• Reduce my calories to 1200 per day (not eating back exercise calories unless I need to
• Make up my steps to 10.000 every evening before going to bed
• Keep up my program of BBG 3x per week and at least 2x cardio training in form of running, swimming, elliptical or similar
• No alcohol until my birthday (find a suitable alternative)
• Meal Prep (I have dropped the ball recently)
• Less screens, more interaction with "real" things

bmeadows380 wrote: »

My Starting Weight: ~375 lbs (01/01/2017)

My goal: 260 lbs (this would put me below the 40 BMI mark for being morbidly obese or stage 3 obese)

Old Milestone:281 lbs - I'm calling this one met since its a measly 0.1 lbs away lol

New Milestone: 275 lbs - this will be the 100 lb mark from my starting weight in January

Current Weight: 281.1 lbs, 10/26

Total loss: -93.9 lbs


What's Working: being back into a more rigid routine. And lowering my calorie limit by 100 calories. I'm finding that if I want to lose 2 lbs/week, I have to set my calorie limit 100 calories lower than what the calculator says I should be eating - and we're talking the most conservative calculator I can find. This may partly be because I'm not measuring everything exactly, so the extra 100 calories accounts for those estimates or perhaps because I'm PCOS, or even because the calculator isn't exact science anyway. In any case, I'm moving in the right direction at the right speed at the moment, and its a victory I was badly needing.

I'm thrilled to reach this milestone of 281 lbs because that's 100 lbs off from my highest weight ever in 2011. Which now that I think about it, wasn't 381 lbs, but was 382 lbs (I was using the about calorie counting website last time which has since gone defunct, so I'm not exactly sure now.) Anyway, I am very, very happy to have that 100 lbs off because last time, I hit a glass ceiling so to speak about the 10 month mark and quit losing at about 90 lbs off, which then slowly crept back on over the next 4 years. I'm now at the 10 month mark since starting this effort all over again, and I'm still losing steadily so far.

What Needs Work: still working on tightening up my counting. Most days I'm pretty decent with only a few fudges here and there, but some days, like yesterday, I blow it. Eating with my parents and my sister has been exceedingly challenging since they don't want to limit themselves to my cooking styles or portion sizes. My mom will try to be considerate, but she doesn't always remember what she puts into something. Plus they keep snack foods around. It's been easier since I'm now in a temporary residence while we set up the new house and because I'm back into my routine. Hopefully, it will be better once I get to move in.

On the flip side, all the work involved in the remodel has help to offset those extra calories I'm taking in, at least!

Also, now that I'm nearing the 100 lb off mark, I know I really need to get a exercise routine started. Its just I detest regular exercise. *sigh* the best I can do at the moment is to try to get some walking in, though its going to be tougher since winter is coming in. But my grandfather asked me over the weekend if I wanted an exercise machine he had. My dad's foster brother had left it behind when he moved out of one of Grandpa's trailers, and when Grandpa described it to me, it sounds like it may be an elliptical machine. I told him yes, I definitely wanted it! I'll go down next weekend to make sure and get it back up to my new place.