We started
On Monday Tony and I started our “diet”. Ya know I can’t even call it a diet because we are still eating the same foods we used to just in moderation. When I lost all the weight last year (65 pounds to be exact) it took 4 months and I was very strict with my eating and exercise. Unfortunately for a lifetime that was not a realistic way to do it. Going forward, after losing all the weight, I certainly would not be able to continue eating like I was and working out as much as I was. I let the weight loss consume my days, I spent all day logging and calculating my caloric intake. I worked out, in the beginning, for several hours a day. With 4 kids now that is just not realistic.
I have come to the realization and acceptance that to be healthy it needs to go by fat% and lean fat not by the number on the scale. I need to lose a good deal of body fat. So as of Monday we started on our way. We have a couple high calorie days and the rest are low calorie days. Yesterday was a high calorie day and it wasw honestly hard to eat all the food I needed to. Today is a low calorie day and those days are a little more difficult. I need to eat around 1338 total calories. I will probably eat a little more though because I had my YUMMY breakfast burritos today and that is about 500 calories. I forgot that on Monday, which was a low calorie day, that I ate oatmeal for breakfast. Oh well.
The other thing is I have actually been able to drink 64 ounces of water in a day. That was really tough for me, I am not a big water fan. Now that I have done it I almost always drink all that before dinner and end up drinking more for dinner. My face has cleared up so nice from drinking all the water. I mean it was never bad before, no breakouts or anything, it just looks healthier. Which is good because then I won’t need anything like exposed acne treatment.
I will also be joining a gym. I had to find the one that best fit our situation. We don’t have daycare or a second vehicle so if I go to the gym it would have to be at night after Tony got home. He doesn’t always work the morning shift. Basically I would need a 24hr gym. I looked in to Curves. I liked how they have a fitness routine specifically for each member, their hours sucked though. Then we have an Anytime Fitness. Obviously 24hr and the monthly price was decent but they had a $60 security fee. Plus the fee for the security pass, not sure how much that was. Then I found Snap Fitness. They have the same monthly fee as Anytime but no sign up fee. There is a $20 fee for the security card. Plus it is only $20 more a month for both Tony and I to go where Anytime was just double the price, no discount.
So we will see how things go after week one. So far I can already tell a difference in how I feel.
