Weight has been a struggle for me since I can remember, like as far back as KINDERGARTEN. Kids are cruel, so I remember Kindergarten clearly. I’ve decided to take control of this, figure out how to change it and pray that with hard work and dedication that it works.
I started March 1st with adding 30 minutes of exercise 3 times a week into this mix and after a MONTH of doing this, there was NO change. I mean ZERO change! Why?! I wondered WHY?! Well, my diet… my diet didn’t change AT ALL. Not even a little bit, not even AT ALL! On April 1st, I decided to suck it up and start calorie counting. I downloaded My Fitness Pal and began calorie counting like a BEAST and what an eye opener it is. WHOA?! Wait a minute?! You mean to tell me that I ate THAT many calories in ONE sitting?! But, I ordered a grilled chicken salad with extra ranch. OH! It’s the extra that gets me every single time! Condiment Queen RIGHT HERE!
Once I was slapped in the face with the reality of what I was shoveling into my mouth I decided to buckle down and for 30 days I have been doing really well with counting calories. Even I amazed myself with being able to stay on track.
Now, calorie counting isn’t all that I’m doing. I WISH it was that easy! I’ve been adding a minimum of 20 – 45 Minutes of movement into my day at least 3 times a week. Kickboxing, walking/jogging, pilates, yoga and the stationary bike… just something! Am I seeing changes, well, I don’t know. One thing that I DO know is that between March 1st and April 1st, I became OBSESSED with weighing and every single day that I didn’t see movement it broke my heart. On April 10th I decided that I wouldn’t weigh-in until May 1st. Do you know how HARD this was?! It became even harder when I stepped on the scale this morning…
Stay tuned...
2 comments:
I was wondering where you went! Glad to see you're back. I started Weight.Watchers through a work program in late February. It has an app for adding points and such, same as MyFitnessPal...It's been eye opening for sure! Here's to us!
**And what do they sell at Margarita.Mania that is low cal? Just sayin'... :)
@kimbosue Yes, I'm here! Every Friday I eat the exact same thing, with the same amount of margaritas... I'm boring like that! So, I enter the calories in MFP that morning and work my day around it. Awful, I know, but I think that it works. LOL!!
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