One day at a time in JANUARY

Been doing good this week. I've exercised every day and cut my calories way back, but need to cut a bit more. If I can stay at 1200 calories a day and continue my exercising I know I can lose my goal. It really helps to read everyone's posts to know I'm not alone in this.

Juvenica wrote: »

My day 8 was almost going well, if it wasn't for that dark chocolate crave... and indulge I did, quite a bit more than I should ever have. who cares, I have worked out today , cleaned a lot around the house , had a run and hand washed clothes that ought to do it : it's not the end of the world and tomorrow I'll make sure I work out more .

Juvenica...my day was exactly like yours! I was craving the See's in the next department that I had to walk past at least a dozen times today when I remembered a Christmas mug full of kisses in my bottom desk drawer. Then I decided Day 8 was my Cheat Day and I will workout hard and walk tomorrow.

I hope your tomorrow goes as you plan!

Chris

Jenn I have tried both scales , had an old dial one for about 10 years , I can say they're as reliable as scales get in my book. a couple of years ago when I didn't want to believe how much weight I'd gained I bought a digital one , which had obviously the same result. So,..
*. watch the surface on which you placed the scales , if surface is not even , result will not be true
*. trust the scale you've used more consistently recently
*. if the weight is not of a big difference I'd consider the heaviest ( prepare for the worst , to make sure you celebrate when you find out it's not as bad as you'd imagined. )
*. make sure you weight urself at the same time of day ( when you wake up , and keep in mind that weight alters during the day and during the week

I am becoming so much more aware of what I am eating with MFP. I actually makes me WANT to track my food daily. One day at a time is a great way to keep up my moral. I can focus for 1 day. I love that the little bit of exercise that I do actually adds to my daily caloric intake, however, I am trying NOT to eat the extra calories I earn daily, hoping that I will see faster results on my body. Anywho, if I can do this, I know others can too. Let's be winners together...

well done Chris ,
on the other hand I'm hoping for 137 by the end of the month , though I'm having doubts if I can get there by the end of the month . Today was ok , within cal goal, did my workout still I feel like its a long shot

This is day twelve and I am a bit angry at myself for not realizing i'd gained about 2 pounds. I love cooking and I have had lots of candy around the house, so I can't keep lying to myself and say I haven't cheated a bit. maybe more than I should. So, as of today no more cooking sweets for the rest of January. gotta keep me in check. Jen , welcome: u'll find support in this group an all mfp. you can do it, but make sure its a change for life.

so, I lost one of those 2 pounds, and I am doing insanity, which is literally "Insane", so let's hope for the best