my Saturday weigh ins as my weight bounce around like crazy! For example, on Saturday I weighed in at 167.2 then on Sunday I was at 172. I did have a couple of cocktails over the weekend Mango margarita! Yummy! But not enough to gain almost 5 pounds. I know it's a combination of water being retained from the alcohol & some pre TOM water. I've been seeing a slow drop ever since Sunday & as of this morning I was down to 170. I have two days before I should start & be close to being back to normal, but I'm not going to sweat it.
If anyone's reading, I hope you have a wonderful day!
Monday, November 19, 2012
Still hanging in there
I've been super busy for the past few months & it shows no indication of slowing down. Life is good, just busy!
I'm proud to say that I'm still keeping up with my weight loss goals. I've dropped off of the constant tracking, which may be a good thing :) but I'm still losing. My current weight is 168 pounds so I'm finally over half way to goal! Woohoo!
I went through some of my older jeans that had gotten too tight & am happy to say that I'm fitting into jeans that I haven't worn in 3-5 years! I feel so much better about myself & just feel better in general.
We leave for vacation to Key West on Wednesday morning & this will be a interesting to see how I do. I'm planning on leaving my BodyBugg at home & not keep track of what I eat. We will be back next Monday night, so I will try to give an update with how I did next week.
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
I'm proud to say that I'm still keeping up with my weight loss goals. I've dropped off of the constant tracking, which may be a good thing :) but I'm still losing. My current weight is 168 pounds so I'm finally over half way to goal! Woohoo!
I went through some of my older jeans that had gotten too tight & am happy to say that I'm fitting into jeans that I haven't worn in 3-5 years! I feel so much better about myself & just feel better in general.
We leave for vacation to Key West on Wednesday morning & this will be a interesting to see how I do. I'm planning on leaving my BodyBugg at home & not keep track of what I eat. We will be back next Monday night, so I will try to give an update with how I did next week.
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
Monday, September 10, 2012
Big jump & how did I do in August?
Let's start with the month of August. How did I do?
Well, I fell off track with logging my food & weighing in for that week or so, but I did wear my BodyBugg for all but one day, so........................................................
Weight lost:
I ended the month of July at 174.2, I didn't record my weight as of August 31st, so I'm just going to go with my as of 9/4 which was 173.4. This equals a .8 pound loss for the month of August. Not that good, but heck a loss is a loss & I'm not going to beat myself up over it.
Physical activity:
My goal was to hit 50 hours of physical activity as recorded by my BB. I hit 52.7, so goal achieved! Yay!
Steps:
My goal was to average 10,000 steps per day, or 310,000 for the month of August, I hit 343,270, so another goal achieved! Yay!
My goals for September are:
50 hours of physical activity
300,000 steps (or 10,000) per day
Weight loss I want to get under 170 in September, so my goal is 3.4 pounds
The steps & physical activity may be a little harder this month because I already lost three days of data where I forgot to wear my BB. So I need to move my not so little butt a little more. I know my goal of 3.4 pounds is pretty big for me, but I've already seen fluctuations take me right around 171-170, so I think I can do it!
Speaking of fluctuations, on my weight is jumping around like crazy the past few days. Thursday I was at 171.8, Friday 172.6, Saturday 170.4, Sunday 174.4 and this morning 172.2. I had a mixed drink Saturday, but come on! I was right at maintenance for my calories, so why the big jump? So now, I don't know if the low weights were false, or if the higher weights are just me retaining water because I drank a little alcohol. This drives me crazy & has been the story of my "dieting" I am so good during the week & see the results during the week, only to blow all my hard work over the weekend.
I don't get it, because tracking my food & drinks I seem to be right at maintenance on the weekend, but come Monday the scale is telling a different story. Maybe I just need to start inflating my intake calories over the weekend. It's hard to estimate because we eat out a lot on the weekends, but I usually do a search online to determine the nutritional content. Could it be off by THAT much? Obviously so.
Does anyone have a good site to get real nutritional information from restaurants? If so, please let me know.
Weight as of 9-10-12 174.2 (boo, hiss)
Physical activity: 9.65/50
Steps: 63,370/300,000
Well, I fell off track with logging my food & weighing in for that week or so, but I did wear my BodyBugg for all but one day, so........................................................
Weight lost:
I ended the month of July at 174.2, I didn't record my weight as of August 31st, so I'm just going to go with my as of 9/4 which was 173.4. This equals a .8 pound loss for the month of August. Not that good, but heck a loss is a loss & I'm not going to beat myself up over it.
Physical activity:
My goal was to hit 50 hours of physical activity as recorded by my BB. I hit 52.7, so goal achieved! Yay!
Steps:
My goal was to average 10,000 steps per day, or 310,000 for the month of August, I hit 343,270, so another goal achieved! Yay!
My goals for September are:
50 hours of physical activity
300,000 steps (or 10,000) per day
Weight loss I want to get under 170 in September, so my goal is 3.4 pounds
The steps & physical activity may be a little harder this month because I already lost three days of data where I forgot to wear my BB. So I need to move my not so little butt a little more. I know my goal of 3.4 pounds is pretty big for me, but I've already seen fluctuations take me right around 171-170, so I think I can do it!
Speaking of fluctuations, on my weight is jumping around like crazy the past few days. Thursday I was at 171.8, Friday 172.6, Saturday 170.4, Sunday 174.4 and this morning 172.2. I had a mixed drink Saturday, but come on! I was right at maintenance for my calories, so why the big jump? So now, I don't know if the low weights were false, or if the higher weights are just me retaining water because I drank a little alcohol. This drives me crazy & has been the story of my "dieting" I am so good during the week & see the results during the week, only to blow all my hard work over the weekend.
I don't get it, because tracking my food & drinks I seem to be right at maintenance on the weekend, but come Monday the scale is telling a different story. Maybe I just need to start inflating my intake calories over the weekend. It's hard to estimate because we eat out a lot on the weekends, but I usually do a search online to determine the nutritional content. Could it be off by THAT much? Obviously so.
Does anyone have a good site to get real nutritional information from restaurants? If so, please let me know.
Weight as of 9-10-12 174.2 (boo, hiss)
Physical activity: 9.65/50
Steps: 63,370/300,000
Saturday, September 8, 2012
I'm still around
I bet you're thinking I gave up because of my silence. Not!
I'm still hanging in. I think I just needed a break from the "diet" thing for a while. I stopped logging my food, plugging in my BodyBugg every day & going to the 3FC website for a little over a week. I'm calling it a much needed mental health break.
I know I keep saying I'm not dieting & I'm in this for the long run, but when I was trying & really not seeing much results, it was getting a little frustrating. I was around 174 for two months. That's bad. I've been in the 170's for four months now. Enough!
I went back on plan this week on Tuesday. I weighed in on Tuesday at 173.4, not sure about Wednesday or Thursday, but WI at 171.8 on Friday & 170.4 this morning! Yippee! That is my first goal of 20 pounds. Of course I don't really count it unless it sticks for my official WI day on Wednesday.
But I really do have to say that I feel soooooooooooooo much better than I did a year ago today! I have quit smoking, lost 20ish pounds. I have so much more energy that I used to have. I don't want to come home from work & sit on the couch any more. I remember I used to come home from work & be too tired to do anything but sit on the couch.
It's funny because I'm moving more at work now then I was then too. You would think that I would be more tired coming home, but nope. I come home, clean house or do yard work, or even go out & do things with my husband. I love it! I love feeling good, and I love that I'm feeling better about myself too.
I'm finally starting to see a difference in my face & body. I find myself checking myself out when I pass a mirror or reflective surface. It's not that I think I look THAT good, it's just different from when I couldn't stand to look at myself! My husband's noticed me doing it a couple of times & thinks it's great that I'm feeling better about myself, but I hope it doesn't come off as being conceited. I'm just looking more like me! Or what I think of as me & I've missed myself.
Hope you're all doing great!
Hugs to you,
Kim
I'm still hanging in. I think I just needed a break from the "diet" thing for a while. I stopped logging my food, plugging in my BodyBugg every day & going to the 3FC website for a little over a week. I'm calling it a much needed mental health break.
I know I keep saying I'm not dieting & I'm in this for the long run, but when I was trying & really not seeing much results, it was getting a little frustrating. I was around 174 for two months. That's bad. I've been in the 170's for four months now. Enough!
I went back on plan this week on Tuesday. I weighed in on Tuesday at 173.4, not sure about Wednesday or Thursday, but WI at 171.8 on Friday & 170.4 this morning! Yippee! That is my first goal of 20 pounds. Of course I don't really count it unless it sticks for my official WI day on Wednesday.
But I really do have to say that I feel soooooooooooooo much better than I did a year ago today! I have quit smoking, lost 20ish pounds. I have so much more energy that I used to have. I don't want to come home from work & sit on the couch any more. I remember I used to come home from work & be too tired to do anything but sit on the couch.
It's funny because I'm moving more at work now then I was then too. You would think that I would be more tired coming home, but nope. I come home, clean house or do yard work, or even go out & do things with my husband. I love it! I love feeling good, and I love that I'm feeling better about myself too.
I'm finally starting to see a difference in my face & body. I find myself checking myself out when I pass a mirror or reflective surface. It's not that I think I look THAT good, it's just different from when I couldn't stand to look at myself! My husband's noticed me doing it a couple of times & thinks it's great that I'm feeling better about myself, but I hope it doesn't come off as being conceited. I'm just looking more like me! Or what I think of as me & I've missed myself.
Hope you're all doing great!
Hugs to you,
Kim
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Failing another goal
I weighed in yesterday at 173, which is down from the previous week, but no where near where I need to be to hit my goal of 170 pounds by my birthday on Sunday. So I'm going to be pretty confident that I'm not going to make my goal by my birthday. I'm turning 42 weighing in my 170's, & I'm ok with that. I have a job that I am good at & enjoy most of the time. I have a husband I adore & who is wonderful to me. I have a great family & am super duper proud of the woman my daughter is becoming. I'm happy with every single thing in my life right now, plus I am slowly losing weight, getting healthier & a little sexier if I may say so myself ;) Or at least I'm feeling better about myself which is translating into more self confidence. So I am not going to let the fact that I missed yet another goal bring me down? Heck no!
I will get there eventually! I'm learning a lot about myself & am super proud of the fact that I haven't given up just because I haven't lost as quickly as I want to. It would be so easy to do. I may even fall off the wagon for a day or two, but I get right back on eventually. I guess that's what all successful maintainers learn to do.
It was a really weird weigh week for me. Last week I was staying right around 173-174, then over the weekend my weight jumped up to 178. It seems like every time I have a cocktail or two I see this type of huge spike. But thankfully I did see a drop this week. I'm now at a 1.2 pound loss for August, which is already more than July's loss.
Plus, I've been super active & am hitting my goals for physical activity & steps. I just need to keep it up!
Ciao for now
Weight as of 8-15-12 173.
Physical activity 1740/2500 (over half way there! yay!)
Steps 179,298/310,000 (over half way there! Yay!)
PS, yep I'm super chipper today. lol
I will get there eventually! I'm learning a lot about myself & am super proud of the fact that I haven't given up just because I haven't lost as quickly as I want to. It would be so easy to do. I may even fall off the wagon for a day or two, but I get right back on eventually. I guess that's what all successful maintainers learn to do.
It was a really weird weigh week for me. Last week I was staying right around 173-174, then over the weekend my weight jumped up to 178. It seems like every time I have a cocktail or two I see this type of huge spike. But thankfully I did see a drop this week. I'm now at a 1.2 pound loss for August, which is already more than July's loss.
Plus, I've been super active & am hitting my goals for physical activity & steps. I just need to keep it up!
Ciao for now
Weight as of 8-15-12 173.
Physical activity 1740/2500 (over half way there! yay!)
Steps 179,298/310,000 (over half way there! Yay!)
PS, yep I'm super chipper today. lol
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