diet Motivation
Weight: 379.2 pounds
Loss since 8/12/14 (42 days): 36.8 pounds
Loss since top weight (423.6 on 9/13/10): 44.4 pounds
I have been trying to find a good way to share my food diary from the day before here and I am getting nowhere… best I could do is to make a PDF out of it and post a link… not sure if this would be beneficial to any of you, but it might be to me so I am starting a new category which is My Food Diary… posts can be seen HERE
Weight: 379.0 pounds
Loss since 8/12/14 (42 days): 37.0 pounds
Loss since top weight (423.6 on 9/13/10): 44.6 pounds
(Note: on the graph above you will see where the yellow and red lines jump down.. this is when I reset them to make it more effective.. if you leave the lines the same from day one it makes it easy to slack off as there is a lot of distance to gain before you hit a line.. so resetting them lower makes it have more incentive to stick with it.)
So as expected my weight loss has slowed… I was at a bad plateau for a while… oh course that makes it harder to stick to the calorie limit but I have been able to do it so far. I have been struggling eating much during the day (breakfast and lunch) and then eating a lot for dinner.. this is not the best way to do this.. am still using the MyFitnessPal app on my phone religiously and using their website as well, www.myfitnesspal.com… I track everything that I eat and drink and often plan out my meal on there first and then serve myself accordingly… This planning helps the most when eating out…
I have been trying to diversify my foods… I have added hard boiled eggs to my diet and some more fruit… but one of my downfalls has been diet sodas… I have been drinking too much of this and need to limit them to 1 a day and increase my water intake.My moods have not been good.. grumpiness from the diet and have had no motivation at all for anything. Am going to try my best to stay focused and try to not be in a bad mood.. I should be in a good mood since I am sticking to this and losing weight, right?
My health has been good.. I definitely feel an improvement overall… When I walk a flight of stairs I am not winded… It feels like my low back issue is a little better… My Peripheral Neuropathy pain in both feet is still constant and at times severe… I am hopeful that at some point the weight loss will help, but there is a good chance that it won’t help. I plan to schedule an appointment with my doctor when I hit 10% of my body weight lost (41.6 pounds will be 10%) and have a physical… when I hit 41.6 lost that will mean I have lost 21% of my goal loss of 198 pounds…
No one has said anything about me losing weight but I think it isn’t real obvious to others yet… For me my belly is MUCH smaller… it isn’t hard and protruding as much as it has.. I have been using notches in my belts that haven’t been used in awhile… I have worn a couple of shirts that were too tight to wear before.. so all in all I am happy with my progress so far.
Exercise is still something I need to dive into… there are no excuses really other than me just not doing it. I don’t need anything to go for a walk, ride the exercise bike, play the fitness games on xBox with Kinex…
No one commented after my last post asking people to let me know if they are reading this blog.. so I guess I am doing this for just me at this point… but please comment if you do read this at some point.
Weight: 384.8 pounds
Loss since 8/12/14 (35 days): 31.2 pounds
Loss since top weight (423.6 on 9/13/10): 38.8 pounds
Sticking to the plan still.. monitoring every calorie I intake and staying under the calorie goal. My mood has been okay and there have been some really difficult days with cravings, mainly craving to just eat a whole bunch of anything…
Last Friday I had a big dinner.. I stayed under my calories but it was huge.. 18 oz boneless Rib-Eye, mashed potatoes, etc. but that and the weekend definitely tough… I started and eneded the weekend at 387.0 pounds.. so I need to figure out a better way to avoid food at home.
My plan this week is to stay extra focused and keep well under on the calorie limit… try to work some light exercise in at least a couple of days a week and keep pushing to that first milestone.. losing 42 pounds (10% of my starting weight).. that would put me at 374 pounds 😉 If I can get back to the green line and stay there I would hit that goal in just 8 more days!!
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I was doing really well on Weight Watchers and then I took a break… it was about a 2 week break and I wasn’t having a free for all on the food until the last weekend… the damage was about 12 pounds gained back!
So today I am here at 368.0 pounds and am back on the WW tracking and plan. In an effort to motivate myself to stay focused I am posting 2 photos that I took back on March 11, 2011… so almost 8 months ago… I weighed 397.2 pounds… Continue reading
Rather than this blog becoming only a food log and a place for us to stay accountable we would like it to offer tips and motivation to others. Which brings us to today’s topic…
When undertaking a project like lossing weight there are several things that need to be in place to help ensure success: Continue reading
Yesterday was a solid first day… I had temptations but was able to keep the mindset… the only slip was drinking too much pineapple juice… I planned on having 8 oz… but that became 24 oz…
Granola bar for breakfast. Lunch was 2 spears of Pineapple, 1 slice of bread with 2 slices light bologna and 3 chunks of dill pickle. Dinner was a new idea. Baked Chicken Breast with Rosemary and Lemon Glaze, white rice and roasted vegetables. Continue reading
I don’t remember if I read this somewhere or if someone told me… but as strange as it sounds it helps…
When you get up and look in the mirror in the morning get close so you see your face really well and smile at yourself… take just a couple of seconds and try to give a genuine, happy smile…
Take it in… it is amazing but for me it brightens up the morning mood… I am so not a morning person and before I started doing this I can’t remember the last time I looked at myself and smiled…
Everyone reading this (if anyone is reading this), try it tomorrow morning.. come back and comment and let me know if it helps your morning mood at all!
Steve
So I have had a couple of really hard days… and it reminded me of something I heard once (I wish I could remember who said it so I could give credit)… When I finally quit smoking, I quit cold turkey… from almost 3 packs a day to not even a puff… and it was so hard. But I still believe that if I had a single drag off a cigarette today that I would be smoking 2 packs a day in less than a week… it is much easier to not have any than to have a little… I’m sure that is true for drug addiction also.
It would be easier to just quit food… having to eat little amounts is way harder that quitting cold turkey (no pun intended). So as I had my ‘rough’ days I was tempted to not eat, which I knew was not a good choice.
To make the right choice to stay on the program and eat right I went back to something that I was told by a life coach a couple of years ago. Scott Chesney (www.scottchesney.com) made it clear how important gratitude is and how important it is to reflect on that every day. Now when I first heard that I thought “I am thankful for many things everyday already”, but that it so different than ‘actually’ reflecting on your gratitude. For a period of time, I wrote daily what I was grateful for. That is much harder than it sounds… but it really does matter.
So on the rough days I sat and really put some effort into thinking about what I am grateful for.. the obvious ones are easy… my wife and kids… my friends… my home business… having a place to live, in a wonderful and safe city… and then you have to start digging deeper.. and deeper… until at some point you can’t think of any more… when I did this one thing that came to mind was how grateful I am that I am in a position to be able to improve my health, appearance and life… and that lead to being grateful for a program that I have been able to see results with… so when I was sitting there hating being on a diet and hating exercising, my mindset did a 180… I am actually grateful that I am able to exercise and diet and see results from that.
So from that I was re-energized and focused and made it through to fight another day. This one little thing that Scott requested from me that most of us assume we already do made a huge difference… I urge each of you to take 5 minutes at the beginning or end of each day and write down what you are grateful for… there are no right or wrong answers… just take it in and feel grateful for every little thing you have… and keep going!
Steve