Caloric intake: 1068
Exercise calories burned: 147 (I hula-hooped my butt off today using Wii Fit)
Net calories: 921
Operating at a deficit like that should insure that the pounds come back off quickly. I’m probably throwing my body into a state of shock — going from days where I consume 3000-4500 calories to ones were I barely [...]
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You know what “they” say about paths that are paved with best laid plans! About two weeks ago I posted my plans for maintenance mode. I’ve failed all of them.
I intended to up my calories by approximately 100 calories, to 1300, and try to stay in that range for three months (and also to try [...]
…which is ironic, considering my weight is “high”. I promised myself some time ago that I would never allow myself to yo-yo more than ten pounds. In other words, re-gaining more than ten pounds of weight I had previously lost would be unacceptable and would be a huge trigger for me to stop the insanity and [...]
The scale said 157 this morning. I’d rather not call it a five pound gain for the past week, as it’s mostly bloat. Next Monday I am going to predict that the scale will read either 152 or 153 — the negation of this most recent binge. (I certainly wouldn’t feel justified in calling that [...]
Today is Monday, and that meant weigh-in. The scale showed me 191 this morning, and I was very happy about that. The eleven pound swing from last weekend had me in tears and depressed for a few days, but fortunately it seemed to be the combination of time of the month and inconsistent [...]
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It’s funny how my Monday weights are never as “low” as they perhaps were at a previous part of the week. Makes me want to report my lowest weight of the week and not necessarily the weight I had on Monday. But, as Katie said in a previous posting’s comment, reaching a weight [...]
You know how I’ve been complaining about the same four or five pounds going off and back on like a yo-yo? Well, I broke the 211 barrier with a surprise 209 on the scale this morning! I have been journaling food and counting calories for four days now. I don’t seem to [...]
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I’ve been struggling a bit, mentally, with what I have been doing the last month. It was on December 13th, I believe, that I last weighed 222. (Exactly one month later, that’s what I weigh now as well.) In between December 13th and January 13th, I managed to gain and then re-lose [...]
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I stopped a moment to reflect today on the number of times I had lost weight in the past only to regain most of it back at some point in the future.
This time, I feel like the weight loss will be permanent. My attitude is so much different than it has been in the [...]
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I don’t know if I mentioned before, but I weigh myself every morning. I do this because our bodies weigh the least in the early morning and the most in the evening after dinner. No sense stepping on the scale at a time of day where I am going to see a larger [...]
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