A week ago, I started watching what I was eating and endeavoring to squeeze a leetle bit more exercise into my day. Using LoseIt.com, I found out that I should be eating about 1240 calories a day in order to lose 2 lbs. a week. Once you add in calories lost through exercising each day (around 400 to 500, depending on day), this meant that realistically I could eat around 1640 calories a day and still come out on top. I’ve been tracking every single bite, except for on the 4th of July, when I took an “off” day and drank/ate everything I wanted to. On average, I lost about half a pound each day.
- Starting weight (6/30/14): 179.4 lbs. (81.37 kg, or 12.81 stone).
- Ending weight (7/6/14): 176.4 lbs. (80.01 kg, or 12.6 stone).
Reflections: The hardest part of this week has been dealing with my emotions. When I get happy, sad, or stressed, my strongest impulse is to eat. Not having the ability to fall back on food was REALLY tough. Also, there were several times when I was supposed to go out with friends to drink and/or eat, and although I cancelled a couple of social engagements due to not thinking I’d be able to cope, last night I went out and had a difficult time of it. I ended up eating a salad with no dressing (ugh) and a small cup of red beans and rice, then sipping on one cocktail when we went out for drinks. Since it was more of a “hanging out with acquaintances” thing than a “drinks with friends” thing, it was even more uncomfortable than typical. As they say, though, them’s the breaks. I’ll endure a few uncomfortable silences in exchange for losing pounds any day.
At any rate, I’m right where I’m supposed to be. I’m not hungry, or tired, or feeling like I’ve overworked myself at all this past week. My goal weight for this week was 177.4 lbs, so I’m a pound lighter than I planned to be, but that’s fine since I’m sure I’ll fluctuate a little in the coming week. My goal for next Sunday is to be 175.4 lbs. Also, I think that for the next week I’ll try stepping up my game just a little bit in the exercise apartment, maybe tack on an additional mile to what I walk each day, and try to get up to burning a solid 500 to 600 calories a day in exercise. Wish me luck!
Compass & Quill 
Oh sugar…ahh honey honey…
Go go go go go go! Yoooooou got this! The emotion stuff will subside after week 2 🙂 and will get better and better.
Thank you beautiful lady. I was going to tell Doug about our Sugar/Honey talk last night, and forgot 🙂 But yeah, I’m really hoping you’re right and the emotion stuff does go away. It’s by far the hardest part. Getting myself worked up to exercise is tough, but nowhere near the amount of effort it takes not to stuff my face when I’m feeling bad. I’m pretty sure that just realizing this is a huge breakthrough, though. Not sure I was ever able to put two and two together before now. Thanks for being there for me, my love. It really means the world.