My most recent post, 155 days ago, is here.
It took me 216 days to lose my first 20lbs. It took me 155 days to lose the second 20, but I did it! This morning I weighed 209.4. I haven't been under 210 in at least three years, and it feels good!
In my last post, I said a lot about my new job opportunity and my gym schedule and my upcoming work trip, and... Well, understandably, all of that went to shit as the world closed down. I didn't end up starting that job until a few weeks ago- and even now, it's not in the format I had hoped for. The gym closed due to Covid. My anxiety has been through the roof due to just... Absolutely everything.
But I still did it.
I know it's not rapid weight loss, but I am making long-lasting habit changes to my food intake and activity levels, and I believe that because of that I will be able to maintain my weight loss more effectively than if I did whatever extreme diet or exercise regimen that other people may recommend. I've been there and done that, and I always gain back more weight when I'm done.
Here's the household changes we've made to facilitate this change:
We find longer routes to walk our dogs.
We find new ways to cook vegetables to make them healthy and delicious.
We try vegetarian meals at least once a week.
We (my husband and I) figure out what eating patterns work best for us and accommodate that. For me, that's about 3 meals a day- one at around 11, a "lunch" at about 4, and dinner around 8. For my husband, that looks like eating something small every couple of hours. We eat together at 4 and 8, and on our own the rest of the time.
We no longer keep ice cream in the house because I'm weak and will eat all of it.
I make sure that at least one of my 3 meals is low-carb, because I typically don't eat a lot of sweets but I LOVE carbs and know I need to cut back a bit.
I drink tea instead of coffee at least 4 days a week, which reduces the amount of cream and sugar I use (I usually just drink my tea plain or with a bit of honey).
This is what's working for me. I'm just being more active and making better choices about what I eat and how much of it. I don't count calories because it makes me crazy and it's not a way that I'm willing to live for the rest of my life.
That's it! I know I've been updating every 20 pounds, but I'm going to update when I hit ONEDERLAND for the first time in 5 years!
See you soon!
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