Well i didn't do a weigh in on Tuesday and that's because...this whole week was rubbish, i didn't exercise, i went to 2 birthday parties and ate junk at both, not alot but still not what I'd call healthy food cake, ice cream, sandwiches etc...when you know you've eaten badly and not exercised it's hard to step on the scale, i was dredding it thinking i would have gained 10lbs or something, but when i finally did get on the scale this morning i saw i had neither gained nor lost...so this week i didn't lose any weight, i still weight 266 lbs same as last week.
This month i lost 12 lbs
some people would say that is good, i think it's OK...not as good as it would have been if i had not been lazy and walked more, and i definitely would of lost more if i hadn't eaten chocolate cake and party platter type food a couple of times. But I'm 12 lbs lighter than i was last month....so it's all good
This month my goal is the same as my failed goal of last month, to exercise EVERY day and to eat low calorie, low fat, no carbs, no sugar, high protein foods. Doesn't sound easy and it's not easy, but it's do-able.
My overall goal is still to be under 200lbs by new years, somewhere in the 180-185 lbs range. and that's definitely attainable since there's still 6 months left.
My weigh-in days for this month fall on Thursdays, so this Thursday will be my first weigh in of this month, hopefully a good one, I'm planning to go walking tomorrow morning and I've got all my meals planned for this week, (which i haven't done before) mostly consisting of Tyson's grilled chicken breasts, salad, eggs, steak strips, and some fruits n veg....
Today i went to my friends birthday party, and after months of no sugar, no carbs, no fat, no to anything tasty, i ate half a Cuban sandwich and half of a glazed donut. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but the internal battle was huge. "half a donut is 5 grams of sugar, 5 grams is not too bad for a whole day" that was how i talked myself into it...I have to say it was delicious the best thing I've eaten in months, and i don't care if i don't lose 1lb this week it was worth it,.not too long ago i would have eaten the full sandwich and a big piece of cake with more sugar in it than 5 donuts.....anyways i don't feel guilty about breaking my no carb no sugar rule for today, because when most people eat low sugar and low carb they just eat less of them... i have been eating near to no carbs and sugar and that's a very hard thing to do, everything has carbs and sugar, even things that you wouldn't think of..
I haven't been doing much walking lately and though I'm not gaining any weight, I'm also not losing any...It's way too early for me to be maintaining my weight, but I'm glad i can maintain without gaining...Im so glad June is almost over and July is a new month and fresh start, this month has been really stressful for me and I'm ready to be done with it.
I spent all of the last few days painting, we have been painting every wall in the house, not sure how many calories painting burns, but my arms and legs are killing me.
It's rainy season here in Florida and it's been raining everyday lately, I'm hoping i get to walk tomorrow before the afternoon rain storms that we seem to get everyday.
only 4 days left of this month and i want at least lose a few lbs before starting July.
So i deleted my old blog and started this new one. I decided i didn't have time for a blog and i was just going to delete it and not have one, but i still want to keep track of my weight loss, progress etc...i think having a blog helped me in losing to first 84 lbs of weight because i had something to keep me on track.
I have so many things going on in my life right now, so many time consuming things, i don't know how often i will be able to blog, but i will Always do my weekly weigh-ins. My weigh-in for last week was only 2 lbs which is one of the lowest amounts i have ever lost in a week since i started, I think it's because the week before i lost 6 lbs and whenever i have a big loss the following week is always a small loss, that's just the way my body works. I'm hoping i have a Big loss this week since it's the last week in June. I was hoping to lose 20lbs this month but unless i lose 8lbs this week, that won't happen.
I have changed my eating a little bit, i don't eat carbs or sugar, and everything i eat is low fat and low calorie, i have been eating alot of lean high protein meats like fish, chicken, and eggs, lots of vegetables and snacking on things like mixed nuts. I actually feel fuller on alot less calories eating this way, and my bodies getting all the vitamins it needs. As far as exercising goes, and another reason i had a small loss last week, i haven't been walking everyday, i think i only walked about 3 miles all of last week and usually i do at least 14 miles a week (2 miles a day, everyday)....which mainly is just because i was having a bad week, one of those weeks where everyday seems to get worse than the day before and everything that can go wrong does. I need to get back into the routine of making time to walk everyday.
I do believe that Losing weight MOSTLY depends on diet not exercise because you can workout for hours and eat those calories you burned in one meal, It's very hard to create a caloric deficit if your eating too many calories a day. most overweight people can't burn 1700-2000 calories a day, so losing a pound a day like on "the biggest loser" isn't achievable unless your exercising all day long. So for me eating 1200 calories a day (of good highly nutritional food ) and getting plenty of exercise works.
I have to remind myself that losing 84lbs is alot, because i still have so far to go, i don't really give myself credit for the first 80lbs, i think i will appreciate losing the next 80 more, because that will be the 80lbs that gets me into a normal healthier size weight. But i've come along way in a short time from where i was 84lbs ago and i just want to keep going. :)
