Diet Soda
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.
Yesterday was day #3 of my 30 day challenge and here are the results:
Goal #1 – Stay on the LightenUp eating program every day.
Stayed on and monitored all day. Was two fruit exchanges under. Score: A
Goal #2 – Exercise at least 5 days a week (home workouts and gym)
I was more motivated, but got caught up in a urget issue with a clients website. Score: F
Goal #3 – Sleep 7+ hours every day
In bed at 12:50 am and asleep by 1:00… up at 6:40 am.. 5 hours and 50 minutes of sleep Score: F
Goal #4 – Water intake of 8+ servings every day and Limit myself to 1 can of diet soda (or diet flavored water) a day
Drank 8 servings at my desk and had 2 more at home. Drank only 1 diet soda all day. Score: A
Overall score for day #3 is a C (2.00) The issue with the client was the excuse I need to not exercise. The issue really needed imediate attention and caused me to stay up late also. I need to make the time for myself no mater what.
Overal average: C or 2.375 of 4 (7.125/3)
Yesterday was day #2 of my 30 day challenge and here are the results:
Goal #1 – Stay on the LightenUp eating program every day.
Stayed on and monitored all day. Was one dairy exchange over and two vegetable and one fruit exchange under. Score: A-
Goal #2 – Exercise at least 5 days a week (home workouts and gym)
Again I sat and thought about it, and never did. Score: F
Goal #3 – Sleep 7+ hours every day
In bed at 10:30 pm and asleep by 11:30… up at 6:40 am.. 7 hours and 10 minutes of sleep Score: A
Goal #4 – Water intake of 8+ servings every day and Limit myself to 1 can of diet soda (or diet flavored water) a day
Drank the 8 servings at my desk and then had about 3 more at home. Drank only 1 diet soda all day. Score: A
Overall score for day #2 is a B- (2.875) Much better.. the no exercise really brought down the overall score. Today I have the gym scheduled.
So those of you that are members of Richard Simmons Website know that he is helping us do a 30 day challenge in the month of April… no I will admit, I didn’t start mine until yesterday (4/6/09) so mine will go a little into May. The idea is that we each set goals to improve ourselves for the next 30 days.
I though about what my goal should be quite a bit… and I came up with one theme for them all.. “Back to Basics”… and that made me cringe because that was the term way overused by supervisors at my former employer… every time I heard it I just though “come on.. be a little more creative”.. and now here I am using it in my own life… great 😉
So with that in mind I started to set my 30 day goals (let’s take them one at a time): Continue reading