WINTER WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE -- yes, this is a continuation of our Fall Weight Loss Challenge

dkingdom1 wrote: »

Here goes:
Female, 19yo, 5"4
Initial SW (August 2015): 170

SW (11/30): 162.75, although my weight often fluctuates between 160-166!

GW (3/1): TBH, I expect this loss to be really slow, so my goal is to (consistently) be under the 160 barrier! (Aka floating in the 150s)

I'm starting to accept the fact that I just love food too much and I make too many mistakes (that I *just* don't want to fix right now). The goal for me is simple- to not gain a significant amount of weight.

Welcome!! You can do this!! Yay

WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR 90 DAY WINTER WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE!!!

So glad you want to come along on this 90 day journey together! All of your goals seems great! And it's so refreshing to see some familiar people back from our Fall Weight Loss Challenge!

KEEP CHECKING BACK THROUGH THE WEEK TO STAY ACCOUNTABLE!


ENCOURAGING WORD...

JOURNAL JOURNAL JOURNAL!! It really helps me, (even though it can get a little time consuming), to keep logging in MFPal the foods I consume!

Here are 6 proven reasons why logging our food can help you reach your goal...

1) VISIBLE PROOF

Writing down even those little nibbles, can account for loads of calories! Seeing how many calories that handful of M&Ms, or that can of soda was will begin to visually sink into your brain, that we must make some changes! Lots of people eat healthily at mealtimes, but snack poorly in between. If you’re aiming to lose a pound or two a week, just a few extras during the day prevents you from seeing results on the scales. Writing down everything you eat demonstrates the cost of those ‘occasional’ nibbles…

2) TREAT YOURSELF

Logging your food intake can help you know if that little extra is an affordable calorie to eat. I am all about a treat here or there...we live in the real world people, and life happens, so keeping track of your food intake over the course of a day or a week gives you the freedom to enjoy a treat once in a while – guilt-free. If you know you’ve got calories to spare for the day, and no chocolate has passed your lips for six days, you can indulge yourself, but make it dark chocolate...its heart healthy!

3) TIMING

Logging you food helps to highlights patterns during your day where you can possible overeat. There is a bewitching hour for me and it's at 3:00pm! I know that around this time, if I just have a little nutritious snack to tie me over until dinner, I won't overeat later! Perhaps you binge late at night (another one of my issues), because you’ve been eating too little all day? Or perhaps you graze constantly? If you don’t keep a record of your food intake, you have no hope of remembering everything you eat … you may need to change your habits.

4) PORTION PORTION PORTION

Those of us who’ve been dieting or maintaining for a long time often get used to “eyeballing” portions rather than weighing everything out. But if your weight loss has plateaued, or if those pounds are edging back on, keeping up on your journal may make you realize you may need to weigh your foods. That tablespoon of peanut butter might be bigger than you think…

5) SEE THE CHANGE

It can be motivational to look back on your daily journaling from a few months or even years ago and see how your nutritional choices have changed. Perhaps you’ve curbed your chocolate habit, or maybe you now eat proper meals instead of junk-food snacks. And if you’re having a bad day, flicking back to a “perfect” week in your diary is encouraging: if you did it once, you can do it again!

6) MOTIVATIONAL SELF CONTROL

Knowing you have to write down everything you eat makes you think twice about that mocha latte with extra syrup and extra whip, or that second glass of wine! Even if you’re the only person who’ll see your diary, recording your food intake is a very easy way to improve your self-control. Make it a motivational day when you log healthy and believe that YOU ARE HEALTHY!