Week One Success: My routine

AudrasAlly
AudrasAlly Posts: 38
edited October 2024 in Success Stories
I am SO excited. I had my first weigh-in this morning, and I am down 2.5 pounds. My goal was 2 pounds. The feeling of accomplishment is amazing. On top of that, I feel amazing eating healthy every single day, and working out 3-4 times a week.

What's your routine?
I work hard to stay under my calories. I try to always make sure to replace any snack for a real piece of fruit. (100 calorie packs are great backups). Knowing that I can have a morning and afternoon snack keeps me from feeling like I'm keeping something from myself. I almost feel more nourished than I did before. (PS: My boyfriend let me know that we WERE eating between 3,000-4,000 calories a day. CRAZY!)

Also, I work out as often as possible, which works out to be every other day usually. That is a big help in adding calories to your diet, but I still try to stay as far under as I can while eating right.

I have had trouble drinking as much water as I should. This is my goal for the upcoming week.

The biggest push: My family and friends being so supportive. My boyfriend is right there with me every step of the way, helping me understand what I need to be doing. Foods, exercise, etc.

I can't wait to post next week!

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  • ladybg81
    ladybg81 Posts: 1,553 Member
    Wonderful! Congrats!
  • JNettie73
    JNettie73 Posts: 1,211 Member
    Congrats!
  • TaraFTMVA
    TaraFTMVA Posts: 309 Member
    Grats on your success!! Support is a huge factor! Im excited bc my boyfriend finally decided to join MFP last night! I was so stoked! lol. He has been watching me on this site for a few weeks now and last night I had him enter things for me and close my diary for the day and he was impressed with how easy it was and made his account. I am hoping he does great with it like I am! Oh BTW here is a list of things you can eat instead of 100 calorie packs that only have 100 calories in case you wanted some variety =)

    https://sites.google.com/site/wwcheatsheets/home/filling-foods-100-calories-list
  • mwest11
    mwest11 Posts: 89 Member
    that's great! i hope my first week goes as well.. i am resisting the urge to get on the scale yet.
  • missyyclaire
    missyyclaire Posts: 572 Member
    I celebrate your victory!!!!

    And if you ever start to think a pound isn't that much....try carrying around a pound of sugar for a few minutes. Then try five pounds of it. Then try ten....it really is heavy, even just a pound is heavy.

    One time when I was dieting, I had a wagon that I put bags of sugar in equal to what I was losing. Eye opening how heavy it can get! Just think about the fact that our skeletons are carrying that around every day. Wow.
  • missyyclaire
    missyyclaire Posts: 572 Member
    Grats on your success!! Support is a huge factor! Im excited bc my boyfriend finally decided to join MFP last night! I was so stoked! lol. He has been watching me on this site for a few weeks now and last night I had him enter things for me and close my diary for the day and he was impressed with how easy it was and made his account. I am hoping he does great with it like I am! Oh BTW here is a list of things you can eat instead of 100 calorie packs that only have 100 calories in case you wanted some variety =)

    https://sites.google.com/site/wwcheatsheets/home/filling-foods-100-calories-list

    That is such a neat link! If you don't mind, I think I'll repost this. Now...off to study it!
  • zippy483
    zippy483 Posts: 16 Member
    Sounds great :)

    But don't get all bent out of shape about water you body will let you know when you need some it's called being thirsty lol
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