Thursday, July 12, 2012

Learning About Yourself

Good Morning!

I must admit that when I started this blog I vowed I wouldn’t become one of those who blog like crazy and then just disappear when they are close to or at goal, yet I’ve become one! I’m so sorry!

The truth is I‘ve been so busy and have had nothing exciting happening in the weight loss department because I’ve not had much desire to work at it. I’ve been so comfortable where I am that I’ve just been sittin’ pretty. =)

However recently I’ve been inspired by my husband who has lost 70lbs all on his own since this past April. It all started because he wasn’t feeling well but he just kept the ball rolling and is doing so great, I’m so happy for him. I’ve been trying harder myself in recent weeks and this morning weighed in at 154! I have not seen that number in such a long time, I am thrilled. I am hoping to hit my next short term goal of 147lbs by the end of August and I can certainly do that if I continue like I am. Right now I am not going over 1500 calories per day and am exercising which is bringing me to a total of around 2,100 calories burned each day which is a deficit of around 600.

The biggest thing I have learned about myself is that I have to eat sparingly throughout the day because no matter how much I try I want to eat the most when I get home and if I eat all I want throughout the day I screw up the whole day when I get home. If I eat around 600-700 calories throughout the work day and eat the rest between 5:30pm when I get home and 9:30pm when I go to bed, then I can make 1500 calories work.

This whole weight loss thing is really about learning about yourself, once you figure yourself out and what works for you, that is when you’ll loose!

5 comments:

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adorkbl said...

Wow that is awesome that your hubby is doing so well.. and that it has rubbed off on you too. In no time you will achieve your new goal!

Kristin said...

I miss your posts, and you are so right it is about learning your body and what works for you!

You look amazing and have done so well!

speck said...

You are so right.

I pretty much know what works for me. But doing it is another thing.

A food journal has always been a positive thing for me to do to get on track. So why do I refuse to do it! Shaking head.

So thanks for the reminder.

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