One of the things that I need/want to change has to do with my weight. I have struggled with my weight the majority of my life. I remember being teased in grade school, high school and college about my weight. I am of the mindset now that I don't need to be skinny, I just want/need to be healthy. And right now I am not healthy. I am overweight and just not happy with how I look or how I feel. I am constantly tired and just feel blah, and I think a lot of that has to do with inactivity and the way that I have been eating. I am at the highest that I have been in the last 10 years, (minus the times that I have been pregnant).
I really would like to lose 40 lbs over the course of the year, which is doable as it is less than a pound a week. But I know it will be hard work as well. I have several things I need to work on, including eating better, drinking more water, moving more and being less stressed (or at least finding a stress reliever that does not involve chocolate!). I know that I can't attack all of these things at once, as that would only set me up for failure....
So I have decided to have a weekly accountability forum here on my blog. Every Wednesday I will be posting a "Weigh In Wednesday" post where I will post my weight taken that morning and things that I did good on the previous week, and things (goals) to work on for the next week. I think that by doing this, I can break it down into smaller goals and hopefully make myself more accountable!
So here we are in week 1::
My official starting weight is::: 235.6 lbs.
My food goal for this week::: Only drink 1 diet pop a day, the rest of the time choose water.
My fitness goal for the week::: Do a Wii Fit activity for 20 minutes at least 4 days.
So there you have it. My new plan for losing weight. The year of being 35 will be the year of change. I WANT it. I NEED to do this to be healthier and hopefully to be on the right foot to live at least another 35 years.
Any words of wisdom? Thoughts? Advice?
I would love to have all the support I can get!!
Good luck, Rachel! I've had weight concerns since having the kids. Lost weight post divorce, (yay!) but put it back on following 2 back to back shoulder surgeries that had me in a recliner for 2 months. Time to take care of ourselves to be sure! One thing: I've read that diet soda (the sweeteners) can actually cause one to put ON weight. Something you may want to google. When I last lost weight, portion control, no eating past 8 p.m., watching caloric beverages, limiting dessert of any kind to once/week, watching snacks really helped. The 4 o'clock hour is hard for me *(lunch at work is often 11 am) so I have my salad then as an appetizer to keep pangs at bay.
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You go! You have a plan and the desire and that is more than half the battle!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, Rachel! And ditch that soda for good :) Or use it as a reward once in a while when you reach a major goal (5 or 10 lbs loss). Also plain walking really helped me to lose weight last year. I'm not much of a runner but I would walk 4-5 miles 5 times a week with my neighbor, and it made a big difference. Now, after babies are born, I will have to do it all over again :)
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