I'm proud of my wife and I for keeping it up, though I am noticing a slow down so I'm considering adding in exercise and being a bit more rigid on calorie counting (we've started slacking a little but haven't increased our consumption much).
We started off back in January with cold turkey strict calorie counting. It became instantly obvious the series of issues with our diet and when counting you naturally begin avoiding foods high in sugar so you can eat reasonably sized meals.
Interestingly after only a couple weeks we noticed we weren't even interested in or craving anything high in sugar, salt, super processed foods, fast food, etc. It was pretty impressive how the body responds to the sudden halt of these frankly crap meals.
We began focusing more on having veggies for fullness at the start of our meals like a salad, and cutting down on protein (I can recall eating a whole chicken before starting).
I also deep dived into exercise and really learned about the myths that some people spout often enough I believed them. The gym is not for weight loss at all, exercise isn't for weight loss at all. Learning how cardio and resistance training actually work for the body seriously effected my view of my body as a system. Learning not to increase calories when working out has significantly improved my understanding of exercise too. Really happy with the thorough research that is available on all this!
These are my weights for the last three months (Line Graph):
- 1/28 - 265
- 1/31 - 259
- 2/10 - 251
- 2/20 - 246
- 3/01 - 242
- 3/13 - 237
- 3/21 - 234
- 3/28 - 233
- 4/02 - 229
- 4/12 - 232
- 4/20 - 231
Shooting to hit 215 as a first milestone!
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