Weekly Weigh In & Movement - I Did It!
Goal Weight: 115 112
July 25 Weigh In: 112.8
Weight Lost Last Week: 2.4 pounds
Weight Left To Lose: Done!
Weekly Mileage/Movement
- Fri- 4 mile walk
- Sat- 6 mile walk
- Sun- 2 mile walk + Lots of dancing!
- Mon - 7 mile kayak
- Tue- None
- Wed- 7 miles
- Thur - 5 miles
- TOTAL FOR WEEK: 31 miles
- TOTAL TO DATE FOR JULY: 75 miles
No Sugar and Less Food Efforts
The No Sugar effort has been dealt with for now. I've avoided sweets for over five months, and as long as I remember to keep saying 'No' I should be fine. I do have the occasional desire to enjoy a sweet treat, but so far have been able to stop myself by remembering how hard it was to initially quit them - I really don't want to go through that again. Those first few weeks were awful! So continuing to skip the sweets at this point is easy compared to getting off of them in the first place.
Plus, I have to imagine that getting off sweets had a lot to do with me finally being able to shed some 15 pounds after years of trying and failing. Even on days when I over-indulge, it's still significantly less calories overall than when I'd over-indulge, but still reach for the sweets in the evening hours.
This recent effort to lose weight was HARD, HARD, HARD. At this stage of my life, the Mayo Clinic website gives someone my age, height, weight, and gender, only 1400 daily calories for maintenance, meaning just 900 for weight loss if I wished to lose an average of a pound a week (3500 calories, equal to a pound of weight, divided by seven days, equals 500 less calories a day). So, it took me time to get used to those lower calorie amounts, and time to figure out how to best arrange them over the course of my day.
I will say, one thing that helped me a lot was knowing that if I avoided eating in the evening, and went to bed somewhat hungry, the scale would likely reward me in the morning. And a lower number on the scale in the morning, even if only slight, was enough incentive to get me through another day of mild starvation. LOL, OK, I jest . . . but, not really!!!
I'm highly active, mileage wise, because I genuinely love it, and because it makes me feel so wonderful, both during and afterward. I'll keep on keeping on with my activities because they give me so much joy, and because I feel so calm and serene afterward. Going forward, instead of helping me to lose weight a little more quickly, the 'banked' activity calories should instead allow me to go equally above my 1400 maintenance amount without gaining weight, which will be nice. Particularly on the weekends, when the majority of our dining out occurs.
So that is the reality. My journey to thinner-ness was hard, and will continue to be hard. The upside is that I feel uber-comfortable in my skin for the first time in my life, I very much enjoy putting on my clothes, including my myriad pairs of yoga pants (ubiquitous here in OC), and I get almost daily affirmations from other women my age, which feels wonderful. So wonderful that I am now making a significant effort to do the same for other women that I encounter.
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Guys, I laughed along with the rest of America when I saw this clip many years ago. But you know what? I'm not laughing anymore!
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I can feel your joy! Congratulations on achieving your goal.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Juhli. It is a relief to be done, and to now switch my mindset to maintenance, including the higher amount of calories it will allow. After so many weeks/months of eating less than 1000 a day, it will feel like a very generous uptick to be sure.
DeleteCongrats and you are gorgeous! Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteYou are very kind, Cindy! In looking at these photos, now that the weight is dealt with, it's time to move on to that face!
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