Diet and exercise
I have decided the way to go about this is on the days I have the time and energy to exercise a lot, those will be my higher calorie days, and on the days when I have no time to do anything, much less exercise, those will be my lower calorie days. I will STOP trying to kill myself every day, and I will take some days to really enjoy eating and basically eat what I want (within reason, of COURSE!) and I will stop trying to starve myself on the days when I’m exercising for 2 hours… it’s just silly, because my body rebels and I lose nothing anyway, and it’s very discouraging. Seems like a stupid thing to say that I’ll eat fewer calories on the days when I have no time to exercise, doesn’t it? I just… I don’t know, had an Ah Ha moment when reading a book the other day, that to lose weight by exercise alone, you’d have to exercise for 90 minutes. Well, I already DO that a lot of days… but then, I’m reducing my calories too, and not seeing any results. Um yea, you gotta eat more to support all that activity. Silly girl. Anyway, it gives me some freedom, especially on the weekends when I DO have time to work out, to eat what I want.
So I am down to 198, for a total loss, so far, of 28 pounds. Of course, I don’t know if that’s a TRUE 198, as I’ve explained in previous entries. But…whatever. I was 198 yesterday as well. Hopefully I can kick the weight loss back up again. I’m really wanting to get below 195 now, because that’s what I was the last time I lost weight, and what I was after Alex was born, and I would like to see below 195 for the first time in about 20 years or so. Actually, I think I have to get under 175 for that, but whatever. I really can’t remember the last time I was THAT "skinny" Okay, and then the next goal will be 190, which will put me under obese, which would be awesome… and that’s less than 10 pounds away, so I’m going to shoot for that for September. Hey, I lost 10 pounds in July… I can do it in Sept too. I took an awful lot of breaks in August, but I think I still managed to lose about 6 or 7 pounds this month… so not too shabby. I still have a couple of days, lol. I guess the lesson here, is really when I have a setback, to get back on the horse and keep riding. It may take me a week to decide to do that, but that’s all right. I’ll get there eventually, but I’ll get there faster if I don’t give up. LOL.
Syd’s birthday is on Tuesday. I’m not sure what we’re doing, but I’m sure we’ll do SOMETHING. Probably NOT John’s, but maybe Hometown… plus I have one small gift for her.
Yuck… Sammi needs to be changed but she says she doesn’t. She STINKS. (like pee, so no hurry)
You know, I’ve noticed that if I get on the Wii, that everyone else wants to get on it. I’ve done 40 minutes this morning, and I am aiming for 90-120 minutes, and around 1800 calories.
I’m listening to They Might Be Giants. Silly, silly group.
Alex just came over, and she does stink like she needs to be changed right now, so I’ll wrap up and go change her, then maybe do another 10-20 minutes of step. I may just have to have a s’more today. Yum.