Well…I’ve been here for a while and essentially just playing around as I haven’t lost any weight yet nor likely achieved any health benefits from this way of life.
My fast days have been great…around 500 calories but my feast days have been far too feasty! It’s time to get them under control so I can start seeing some benefits from this way of life! I also want to lose around 20 lbs before my 50th birthday in early 2015. I’ll then have a healthy BMI!!
My goal here is to journal my progress and my thoughts as I get things under control! So my story…I had lost weight previously on Weight Watchers (daily deprivation) and had maintained it for about a year. I then had a back injury which resulted in weeks of being flat on my back about 1 and a half years ago. Since then my weight has steadily been increasing little by little. I’m limited on what I can do now and of course feeling bad for myself, I increased my food intake. Hmmm what was I thinking but chocolate sure does soothe the soul at least for the moment!
Some of my goals I need to achieve:
1. Exercise more consistently. Weight lifting 2 – 3 times a week instead of once every other week!
2. Track all food on My Fitness Pal including weekends and stay within my TDEE (1,620 calories per day) on feast days.
3. Eat back part of my exercise calories with high quality food on feast days (protein instead of simple carbs). I feel that My Fitness Pal and Fit Bit over estimate calories burnt. I don’t totally trust what I’m seeing!
4. Get off simple sugar. My goodness I am eating far too much sugar these days. I’m going to have one treat per day and I’ll pick something healthy like Yasso Frozen Yoguart Bars (80 calories) or equivalent. No treats until I successfully complete a good day!
5. Reduce my diet pop consumption. At one time I didn’t drink any at all and it’s been finding its way back in. Time to kick it back out again. I really want to limit artificial sweeteners as I feel anything artificial is not good for you!
6. Journal my days/weeks (as need be). Instead of just thinking about what is happening, I need to write it down even if it’s a simple…”good day” “bad day” remark. How can I learn new behaviours if I don’t see a pattern happening?
So today I’m fasting! Fasting days are good…I am finding them easier and easier as time goes by. I feel SO in control on these days! Tomorrow will be harder as I’ve noticed once I break my fast in the morning I feel out of control. I’m trying to figure out what I can do to combat that feeling and maybe it’s simply food choices. I am picking healthy foods but maybe I need to pack them up more with low calorie vegetables to fill me up? I am however getting sick of tomatoes and carrots! So goal for this week is to discover some new vegetables to enjoy! I do love roasted Brussel Sprouts with a little olive oil and sea salt!
OK so here goes…starting weight as of this morning ugh…165.8 lbs. Very scary to see btw…I should be 145. I am not planning to weigh in too often as it can throw me for a loop. I’ll limit my WI’s to either once a week or once every other week.
2:30 pm
22 Sep 14