weight loss wednesday
20 pounds! That's right, folks. Since July {since Squirt's appearance}, I have lost {over} 20 pounds! I actually hit the two-zero mark last week, but thought some of it would reappear with my weekend in Wyoming {eating out, being sick, not working out}.
No reappearance here! I still lost .7 since last week. Not bad considering.
I've also done it. I count calories. I will not do it forever {no ma'am}. I want to be aware of what I'm consuming; how much I'm really eating. Today is day 2 {of the many numerous times I've tried doing this}. Yesterday, I didn't even hit the 1,100 mark. I thought I ate a lot more. And maybe I did when I wasn't writing it down. I could see how this could help people lose.
You think "I really want chips" and then you see that 16 = 140 calories. Considering a small orange is between 25-45 {my mind went blank on the right number}, that's a lot. I did indulge myself in to 1/2 oz of chocolate {1/2 an Easter cross} and 16 chips today. I did have a healthy lunch {I love that tomatoes and pickles are not fattening by any means because they dress up a boring sandwich like no other}.
The hardest thing was with my chili I made tonight. I had no idea how to calculate that! I took all the ingredients and found out how much all of those calories for the whole entire chili batch {and made note that we really need to switch back to 93% beef}. I figure this will be about 8 servings {I think}. So it's not bad; only 243 per serving.
Anyway, it's not as bad as I thought to count calories. I don't want to be obsessive but I do like feeling that I know what I'm putting in to my body. It makes me think about my choices {and know that I can still have SOME of what I crave...just not 3 servings}. And some things you can eat a ton of {green beans, tomatoes, oranges} without feeling the least bit bad. But I am also not going to go out and buy a scale or anything. Not only do I not have the money, I'm not going to do this forever. But I do agree it's a good weight loss tool for a mindless snacker like myself.
But 20 pounds lighter and I have more clothes to fit in to. The bad news is that {some of} my clothes are already beginning to be too big. Yes, this is a good thing, too, but bad for my budget. I also tried on a pair of slacks from high school {my favorite dress pants ever; they look like tuxedo pants}. I can fit them on! I even buttoned the outside buttons {they have those two buttons like dress pants do}. They were tight as heck and there was much muffin-top going on, but they fit! Now to make them fit WELL.
My hubby's home. Gotta go give him some lovin'. Enjoy your night.
No reappearance here! I still lost .7 since last week. Not bad considering.
I've also done it. I count calories. I will not do it forever {no ma'am}. I want to be aware of what I'm consuming; how much I'm really eating. Today is day 2 {of the many numerous times I've tried doing this}. Yesterday, I didn't even hit the 1,100 mark. I thought I ate a lot more. And maybe I did when I wasn't writing it down. I could see how this could help people lose.
You think "I really want chips" and then you see that 16 = 140 calories. Considering a small orange is between 25-45 {my mind went blank on the right number}, that's a lot. I did indulge myself in to 1/2 oz of chocolate {1/2 an Easter cross} and 16 chips today. I did have a healthy lunch {I love that tomatoes and pickles are not fattening by any means because they dress up a boring sandwich like no other}.
The hardest thing was with my chili I made tonight. I had no idea how to calculate that! I took all the ingredients and found out how much all of those calories for the whole entire chili batch {and made note that we really need to switch back to 93% beef}. I figure this will be about 8 servings {I think}. So it's not bad; only 243 per serving.
Anyway, it's not as bad as I thought to count calories. I don't want to be obsessive but I do like feeling that I know what I'm putting in to my body. It makes me think about my choices {and know that I can still have SOME of what I crave...just not 3 servings}. And some things you can eat a ton of {green beans, tomatoes, oranges} without feeling the least bit bad. But I am also not going to go out and buy a scale or anything. Not only do I not have the money, I'm not going to do this forever. But I do agree it's a good weight loss tool for a mindless snacker like myself.
But 20 pounds lighter and I have more clothes to fit in to. The bad news is that {some of} my clothes are already beginning to be too big. Yes, this is a good thing, too, but bad for my budget. I also tried on a pair of slacks from high school {my favorite dress pants ever; they look like tuxedo pants}. I can fit them on! I even buttoned the outside buttons {they have those two buttons like dress pants do}. They were tight as heck and there was much muffin-top going on, but they fit! Now to make them fit WELL.
My hubby's home. Gotta go give him some lovin'. Enjoy your night.
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