As most of you know I have been dieting to live the last 4 months and I want to help others to lose the weight and feel great! I started my journey at 186 pounds and miserable. Nothing fit and I was in a size 20 pants, this was the biggest size and weight I had ever been, even while being pregnant I never weighed this much. I got to the bottom of the barrel and the end of my rope when out of nowhere one of the ladies at our church said she and another woman where going to do the biggest loser diet and lose the weight. This was a big step, to be accountable someone, to have to go to church and tell them all if I worked out, if I cheated, if I lost weight, ug.
Well, I did it and it was the best thing I ever did. I've tried this one my own, and I have failed every time, but this time I had accountability. In every area of our lives, there needs to be accountability, spiritually, this is an important thing and hopefully this will carry over.
I'm not going to lie and say that it was the easiest thing I ever did, I hated getting up and rushing through our morning routine so I could have some time to exercise. But I made the time and the first week I lost 3 pounds! The one thing I would say is to start out with realistic goals. The first month I wanted to lose 15 pounds needless to say it didn't happen and I was discouraged. Most people can lose anywhere from 1 to 3 pounds a week. Make your goal from that, with not making 3 pounds every week, because it might not happen. Being realistic will help you to not get discouraged.
After you make your goal you need to go online and find a calorie burning calculator, you type in your age and weight and it will tell you how many calories you would burn while exercising a certain amount of time. This will give you an idea of how much you need to work out. The smaller you are the more you have to work out. After months of working out I found a watch at Walmart that will tell you by your pulse approximately how many calories you have burned. It's awesome and it will track you throughout your day. You don't realize how many calories you burn just by cleaning your house, or even just standing.
Next, PLEASE, keep a food journal!!!! This will help you know how many calories a day your taking in, if your taking in more than your burning off, your not going to lose weight. Don't starve yourself!!! You can eat and you need to, you need the calories to give you the energy to be able to exercise. Find a good balance for you. I work off app. 2000 or so calories a day, and my body needs app.1500 calories, so if I stick with that all week long, guess what! That's a pound right there, just think if you burned more? Need to know how many calories you need to eat in a day? Take your weight and times that by 7. If you don't eat all your calories that's fine, I don't always have that many, but I make sure that I have what I need to keep my body going. Also, 3,500 calories is a pound, so burn it off!
Well, next time I'll talk about food, dessert's, my favorite! You can eat and still be happy and lose weight. You just need to get started! Don't wait for Monday or new years! DO I
T NOW!!!!!!!!
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