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Boring, self-indulgent post not related to training or MS so leave now if you're easily bored! aim is to maybe say something of use to anyone who's losing weight.<br><br>
I resolved to lose weight in a vague fashion at the start of April 2007, so i am now 12 months in. First target was to "lose weight" for a holiday in July. While away in July I decided to "start exercising again"; and then in Nov I entered a HIM (for Sept 200<img alt="cool.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/cool.gif"> so upped the exercising to training and got more structured (still learning though!!).<br><br>
here is a summary of my data from 12 months of weightloss (I weigh in every morning and run a spreadsheet specific to weight alongside training schedules):<br>
April 1; 202lbs (and hit 204 during april)<br>
May 1; 200lbs<br>
June 1; 190lbs<br>
July 1; 191lbs (not sure what happened in June! Probably losing enthusiasm)<br>
Aug 1; 190lbs<br>
Sep 1; 185lbs<br>
Oct 1; 177lbs<br>
Nov 1; 171lbs<br>
Dec 1; 164lbs<br>
Jan 2; 164lbs<br>
Feb 1; 158lbs<br>
March 1; 156lbs<br><br>
April 1st next Tuesday and I'll be 155/156 unless I go on a beer binge all weekend (which I wont be). 154 would be nice (to be the round 50lbs since early April last year). Ultimate tgt is 150, but it's taking time now so it may take the rest of the year.<br><br>
What I eat:<br>
Breakfast: Large bowl of cereal (usually 2 weetabix and a load of muesli).<br>
Snacks: 4 or 5 pieces of fruit (roughly one at 10am, 11am, 3pm, 4pm)<br>
Lunch: Jacket spud (usually with tuna; no butter). 2 boiled eggs. Soup.<br>
Evening: Varies. Probably have a "meal" 30-50% of evenings (pasta or chili or something else medium to lowish calorie), and then other nights will be a fairly light snack something like beans on toast/tinned sardines/scrambled egg/soup.<br>
TV Snacks in an evening: usually either Brazil nuts or Bombay mix.<br>
If I feel hungry (particularly in an evening) I'll have a couple of glasses of very cold water.<br>
The only thing i really miss is cheese on toast. <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"><br><br>
We eat out twice a month (max) but usually once and I'll eat whatever I want. I will drink 2 beers Friday lunchtime (not every week) and I'll drink wine if we're eating out. No drinking wine in the house (like before).<br><br>
What I've learned:<br><br>
Weight might be loosely related to what exercise you do, but is more strictly related to <b>what you eat</b>. Yes, other people can tell you this, but I don't think you can really know it until you see it for yourself.<br>
I can execute a disciplined and patient plan.<br>
I believe weight-watchers and similar organisations advocate a weekly weigh-in, rather than daily (because of potential "discouragement"<img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif">. I very firmly believe the daily motivation that you'll weigh in first thing tomorrow morning no-matter-what is the positive way to view the process. Avoiding a weigh in every day due to "potential disappointment" is a negative way of viewing it. The daily weigh-in is your "win". You need it to keep honest.<br>
You can have a blow out every so often, but it's all part of "what you eat". There's no such thing as a diet; just food that you eat.<br>
Most importantly: <b>A year goes more quickly than you think</b>, so if you want to do it, you can. Just decide. Excess weight goes on fairly slowly, without you noticing and you've got to accept it will also take time to come off.<br><br>
GL if you're losing!
I resolved to lose weight in a vague fashion at the start of April 2007, so i am now 12 months in. First target was to "lose weight" for a holiday in July. While away in July I decided to "start exercising again"; and then in Nov I entered a HIM (for Sept 200<img alt="cool.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/cool.gif"> so upped the exercising to training and got more structured (still learning though!!).<br><br>
here is a summary of my data from 12 months of weightloss (I weigh in every morning and run a spreadsheet specific to weight alongside training schedules):<br>
April 1; 202lbs (and hit 204 during april)<br>
May 1; 200lbs<br>
June 1; 190lbs<br>
July 1; 191lbs (not sure what happened in June! Probably losing enthusiasm)<br>
Aug 1; 190lbs<br>
Sep 1; 185lbs<br>
Oct 1; 177lbs<br>
Nov 1; 171lbs<br>
Dec 1; 164lbs<br>
Jan 2; 164lbs<br>
Feb 1; 158lbs<br>
March 1; 156lbs<br><br>
April 1st next Tuesday and I'll be 155/156 unless I go on a beer binge all weekend (which I wont be). 154 would be nice (to be the round 50lbs since early April last year). Ultimate tgt is 150, but it's taking time now so it may take the rest of the year.<br><br>
What I eat:<br>
Breakfast: Large bowl of cereal (usually 2 weetabix and a load of muesli).<br>
Snacks: 4 or 5 pieces of fruit (roughly one at 10am, 11am, 3pm, 4pm)<br>
Lunch: Jacket spud (usually with tuna; no butter). 2 boiled eggs. Soup.<br>
Evening: Varies. Probably have a "meal" 30-50% of evenings (pasta or chili or something else medium to lowish calorie), and then other nights will be a fairly light snack something like beans on toast/tinned sardines/scrambled egg/soup.<br>
TV Snacks in an evening: usually either Brazil nuts or Bombay mix.<br>
If I feel hungry (particularly in an evening) I'll have a couple of glasses of very cold water.<br>
The only thing i really miss is cheese on toast. <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"><br><br>
We eat out twice a month (max) but usually once and I'll eat whatever I want. I will drink 2 beers Friday lunchtime (not every week) and I'll drink wine if we're eating out. No drinking wine in the house (like before).<br><br>
What I've learned:<br><br>
Weight might be loosely related to what exercise you do, but is more strictly related to <b>what you eat</b>. Yes, other people can tell you this, but I don't think you can really know it until you see it for yourself.<br>
I can execute a disciplined and patient plan.<br>
I believe weight-watchers and similar organisations advocate a weekly weigh-in, rather than daily (because of potential "discouragement"<img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif">. I very firmly believe the daily motivation that you'll weigh in first thing tomorrow morning no-matter-what is the positive way to view the process. Avoiding a weigh in every day due to "potential disappointment" is a negative way of viewing it. The daily weigh-in is your "win". You need it to keep honest.<br>
You can have a blow out every so often, but it's all part of "what you eat". There's no such thing as a diet; just food that you eat.<br>
Most importantly: <b>A year goes more quickly than you think</b>, so if you want to do it, you can. Just decide. Excess weight goes on fairly slowly, without you noticing and you've got to accept it will also take time to come off.<br><br>
GL if you're losing!
