The Facts:
Alright, yesterday I drank about one and a half cups of black coffee in the morning, while eating one medium apple for breakfast, with one medium banana as a morning snack. I ate three cups of a green garden salad with three tablespoons of nonfat Italian dressing for lunch. After doing 40 minutes of jogging on the treadmill, I ate one medium size banana. I then ate one cup of cooked brown rice, with two overeasy eggs on top, with two cups of cooked spinach on the side for dinner.
The Response:
Day 2 was actually harder than Day 1 for me. First, after I had finished my cardio, I sat down on the couch and started watching television. And what goes so well with television for me? Food! For the first time the whole day, I had cravings. They were much harder to resist, too, because I knew what was in the fridge that I could eat, and because the food was only 30 feet away. It was very difficult. Second, I ate dinner, which was surprisingly delicious, and was still hungry afterwards. I had eaten all my snacks, too, so I focused on drinking water to fill up my stomach for the rest of the night until I went to bed.
Because I'm only 30 pounds from my goal weight, I'm trying to keep an open mind about the next 28 days. Here are the numbers:
I'm 22 years old.
I'm 5'8" tall.
I weight 170pounds.
My goal weight is 140pounds.
And this is one area in which I'm struggling mentally. Since I am only 30pounds from my goal weight, I know that I won't be losing five pounds a week. I want to walk away maybe 10 pounds lighter and be proud of that accomplishment. But I can already tell that mentally, I won't accept that goal.
I think that over the next month, I really need to focus on the positives that are coming out of this experience, rather than the negatives that I create for myself.
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Kristin -
ReplyDeleteI know I've said this before to Jenn, but it's REALLY unrealistic once you start getting so close to try to lose more than 1#/week consistently. You're just setting yourself up for failure and frustration if you do so. I started at 172# back in October (I'm also 5'8") As of Friday, I am down to 156.6# - that's about 15# in 20 weeks... would I like to lose more quickly, YES. Am I glad I didn't try/fail/try/fail and give up the last 4 1/2 months - YES. I still have another 15# to go (our goals are pretty much identical) and I keep reminding myself that so WHAT if it takes me another few months to take this weight off (it took me years to put it on!). It's better than being frustrated in July that I'm still at 157 or 172, you know?
Just some food for thought...
THANK YOU Josey!
ReplyDeleteShe needs to hear this from others and hopefully it will start to sink in.
K. I think you should be VERY proud of what you are doing. I mean you are jogging on the treadmill for 40 minutes and that is fantastic! Yes you may not reach your goal as fast as you hope but you are and will be making progress by leaps and bounds and should be very proud of that!! you will get there.
And J. how exciting....you only have about 15 lbs to go!! You are doing SO well!