WEEK 21 RESULTS: -.6 - That brings my total loss to 74 lbs. I know I should be thrilled that after 21 weeks I am still on plan and the scale is going in the right direction, but I am sorry, I'm just not. I set my goal at 10 lbs a month and at my weight, I really feel like that is totally reasonable. Month 4 was -8.6 and Month 5 was -7.4. Not near 10 lbs. And I don't like the trend that I am seeing. AT ALL. Obviously what I have been doing all this time is just not cutting it anymore. Maybe my body is getting used to it, maybe it's time to really exercise, no matter what, -.6 is not going to cut it at this stage of the game. When I get under 200, if the scale wants to behave this way, so be it, but not now, not yet.
I had thought about lowering my calories to 1700, but that only nets 700 calories a week, it takes 3500 to lose a pound, so at best that won't even net me an extra lb a month. The plan is to do 2 things. Cut out all the sugar (under the thought that all calories are not the same) and really up the exercise. Along the way I will try and get more sleep and drink more water. I want this and I will have success, no matter what it takes. I am going to have to be careful, because I don't want to make any changes that I won't stick with. It won't do me any good to change my plan in such a way that I end up off plan.
I have really been much more conscious of my health lately. I had been on cholesterol meds and took myself off them (I know...) Got my results back and my numbers with no meds are pretty close to my numbers with meds, I just need to work on my LDL. The added exercise will help with that, plus I am adding 4 oz. of red wine at night and other tweaks to improve my numbers (I see oatmeal in my future!).
I always thought of weight loss in terms of my size and appearance. Losing weight meant being thin and as a bonus, I'd feel better and be able to do more things. Turns out I had it backwards. Losing weight is ALL about feeling better and being able to do more things and being smaller and looking better is the bonus. I am living high right now on all the things that I can do that I would have had a problem with previously. I have more energy, I do more, I sit less.
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- Sandi
- I started this blog 200 lbs overweight. I now have under 100 lbs left to lose. My goal was to save my life by losing weight and become the active, fun loving woman I was inside. I am most of those things now, but have a ways to go! Join me as I blog my way through this journey.
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Age: 44
Highest: 368 (7/12/10)
Current: 259.2 (7/9/12)
Goal: 168
Total Pounds lost: 108.8
Highest: 368 (7/12/10)
Current: 259.2 (7/9/12)
Goal: 168
Total Pounds lost: 108.8
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3 comments:
Great job Sandi!! Don't go nuts because you're not hitting 10 lbs. a month...you're still losing!! :)
Be realistic about what you're going to change next. If you're not ready to cut out sugar, then don't. Maybe it would be better to try upping the exercise first.
You're still doing awesome though!
Wow, this attitude of yours is great. What you may see as a bit of a recent set-back, has resulted in even more determination to succeed and healthy (realistic) thought processes toward your goals. No way are you going to let up or give up. Go Sandi Go!!
Jilly xx
Don't get discouraged by what the scale is saying. Be inspired by the way that you are feeling, that you are moving more and sitting less. Don't leap off a cliff trying to change too many things at once, slow and steady wins the race! You are doing such a great job, keep it up!
Jen
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