Those of you who have been supporting me and tracking my weight loss progress, have probably noticed (thanks to my weight loss ticker at the top of the blog) that I gained back some weight. Between Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day I packed on 10 pounds. Yikes! I had totally stopped tracking my food intake and let myself stop exercising. I used the excuse of the holidays and adjusting to my new time consuming responsibilities at church to allow myself a respite from active weight loss. Big mistake. My clothes weren't fitting, I wasn't feeling good, I had a wake up call.
The truth is, life happens. There will always be something I need to do and somewhere I need to be. I am the only one who can control whether or not I succeed with my long term goals of health, fitness, and weight loss. I have to make the time to be active and prepare healthy food. I know that I need to exercise to keep myself emotionally healthy. I know that I need to journal my food to keep myself from overeating. It works for me and I need to keep at it.
Two weeks ago I started using www.myfitnesspal.com again to help myself. I signed up for a Zumba class 3 days a week with two of my girlfriends. I started running again and committed to run a 10k with Jeremy in June. I am feeling so much better. I am down 2 pounds. I am sticking to it.
If you are working on losing weight too and need ideas for what to eat, check back during this month for meal and snack options. I eat between 1200 and 1500 calories a day - depending on how hungry I am and how active I will be. Good luck to all of us!
1 comment:
Thanks for the ideas and inspiration! You and Sue have helped me so much. I will share your ideas with my group "No Excuses!"
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