So October 20, 2020. Decided to start running again and eating better. Wanted to count calories because I don't do well with restricting anything. Box of cookies on the counter + me seeing them = no more cookies on the counter. LOL. Now with CICO I could eat a cookie I would just have to log it. Sounds simple and let me tell you it worked and is still working.
The reason i'm so glad that it worked is because it opened my eyes to a whole new world of nutrition. I watch a lot of documentaries about things that interest me. Nutrition never interested me until I started to lose weight on CICO. For anybody wondering how to lose weight or be a better athlete or any of that....watch The Game Changers on Netflix. Changed my perspective on everything. Plant Based/Vegan doesn't have to be about the environment or animal rights. It's all about nutrition. Those are just great add ons!
So when I say im 90/10 vegan im saying that I eat 100% vegan/plant based during the week. Weekends can be a little different. Pizza Hut Wing Street Wings just hit different on a Sunday Afternoon!
Im averaging 2.4 pounds a week. Most of my weight loss (27 Pounds) has been in the last 3 weeks (maybe 12 or 13 pounds in the last 3 weeks.) I believe the more rapid weight loss is subject to the plant based changes i've made. Im bumping my calorie intake up a bit during the week so i'm not losing as fast. I also run between 5-8 miles a week. On the weekends I try to do some sort of special physical activity like a round of disc golf/bike ride/hike. 2300 calories during the week strictly plant based and between 1500-1800 on the weekends of what ever finds my mouth. Also I only drink water, black coffee, an occasional sugar free redbull/monster), and some beer/liquor on weekends. Before OCT 20, 2020 I was eating whatever/drinking whatever. I wouldn't be shocked if i was eating 4000-5000 calories a day in junk and beer. I really blew up like a balloon in 2020.
When they say 100 calories of spinach (that's a lot of spinach) is different than 100 calories of coke a cola they mean it!! I feel better. My skin is clearer and my workouts are much easier.
To the folks who just started in this new year with their weight loss journeys.......KEEP GOING!! It gets easier and new foods/lifestyles/dIeTs (i hate the word diet) will find you!! Who new I would be mostly plant based starting the new year. I have 4 smokers on my back porch!! Oh and I have a beach trip planned in May so I gotta keep going too!! Don't want to look like a beached whale.
Sorry if grammar or punctuation is a mess. I went to diesel school. :)
a quote i like from an unknown source
"Stay Positive, Test Negative"
happy 2021
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