This weekend we crashed at my folks place and on a whim I decided to weigh myself on their scale. Over the past years I've been hovering at or around 260-270. I've been focusing on eating right and trying to get some exercise in and actually thought that there would be a pleasant surprise.
I was wrong.
292.
292!!!
Two Ninety F'in Two!!
I'm a bad weekend away from the 300 mark.
I weighed myself again later. No difference. 292.
I need to do something different. A number of somethings different. I had used weight watchers before and it worked well. I stopped for one reason or another and it had a reverse effect. It was clear that the first thing I need to do is re-join. And I have (as has my loving wife.)
Which brings me to my next something new. Accountability. I'm going to continue to maintain this blog (which I've been bad at) to track my weight (Sunday weigh-ins) Share what's working. Share what's not. Post recipes that are both healthy and tasty. Be honest about my fat-man issues. Celebrate my milestones. OUR milestones. We've got this. We can do this!
I'm all in. Let's make this work!
You can do it, man. I started a simple calorie-tracking diet, set my target calories to the number I need at my target weight, and have been sticking to it. I'm down 17 pounds since the beginning of the year; well on my way to 25 pounds by the end of June and then down 35 by the end of the year (to my target of 250). Weight Watchers is a good program, too, so that should work.
ReplyDeleteFor me, I found just getting a feeling for how I eat has helped in balancing out everything. I still eat well, with plenty of goodies, but I have curbed some of the little bonus habits that led to my weight gain (eating when bored or at night when I've had enough through the day). I wanted this to be a lifestyle change for me... and I'm finding it easier and easier to allow those changes to become natural and habitual. That's the key, ultimately.
You can definitely do it! We all can!
-Wes