Sunday, August 15, 2010

so I need a game plan

for those of you who have lost weight or attempted to lose weight know exactly where i am coming from. today is the day! how many times has that been said. today i will journal today i will stick to x amount of calories. so my love affair with weight watchers started gosh before i had berkley who is turning 6 this week...so 8 yrs ago. so im indecisive if i want to join WW again, do i join, do i join online only or do i go to meetings. well im curious if the mtgs are in espanol or english, since i am wanting to learn spanish maybe i can kill two birds with one stone, weight loss and spanish immersion WW meetings LOL.

while I am deciding I am going to just track calories, 1200-1300 is the goal! now i used to wear a bodybugg and i still have one but i always burn the 1000 cal deficit if i work out an hour a day and yet i didnt lose weight, yes its simple math but i dont think my body comprehends the simple 3500cal burnt means a lb should magically disappear off my scale...

so my goal for the rest of Aug is to lose 5 lbs, then I would be happy with a 5 lb loss each month of this year, so that would be 25lbs total then i think id like to lose another 10. so hopefully by he time my hubby returns from pac the end of next summer I will be one HOT momma!!!

so starting today I will blog daily what I have ate, and since I am working night shifts I decided my caloric intake will go midnight to midnight! i have my freezer stocked with tv dinners, i know high in sodium but i need a quick fix for now to get portions into control! so until tomorrow morning, willpower to all my friends who are struggling with weight loss like me!

4 comments:

  1. I'm right there with ya! I am back to tracking my food as of yesterday and am recording my exercise on my blog-although not publishing at the moment. We shall see. I'm feeling really optimistic about Aug and Sept. It's Halloween that does me in.

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  2. Good luck Anna!
    Is it possible that you arent eating enough? I know that for me when I was eating only 1200 calories a day I didn't gain but I didn't lose either and I exercised at least an hour a day...

    Fast forward to eating 1500 calories per day with a larger calorie cycle on Thursdays and I lost weight. Hmmmm.

    Something to think about. Granted I wasn't eating junk either. Mostly lean meats, healthy fats from olives, avacados, flax seed and olive and canola oild, tons of veggies and some fruit. Not a lot of grains and only two dairy servings per day. It works for me. I find if I eat 1500 calories most days and then 1700-1800 one other day of the week I can lose weight.

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  3. way to go Anna. I just wanted to post a suggestion too. I found that in regards to the calories a range worked best for me. I was doing 1200-1400. The range makes it so your body doesn't get used to a set amount of calories. When it gets used to the same thing in you may not lose the weight. Like with Jo, I would lose more weight sometimes when I eat more but still needed to have days where I ate only 1200 or so. Like you found, calories are not an exact science either. My goal was to lose between 4 and 8lbs a month and when I was sticking to this range and working out 3-5 days a week, I was reaching the goal!! You are motivating me to get back to it!! Good luck.

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