Minus 2 pounds. That’s all I have to show for my first month of attempting to be healthier
(Below is an exert of a conversation with myself)
Me1: *sigh*, louder *sigh*, louder and brazenly disappointed that you hear on the other side of the room *sigh*. This is unfair.
Me2: But aren’t you now exercising almost daily and most days with a friend?
Me1: Well.. I suppose
Me2: And haven’t you successfully and consistently counted your calories for almost a week and a half – even the weekend – even the five pieces of pizza that you are now aware you should never ever eat again no matter how many decks you are working on? This has to be a record.
Me1: Ya, but see…
Me2: And really aren’t we looking to develop positive behaviors?
Me1: But I want to just wake up and magically have obtained all of my weightloss and healthy lifetime goals.
Me2: That’s very sad for you.
I’d continue with the conversation, but Me1 feels the need to wallow and be sad for a bit longer. On the bright side, I have made some real changes. My crazy, wonderful friend has faithfully shown up each time to exercise. My very patient husband has started measuring more (at least telling me how many handfuls) of food he dishes out when cooking. I am using a great tool on my phone called LOSE IT!, which helps me keep track of my calories eaten, calories burned, and sends out a weekly summary to anyone I add which tells them how I did for the week. It gives me that accountability that I know someone other than myself (who is really good at making excuses) is looking at what I enter in. It also means that if I cheat and decide to only add three pieces of pizza to my daily calorie intake instead of the five… it means I’m lying. And then I’m lying to people that care enough about me to willingly accept a random e-mail once a week that says what I’ve eaten for the week. And that would be really low of me.
So… here’s to pressing on and to the month of September.
2 comments:
Weight loss, schmeight loss. You're developing healthier attitudes and you know it. Besides, while it may not be as fast as you'd like, you've lost two pounds. Lost is still lost, no matter how little.
Just to be clear, though... if you turn into a person who tries to feed me celery and whey shakes, I will stop working out with you.
lol I'm agreement with Bethany.
Moving past that, congrats on the two pounds, I would be a lot happier when gazing upon the scale if I had lost two pounds. I really need to lose 15, but more on that at another juncture. Congrats on getting this far! Let's not forget the numerous diets that have failed in your lifetime in a much shorter time span. Congrats on the perseverance. Don't worry, once you start losing weight it gets easier. Just don't give in to the temptation to eat as these winter months encapsule you within your own home and the refigerator offers the salvation to your boredom.
My number 1 tip to losing weight, ALWAYS have gum on hand. Eating when bored is a horrible thing because when you are bored you are not active which means you have no way to lose what you take in. So having gum on hand allows you to have the activity of chewing (which appeases you) while also allowing you to burn calories (which appeases you even more).
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