Weekly Weigh In & Movement
Goal Weight: 115
June 6 Weigh In: 120
Weight Lost This Week: 1
Weight Left To Lose: 5 pounds
I'm almost embarrassed to share how few calories I can ingest in order to lose weight, even at my current rate of just about a pound a week, So the mental battle is real, but I'm in it until I get there . . . or at least that's the plan at this point!
Weekly Mileage/Movement
- Fri- None
- Sat- 2 mile walk
- Sun- None
- Mon - None
- Tue- 5 mile walk
- Wed- 1 mile walk
- Thur - 4 mile walk
- TOTAL FOR WEEK: 12 miles
I have to laugh a bit at my low mileage for the week - my husband is temporarily out of walking commission due to a sore back, and my extrovert self really misses him! I can come up with a hundred distractions when left to my own devices, but give me another person to walk/hike/kayak with, and I'm there!
So, now I know that I'm much better off making hard dates with confirmed groups and not just 'me' when my preferred activity partner is laid up, whomp whomp. 😒
No Sugar, now No Food plan
The no-sugar effort is close to being hardwired now, at 10 weeks in. I do still have to occasionally remind myself that, no, actually, I can't have just a smidge, lest I quickly return to where I was 10 weeks ago. But I can say that its a relatively small effort at this point, so I now think its time to focus on my food plan going forward as I continue to fight through the last few pounds.
As in, I'm working daily to be comfortable with feeling slightly hungry in the evening, my biggest pre-weight loss snacking danger time.
I still feel minor compulsions to snack after dinner, but so far a couple of crunchy 5 calorie pickles have worked at getting me over the compulsion hump. As has a small amount of frozen berries.
However, I like the way I look and feel at this lower end of my personal weight bell curve much more than I miss the food, and I look forward to meeting my goal in just a few more weeks. At which point I'm going to go shopping for some of the new wider leg jeans that are trying so hard to push my beloved skinny jeans off to the side, lol.
I like all three of these looks below a lot. I have all of the non-pants components in my closet already, so it's just the pants I'm looking to add to my wardrobe.
__________________________________________________________-
If you are likewise on a quest to improve some aspect of your dietary or fitness life, please feel free to share here. The more we can work to support and encourage each other the better!
Love them all but especially love the jeans and crisp white shirt! Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteThat's my favorite look as well. As a shorter person, I am always a bit hesitant about 3/4 length pants.
DeleteI'm resuming timed, intermittent fasting, whatever you might call it to keep calories between 12-8, with a target total calorie goals, with a target veg/ fruit minimum. We'll see if I can get back on track after a hard on my body spring.
DeleteSAM, I find that there is a mindset I need to settle into when I'm working to reduce calories and lose weight. It's a place where I'm aware of what I'm doing vs eating mindlessly. I don't know if that makes any sense?
DeleteI like intermittent fasting, and I believe I've read that it aligns with our ancient DNA, wherein we ate when food was located, then went without until food was again found. So are likely very old brain reasons as to why it seems to work for many of us.