veronica

Just wanted to drop a line and say this is Sooooo DOable!!

I am working long hours so I don’t have a lot of time to come and post but I am tracking activity and watching what I put in my mouth. I am not dieting per se…but I am becoming conscious….I guess is the best way to explain.

I set a goal and made a plan to achieve it. So far So goood. I do not feel like I am missing out…or depriving myself. I am thinking of my stomach as a “rubber bag.” The reality is…it will hold as much as I stuff into it….and what I can’t use turns into fat. If I refuse to Stuff the “Rubber bag” it will also shrink back down. I am hoping that if I continue to trim down the portions and add activity whenever possible I will continue to lose.

I have also started switching the calories up a bit. Same amount for the week but different for each day and times of day…with regard to proteins, carbs and fats. I am new to this. But I figured out how many calories I needed to maintain my weight. Then subtracted 3500 for the week. (because the goal was to lose a pound a week )  I eat so many calories each day ..but I switch them around so that no day is the same amount. I read that I could trick my body into metabolizing all the food that way. 

Any  way that is my progress. I started at 174 (before I found this sight) I was 171 when I started on this forum and am now 168. So it looks as if I am on my way!!!

The weekends are the hardest…But….. I have managed to curtail my overindulgence the last couple weekends. For instance this weekend we went out to eat and I actually just had soup and salad. Didn’t eat all the soup (even though it was my favorite) because it was a cream soup (clam chowder) I also had the dressing (blue cheese…. my other favorite) on the side. I learned somewhere to just dip my fork tines in the dressing and then stab the bite of  salad. That works AWESOME!!

Truth be told it is early in my journey to health and….. It all looks good on paper!

Dream it, Believe it, ACHIEVE it!

Hi ~I am new to this forum.

I was looking for a site that would offer moral support as I focus on my waistline. I recently was able to quit smoking! (Yipee 6 months free) But I put on a bit of weight in the process. (I had just gotten down to my goal weight.) I was prepared for that so it wasn’t a great shock, I also tried to be careful not to slam in the calories. But regardless I put on about 25 pounds during the last year trying to achieve the “Sticky Quit.”

Any way….The sight looks great.  I am excited to find it. I see the challenges and that looks Awesome. I am also hoping to find buddies along the journey to better health.