my 90th day on mfp

krystalmoore1986

So I started the last week of july and now its the last week of oct and i have stuck with it. I have messed around with my calories a few times trying to find a compromise between eating enough to not feel starved, and not eating too much. Now I have really got it figured out and have learned so much about food and nutrition, I can usually keep track in my head all day of my calories or know how much calories are in a meal by eyeballing it. I wanted to share how well I have done here in three months so others just starting will stick with it. I didnt have a lot of weight to lose to begin with, I was 123 and wanted to get to 110 (I am only 5'1) and I am a pound and a half away from that now. My first five pounds I set my goal to a pound a week and was very strict on my sodium and ate almost all veggies and fruit, they came off quickly, like in the first month. then I adjusted my goal to 1/2 pound a week, because when you are very close to a healthy weight, your body does not want to lose weight because it thinks its fine how it is. I knew if I stuck with it and waited my body would shed the last 8 lbs of fat slowly. It has. I am now at 111.6 which means I have averaged a .95lb per week weight loss. That also means in 90 days I lost about 2 ounces per day. That Is a tiny amount. But in the end it added up to a dramatic effect. I am constantly being complimented on how much better I look and how healthy and slim i look especially for having a child under two. It seemed unlikely when I joined here that I would ever reach my goal. It has seemed at times unreachable, and now that I am here, I realize the only time I was close to defeat, and failure, was when I let my mind defeat me. I was NOT perfect, and still am not. Sometimes I go over on my sodium. Sometimes I am quite below on my carbs. And yes, I did go over on my calories, plenty of times. But no matter what happened every day I started the next day striving for a perfect one and took things one day at a time. I hope all of you follow through with what you have started. You will be so happy if you take the time, be patient, and give a lot of effort to it. Heres to all our wonderful bodies and MFP :drinker:
And to looking HOT without any chemicals or pills:drinker:
Much love,
Krystal :flowerforyou:

krystalmoore1986

So I started the last week of july and now its the last week of oct and i have stuck with it. I have messed around with my calories a few times trying to find a compromise between eating enough to not feel starved, and not eating too much. Now I have really got it figured out and have learned so much about food and nutrition, I can usually keep track in my head all day of my calories or know how much calories are in a meal by eyeballing it. I wanted to share how well I have done here in three months so others just starting will stick with it. I didnt have a lot of weight to lose to begin with, I was 123 and wanted to get to 110 (I am only 5'1) and I am a pound and a half away from that now. My first five pounds I set my goal to a pound a week and was very strict on my sodium and ate almost all veggies and fruit, they came off quickly, like in the first month. then I adjusted my goal to 1/2 pound a week, because when you are very close to a healthy weight, your body does not want to lose weight because it thinks its fine how it is. I knew if I stuck with it and waited my body would shed the last 8 lbs of fat slowly. It has. I am now at 111.6 which means I have averaged a .95lb per week weight loss. That also means in 90 days I lost about 2 ounces per day. That Is a tiny amount. But in the end it added up to a dramatic effect. I am constantly being complimented on how much better I look and how healthy and slim i look especially for having a child under two. It seemed unlikely when I joined here that I would ever reach my goal. It has seemed at times unreachable, and now that I am here, I realize the only time I was close to defeat, and failure, was when I let my mind defeat me. I was NOT perfect, and still am not. Sometimes I go over on my sodium. Sometimes I am quite below on my carbs. And yes, I did go over on my calories, plenty of times. But no matter what happened every day I started the next day striving for a perfect one and took things one day at a time. I hope all of you follow through with what you have started. You will be so happy if you take the time, be patient, and give a lot of effort to it. Heres to all our wonderful bodies and MFP :drinker:
And to looking HOT without any chemicals or pills:drinker:
Much love,
Krystal :flowerforyou:

Anna_Banana

Looking good. Thanks for sharing.

shorerider

age1389

Great job:drinker:


-Adrienne

Jackie_W

Great job, well done !!