How do you get motivated diet -wise?

Jankatherton wrote: »

I wonder if just adding an extra spin class would help? I was thinking of maybe doubling up one day a week

One extra spin class is maybe 500 calories if someone your size is working at high intensity. For 1/2 lb per week loss you need a deficit of 250 per day, or 1750 per week. 3-4 additional spin classes on top of what you're doing already would get you closer, since for all intents and purposes, you're likely at maintenance. Personally based on what you described I would probably pick either Saturday or Sunday to go out on the weekend, just like that I'm guessing you would save yourself a lot of calories by cutting the outings down by half. Just don't replace it with sitting around at home and stuffing your face like I might :laugh:

Also it's pretty clear you've been at this a while but you may wish to review some of the forum stickies. Frankly if you're lucky, you may find a sneaky couple hundred calories here and there that you weren't logging, and maybe decide you don't care that much for the item, and easily eliminate some calories as a result (like if your wings are being dipped and battered in all kinds of stuff you don't necessarily care for, you could get em naked instead...). That sort of thing.