It's Day 8 (again) and here's why it's ACTUALLY different this time...

I thought I'd share my NSV and SV today since it's really a turning point in my life and in my weight loss mindset.

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I've been trying to lose weight for 4 years but didn't put in the effort I needed to until last year. In 2018, I went from 160 to 138 in about 8 months of lazy CICO. Around September, I fell off the wagon because I convinced myself that my goal weight of 125 wasn't achievable, so many people would kill to weigh 138, I was so much stronger, blah blah blah. Basically coming up with every excuse in the book. I stopped putting in effort but still wanted to lose weight.

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Cue to last week... we bought a new scale and I hopped on and it said 150... I lost it. I decided this was it and hopped on my computer and built a giant excel spreadsheet of my goals. The last time I had lost weight, I had a monthly goal that I never met. I would eat "normally" for the first three weeks and then go "OH SHIT" and try to lose the weight I had committed to losing that month in a week. Obviously didn't work the previous times I've lost weight and lead to some pretty unhealthy behaviors.

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My spreadsheet and my Fitbit app have changed my weight loss game. I'll break it down with some bullet points since I'm not a very concise writer.

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• I gave myself a weekly goal using this site: https://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php
• I broke down the weekly goal into a daily goal so I can stay on track all week.
• I added columns for Day #s, % completed, and a notes section to keep me motivated
• I also added a column each for Calories In, Calories Out, and Calories Burned (Net Calories) and actual weight on any given day.
• I use my Fitbit app to record my calories and my total calories burned in a day and then plug those into my spreadsheet. Actually recording my calories honestly has been a game changer.

Today was my first goal weekly day, I was supposed to be at 146 lbs today. I step on the scale... I FREAKING WEIGHED IN AT 145.2 LBS THIS MORNING YA'LL. I knew I was going down progressively, but I didn't think it would be down that much! I know it's probably mostly bloat for this week and affected by my hydration levels and all that but it gave me the motivation I need to go into this next week strong.

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Tracking accurately and to this level of detail has proven to be the motivation I needed. And in about 90 days, I will be DONE.

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I can't even imagine what a life without worrying constantly about my weight and feeling guilty and tired and unable to fit in jeans/dresses/EVERYTHING EVER is going to be like but I can finally see the end and I am so happy and excited for the future.

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Thanks to this sub for being a great place to keep me on track when my coworkers are chowing on a constant buffet of food every day and now for listening.

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