Today is my Weight Tracking Day
…………………and drum roll please, I LOST! Yep one more pound down, 127.2 today (last week 128.4). I am so glad, I was starting to get frustrated. This week (Wednesday-Wednesday) was good in food, I ate my 3 meals 6 days out of 7 (progress not perfection yet) and ate with in my calorie range. I did consume a total of 10 beers, but on the days I choose to drink I drank more water and had less food so overall it went well. Where I totally failed this week was I haven’t worked out once!! (Goal is 3 times min) and that sucks, I gotta get moving again. I always fall off the work out deal. Any suggestions?
Well this Friday I start my internship which added to my two jobs and going to school fulltime, is a lot. I will work / school 6 days a week and I am nervous about the stress. Stress for me can cause eating and I am sure I won’t have as much time to be on this site. A part of me is ready as this is what I have been studying for and want to do with my life, but a part of me is insecure and filled with fear. I am getting my Masters in Counseling as a Marriage and Family Therapist. I hope one day to start my own practice but until then I gotta get my hours and finish school (I should graduate Dec 2010, so I am almost there). Anyway just wanted to share where my head is this week.
Hope you all are rockin’.
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Great work on that pound! I know too darn well how tough it’s to lose weight in the low range!
There are a couple of suggestions I can make for keeping with working out.
You want something that is easy and enjoyable for you to start with and establish a routine. Something that doesn’t require a special trip or even changing into excersise clothes. You can try starting with stretches, yoga or pilates - all the excersises that can be done anywhere, any time, and barefoot. Or you can go for a walk.
You want to start with doing your enjoyable activity every day. Sounds crazy, but when you are missing days it’s easy to put it off. If you decided to do it every day, then there is no ‘tomorrow’.
Try doing it first thing in the morning - then you are done!
Try building it in in your day in such a way that it is simply unevitable. For example, I walk to the bus, there and back from my home to work. Since I leave the car at home, I have no choice but to do 40-45 min a day of very fast walking (want to get the bus on the way there, want to get home and eat on the way back).
Good luck!
My best advice on the exercise part is to find something you enjoy doing. Don’t make it work, make it something you actually look forward to doing (right now, I love rollerblading, it’s like 800 calories in an hr!).
Also with the stress eating … try to look at it in a way that as much as you will be doing in a day and as busy you will be, it can be a reason to keep your mind OFF food. And if you are going to be on the go a lot, pack little things with you to keep you from stopping and getting bad stuff … bananas, almonds, granola bars, etc. Hope this helps! Clearly you can do it….congrats on your loss