Other than dinner, the rest of my food is the same as yesterday except sub out leftover Asian meatball soup for the potato leek at lunch.
I've lost 3 pounds over the last 2 weeks, which feels like a pretty good rate.
I thought I'd share this image - I really like the message:
I'd also like to share an article I read on CNN. It's about a follow-up study on people who had been on the Biggest Loser, and differences between the groups that kept off weight and those that did not: Biggest Loser Study
The interesting take away from the study (to me) is that diet is more critical while losing weight, but it isn't enough to keep it off - you need to incorporate a good amount of regular exercise, which meshes with what I read on the blogs of maintainers. Even if their activity is regular movement and not planned exercise per se, they are still physically active. To that end, I am trying to stand more at work, take walk breaks, and exercise at lunch most days.
We will be out of the house most of the day Sunday for a business meeting of our re-enactment group - the meeting is 2 hours away. Ugh. We are both officers and I wasn't there last month due to the Georgia trip, so I really need to go. So Saturday is going to be slam full.
Have a wonderful weekend!
2 comments:
That's very smart. I'm a 5.75 year maintainer after 40 years of obesity and binge eating.
I can tell you that I had to change my food template 85% of my maintaining success, 5% is time restricted eating, and 10% is my activity level.
Very interestingly, doing hours of cardio on a machine does not work for me- never did. In maintenance- long walking 60 mins at a moderate pace, doing stairs sprints and 2X gym upper body work outs (short but heavy) and picking active hobbies ( sea glass hunting, bird watching, photography) really add.
Yes, movement matters, moving more at your workplace WILL make a difference. Putting my headphones in and stair sprinting once an hour or two at work has added to my core strength and no doubt my mobility, leanness and overall weight maintenance. Onward and bravo!!!
Thanks for taking time to comment Karen! I read your blog regularly - it is so encouraging to be reminded regularly that normal people lose weight and keep it off!
What I am doing now is working for now, and it feels like something I can maintain. My eating habits have changed over the years and if they need to morph to continue to lose and one day maintain, then I'm fine with that as well. I can use what I did in the past as an idea, but I need to recognize that I'm not the same, so the same things might not work this go round.
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