Been perusing the boards today especially the FLTS forum. I am just kind of cruising along right now eating 1600 calories a day and seeing what happens. I feel good and am not starving and my workouts aren't suffering for the most part.
I guess I never considered doing minimal workouts and focusing on lower calories and NEAT only. One of the reasons is my workout occupies time. Time that I could be spending sitting at home thinking about eating or snacking on something. I have always worked out so I guess I always will. Immediately when I get home I get my workout clothes on and do my lifting and/or cardio. Usually takes about 1.5 hours (depending on what I am doing that day) between getting changed and showering at the end. Then I eat dinner. I find that for me, idle time at home means thinking about and wanting to snack. The more things I can do to occupy my time the better off I am. Knowing this makes me wonder how I would do on a plan where I am in a big deficit with little actual sweaty workout time.
I was also thinking about the "its harder to lose the last 5 pounds thing." Full disclosure: I will admit that for most of my life, save 5 years or so, I was pretty okay with my body and my appearance. Okay enough to not really want a change. It wasn't until recently that I realized what I was doing wasn't going to cut it for much longer and the weight would keep slowly (read 2-3 pounds a year) creeping up. So I can not relate in any way with understanding what its like to need/want to lose more than 10-20 pounds.
I have been frustrated at times but I think everyone has. My weight doesn't seem to move a whole lot. I am encouraged though by the way some of my pants are fitting. I have some dress pants that have been a little loose since I have had them but they are getting to the point where I can pull them off without un-buttoning them. They probably look ridiculous and sloppy now. Not professional at all. I know this is a good thing but I would also love to see the movement on the scale even though I know how unimportant it is. Its hard to break free from it!
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