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Week 14 of 14
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Lose 14 lbs. in 14 week(s)
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 ginsengtea3
November 13, 2016, 1:56 PM
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| This has been working well, and after achieving this goal I'll probably keep going to hit 130, which seemed too far away when I started. Just paying attention to what I eat, resisting inertia and getting out for a walk every day, things I should be doing anyway - it hasn't been that hard to drop a pound a week. | |
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ginsengtea3
September 19, 2016, 12:55 PM
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| Okay so since I don't have a scale at home, I wasn't able to weigh in, but awarded myself anyway due to consistency of effort and commitment to the goal, and this morning's weigh in is 147.4. That's probably on the low side of day-to-day fluctuations, but still, it feels good to have that number down off 150! It's been kind of a challenge keeping track of calories and all, but not that bad - the kind of thing you could get accustomed to. It's motivated me to cook better meals, and resist lazy splurging on corn chips. | |
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ginsengtea3
September 18, 2016, 4:01 PM
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| I've been sticking with calorie management and getting suitable levels of exercise every day, really watching what I eat. I haven't actually weighed in, so this is a bit of a bluff, but I've been doing everything right and sticking to my commitment, so even if I haven't met the weight (I'll find out tomorrow), I'm not going to penalize myself for replacing fat with muscle, and it will all come out in the wash. I'm proud of myself and satisfied with my progress thus far. | |
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ginsengtea3
September 15, 2016, 10:52 AM
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Got up early again to get some exercise. Using the simple estimate that it takes about 100 calories to go one mile. I can easily walk five miles, but I don't have that kind of time in the morning, not with my other commitments. Anyway, I'm trying to build some muscle too, so jogging gets the distance done in half the time. Not that I went five miles, I went four, with probably like half of it walking... DAMN you know you can get up at four in the morning for work at eight and still feel like it's not enough time. It took half an hour to get out the door, then and hour exercise, before you know it it's six o'clock and the minutes are ticking away! Sigh.... Well, in any case, I've been keeping my commitment but I haven't seen any result sin weight loss yet, nothing that couldn't be contributed to day to day/hourly/did-I-take-a-shit-yet fluctuations. In fact, the other day I was back at 150, when I'd given myself the benefit of the doubt (optimism!) and out 149 as my start point in determining my goal/timeline. We'll see how badly that bites me in the ass come Sunday. Another concern is that by jogging, I'm building muscle, which can cancel out fat loss. I'll deal with that when I have to. And another concern is that, though through these hot summer months of barely being able to go outside, I haven't gotten much exercise, before that, I usually walked a few miles a day anyway, so what if I'm - OKay, let's look at that: you stopped exercising even in the slightest way, and that's when you put on weight. And also ate a lot of chocolate. All I'm doing is UNdoing that. I'll be fine. |
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