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When I lost the weight the first time. ~175lbs, December 2008
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A Work in Progress
24 years old and looking for a healthier life for myself and husband. I have been successful at weight loss before, with my highest weight at that time being 206lbs. I worked hard on WW for a few months and managed to get that down to just under 180. I was feeling great and it was showing! Even with just around 25lbs gone, some people I had not seen in a while did not recognize me.
Of course, I gained every pound back over 3 years and now it is start-all-over time! I am hoping ...
24 years old and looking for a healthier life for myself and husband. I have been successful at weight loss before, with my highest weight at that time being 206lbs. I worked hard on WW for a few months and managed to get that down to just under 180. I was feeling great and it was showing! Even with just around 25lbs gone, some people I had not seen in a while did not recognize me.
Of course, I gained every pound back over 3 years and now it is start-all-over time! I am hoping this time is different and so far, it feels different! My husband and I are simply committing to lose 50lbs each in 2012. Our goal is to lose 1lb a week - not too intense that we will feel deprived, but fast enough that over the course of the next year, changes will happen.
Here is our plan:
- 1 lb a week gives us a higher calorie range than what we have tried to maintain in the past when wanting to lose weight faster. For example, in my countless weight loss efforts, the start of my range was as low as 1200 calories. Now my range starts at 1410, which gives me extra wiggle room.
- We are tracking what we eat, no matter what. Before, whenever we over-ate, we would just consider the whole day gone, leave it blank and continue to eat however much we wanted because the day or week was already blown. This just led to us forgetting our goals and giving up. Now, by tracking religiously, we stop ourselves from going overboard. 200 calories over our limit is better than 600!
- We will add exercise when we can but for now, we want to keep it simple so that we do not get overwhelmed. Maybe a bit of Wii Fit, or a nice walk, but nothing intense just yet.
- No "cheat" days or days "off". This is not a job! This is a lifestyle. If we want a piece of pie for dessert, we can have it. We have to track it and make it fit in our day. If we are not satisfied with the food we are eating, we will fall off track and gain the weight back. To that end, we are following the philosophy in the Spark People Cookbook that if we can make healthy food taste good and be satisfying, than we will eat more of it and be more successful on our journey.
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Member Since: 10/5/2010
SparkPoints: 4,380
Fitness Minutes: 1,609
My Goals:
- 50 lbs weight loss in 2012 (took a 2 day head start!)
- 1 lb a week
January goal: 203 lbs***
February goal: 199 lbs ***
March goal: 195 lbs***
April goal: 191 lbs
May goal: 187 lbs
June goal: 183 lbs
July goal: 179 lbs
August goal: 175 lbs
September goal: 170 lbs
October goal: 166 lbs
November goal: 162 lbs
December goal: 160 lbs
* Done
** Done on time!
*** Done early!
My Program:
- Eating right
- Sharing my goals and progress with friends and family (and SP!)
- Finding ways to make healthy food enjoyable
Personal Information:
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Other Information:
I am trying not to see losing weight as a chore or something "I have to do". I am trying to make it enjoyable by not restricting myself too much and taking pride in my progress.
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