So here we are again....
Several months have passed since my last post and I'm in the same position I was the last time I posted in February. A lot has happened in life, including weight gain. A lot of it.
I haven't stepped on the scale in a couple of months. Purely out of avoidance. I know I've gained weight, probably most of what I had lost. I've had to put away my smaller clothes and pull out what few of the larger ones I had saved, and buy some new things in the larger size to accommodate the weight gain.
It's depressing. Truly. I continually tell myself, "Tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll count my Calories. Tomorrow I'll work out, I'll go for a walk, I'll get up and do SOMETHING." But I never do.
I'm back to the point of where I'm catching those glimpses in the mirror, those that I can't stand. The side view that makes me feel self conscious.
This blog was a way of keeping myself accountable for the choices I was making; food, exercise, weight loss, etc. But I find it's easy to avoid that accountability when I don't want to deal with it. Just don't log in. And I haven't for quite sometime.
So I will go back to counting my calories. And I will post my meals here at the end of the day. Calorie count, recipes, and all. I'm going to cut back to 1800 calories on non-work out days, and 2200 on work out days. And my Fitbit? Time to charge it back up!
Why? Because I've forgotten how good that burn, the post workout sweat, and exhaustion feels. And I know it's amazing. Because this feeling of being bloated, and gross, and obese doesn't.
So tonight I'll update my weight, my measurements, my current full body picture, as well as what I've eaten and calorie intake for the day.
And if I miss a day? I need you guys to kick me in the ass, ask for the info, make me be accountable!
*edit*
So I haven't finished eating for the day, but I've made our dinner meal before so I'm going to go ahead and post this now.
Several months have passed since my last post and I'm in the same position I was the last time I posted in February. A lot has happened in life, including weight gain. A lot of it.
I haven't stepped on the scale in a couple of months. Purely out of avoidance. I know I've gained weight, probably most of what I had lost. I've had to put away my smaller clothes and pull out what few of the larger ones I had saved, and buy some new things in the larger size to accommodate the weight gain.
It's depressing. Truly. I continually tell myself, "Tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll count my Calories. Tomorrow I'll work out, I'll go for a walk, I'll get up and do SOMETHING." But I never do.
I'm back to the point of where I'm catching those glimpses in the mirror, those that I can't stand. The side view that makes me feel self conscious.
This blog was a way of keeping myself accountable for the choices I was making; food, exercise, weight loss, etc. But I find it's easy to avoid that accountability when I don't want to deal with it. Just don't log in. And I haven't for quite sometime.
So I will go back to counting my calories. And I will post my meals here at the end of the day. Calorie count, recipes, and all. I'm going to cut back to 1800 calories on non-work out days, and 2200 on work out days. And my Fitbit? Time to charge it back up!
Why? Because I've forgotten how good that burn, the post workout sweat, and exhaustion feels. And I know it's amazing. Because this feeling of being bloated, and gross, and obese doesn't.
So tonight I'll update my weight, my measurements, my current full body picture, as well as what I've eaten and calorie intake for the day.
And if I miss a day? I need you guys to kick me in the ass, ask for the info, make me be accountable!
*edit*
So I haven't finished eating for the day, but I've made our dinner meal before so I'm going to go ahead and post this now.
So over all, I did okay for the day. I was shooting for 1800 calories, but as I didn't decide to start counting calories again until lunch time today, I've done okay.
As for nutritional break down... well that needs a little work...
In all the time I've logged my food and counted my calories, I can't remember a time when my sodium wasn't too high or I had ever hit the recommended potassium. Really gotta work on that. I think more fresh veggies are in order!
