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From: Diva's journey to GOAL

LilMissDiva Irene

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Wow... well it appears I haven't checked in here in a few days... whoops!! It's not for any reason other than the fact I have been extremely busy at both work and at home. I haven't had a lot of time for posts at work which in all honesty is where I do most of this. At home I've been giving at least an hour a night to my workouts and that comes first! I need to be able to post here someday that I have made goal.

 

Right now I am averaging a - (Neg) on my calories in and calories out. I burn about 400-500 more calories per day than what I'm consuming in food. Then there is also the lovely BMR... which I adore!!! Thank goodness for burning calories every second of the day huh?? LOL :)

 

It seems I will end up with about -2,000 or -1,500 calories for the day. Awesome!!! That's about half a pound a day! Of course in my body it doesn't happen like that. I just stall until my body wants to *finally* release some pounds and then I'll lose like, 5-6 Lbs in one week. Crazy stuff... I don't know the science behind it, but it is what it is and I know as long as I'm doing the right things I'll see my big losses really soon.

 

I realized just recently that I have been in the 190's for the last 2 months. This is NOT okay! In fact in the last 2 months I'd only been posting about 5-6 Lbs loss each. That just stinks to be honest... I know I'm capable of doing so much more. I guess that's why I started up the Journey to Goal forums. I needed some kind of motivation to get me back to my workout routines 100% and to eating as good as I can. I was slipping up way too much and it showed.

 

I guess in my latter years I would have gained significantly otherwise. Now that I'm sleeved I'm still losing weight even when I'm not being ultra strict. Well I'm definitely back to that now! Pushing tons of water, eating proteins first then veggies... and the occasional carb. I'm averaging about 80-100g protein per day and 60g carbs. I'm fitting in all my fiber too, so yeah I'm really kicking butt.

 

I'm also getting in about 2-3 hours of physical fitness per day. My running is the mainstay of what I do. I cannot give enough good word about this activity. It really raises the heart rate, gets you all crazy sweaty and out of breath but when you complete your task its the BEST FEELING!! Yes YOU CAN!! OMG I just love it. I'm doing this 6 days per week now. Ohhh yeahhh!!!

 

Not only that the side benefits of this is I notice my skin is really snapping back great. My muscle tone underneath looks nice and best of all its burning off that stubborn FAT on my thighs!! That has always been my biggest foe in weight loss and I looked in the mirror yesterday and was actually pleased with what I saw! I can't remember ever feeling that way when looking at my thighs...

 

So with that I will KEEP IT MOVING!! As I always say. I can't get the last two months back but I can look forward to the next two and say they will be much better. I hope everyone is reaching for that elusive goal -- we will get there!!

 

Blessings!! :)

 

Source: Diva's journey to GOAL



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Diva, You are an inspiration to me! I haven't been able to be physically active in about 12-14 years. So I am really out of shape. I have had a hip replacement, so I know running is out of the question for me, but I am inspired to do SOMETHING! I have a treadmill, and I think I will start to walk on it a little bit at a time, EVERYDAY. I am only 5 days post op, so I don't really have any calories to track yet, it is just water and protein drinks, sugar free jello and chicken broth, and more water. But I can see that as I add foods, I need to track the calories very closely, and also track my physical activity. Even though I feel sort of Punk today, I am going to hit the treadmill and walk for at least a couple of minutes. I usually get winded after walking 4-5 minutes, so I don't think it will be very long, but am going to try and increase it every day. Thanks for the inspiration!

KathyD49

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