It’s been one week since I committed to a long term lifestyle overhaul to get my body back, and it’s been good.
This morning I had my first official weekly weigh-in and lost 7.2 pounds. Not bad at all.
Here’s what I’ve been doing:
- Logging all food intake in the Lose-It app
- Keeping calorie intake as close as possible to the daily calorie allotment that the app suggests–2201 per day (more on this later)
- Wearing my Jawbone Up Move fitness tracker and keep track of steps/movement
- Making a conscious effort to drink more water
That it for this week. It’s all about baby steps and consistency this time around.
When I saw that Lose-It wanted me to eat 2201 calories a day, it was a big mental hurdle to get around. That is much higher than I normally would have started with on a diet plan. But, as I outlined in my earlier post, the point is to do this at a steady, slow pace by making gradual change instead of dramatically changing everything and risking my body fighting it and myself quitting in frustration.
So I trusted it. In the end, I was just 127 calories short for the whole week. And I lost some weight! 🙂
I did go over on Friday evening. It was my birthday and the hubby and I went out for tapas and we totally indulged. But, didn’t freak out–I just cut back a little the next couple of days to balance it all out. I am relieved to see that it all worked out.
The big test will be to see if the losses keep up over the next 6 weeks or so. In the past, after weeks 1-3, my weight loss tends to stall. I am hoping that the problem in the past was that I was cutting to severely that my body was slowing down my metabolism in response. Eating a higher calorie amount to start and lowering that figure as my weight goes down should help prevent that from happening. It’s uncharted territory for me–the idea that eating more can actually help me have success.
I am feeling optimistic!