It was on March 17th that I committed to getting my weight down to 160 pounds within 3 months. I started out at just over 170, and am proud to tell you that I achieved success in less than 2 months.
I have never felt so in control when it comes to managing my body composition. And as odorous as it is--this daily monitoring of all my calories-- I have to credit that attention to detail as the biggest factor. I know everyone is different so I won't draw any generalities, but I know for me that there's a very fine line between losing and gaining weight. The line is so fine, that inevitably, I am doing one, or the other. Some people just eat whatever they want and seem able to stay at a constant weight, but not me. I suppose it has something to do with genetics.
Alas, we are all offered different challenges to conquer in this life, and this just happens to be one of mine. I don't know what I will do in the long term, but for now I intend on continuing the daily charting. I do believe however that I'm gonna up my limit a wee bit, as I already find myself exceeding it quite often. I still have the bad habit of saving my calories for later in the day, and so if I start out with a higher number, it may encourage me to eat more in the morning, as well as mid afternoon.
And now that I have met my commitment a bit early, I'm gonna revise the over-all 3 month goal to 155 pounds. I have 35 days, which is one pound every 7 days....should be doable.
As to my run today, it went very much as expected. I was petty sure it was gonna be a bit tough as I was clearly still tired from my long bike. Regardless, I toughed out the 30 kms with several short walking breaks over the last 5 kms. That last 5K probably didn't add any value, but I also don't believe it was hurtful. I didn't go over the edge.
run 30 kms, 2:45
And my quote today is totally unrelated to my post, but it is too good to keep for another day. I wish desperately that I had said it myself.
"How do I explain Michael Sam to my kids?" A man with TWO first names?"---Andy Kerman
Love and "kisses"!
I have never felt so in control when it comes to managing my body composition. And as odorous as it is--this daily monitoring of all my calories-- I have to credit that attention to detail as the biggest factor. I know everyone is different so I won't draw any generalities, but I know for me that there's a very fine line between losing and gaining weight. The line is so fine, that inevitably, I am doing one, or the other. Some people just eat whatever they want and seem able to stay at a constant weight, but not me. I suppose it has something to do with genetics.
Alas, we are all offered different challenges to conquer in this life, and this just happens to be one of mine. I don't know what I will do in the long term, but for now I intend on continuing the daily charting. I do believe however that I'm gonna up my limit a wee bit, as I already find myself exceeding it quite often. I still have the bad habit of saving my calories for later in the day, and so if I start out with a higher number, it may encourage me to eat more in the morning, as well as mid afternoon.
And now that I have met my commitment a bit early, I'm gonna revise the over-all 3 month goal to 155 pounds. I have 35 days, which is one pound every 7 days....should be doable.
As to my run today, it went very much as expected. I was petty sure it was gonna be a bit tough as I was clearly still tired from my long bike. Regardless, I toughed out the 30 kms with several short walking breaks over the last 5 kms. That last 5K probably didn't add any value, but I also don't believe it was hurtful. I didn't go over the edge.
run 30 kms, 2:45
And my quote today is totally unrelated to my post, but it is too good to keep for another day. I wish desperately that I had said it myself.
"How do I explain Michael Sam to my kids?" A man with TWO first names?"---Andy Kerman
Love and "kisses"!
Peter
If tracking all your intake is "odorous" you're doing it wrong!
ReplyDeleteI can smell him from Fergus!
ReplyDeleteLove happy odd john