I have been "good" since Monday. It has been a long time since I have gone more than 2 days without royally screwing up calorie-wise. Here are my macros for the week:
Total: 1689 Fat:55 496 31% Sat:5 44 3% Poly:3 28 2% Mono:5 43 3%
Carbs:191 660 41% Fiber:26 0 0%
Protein:117 468 29%
Now, my problem is PATIENCE! When I started dieting in 2001, weighing in at 226 pounds, I wanted to see a quick loss to keep me motivated. So, I went on the "Subway" diet-with homemade subs. I ate a turkey bacon sandwich in the morning, a sub for lunch and a sub for supper with fruit as snacks. I lost 10 pounds in one month. I then started to look for healthy lowfat/low calorie recipes because I knew I couldn't eat subs forever. It took a year and a half but I lost 96 pounds.
Today I know better. I know that slow weight loss is the best. If I keep going with the numbers above, I should lose a bit less than 0.5 lb a week from just cutting calories. My problem is keeping at it and staying the course without the almost instant gratification of losing at least a pound a week or so (I'm hoping that I will lose more from working out, of course.) I tend to get disappointed and give up. I really hope to avoid this-this time! A half a pound loss is sometimes hard to see on the scale without my way magnified reading glasses.
So here are some suggestions to help, and please, I am sooo very open to your suggestions, too! (Oh please let it work this time, she prayed!
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1) Focus on measurements and how clothes are fitting.
2) Focus on the enjoyment of working out
and trying to always improve-increasing weights, etc., almost making a game of it.
3)The scale, yes, the scale. It does motivate me. If I know what my weight is for the day, it is motivating. If my weight is "good," I am more likely to keep on keeping on. If my weight is "bad," I am motivated to, well, do the same.
4)What else?? I'm thinking, I'm thinking.
Stay the course....!
Anyway, just wanted to put this here for me!
Getting better, just one set of trying, though!
