I stumbled across this photo today and it just felt like it was speaking to me. Today was weigh in day and I'm so happy to be able to say I was less than 170! Today's number is 168.2, that is a 4.8 pound drop from last week! Took me long enough to get under the 170 mark. But I'm also happy because my scale asked me today who I was. Let me explain, I have a Wiithings electric scale, that sends data to an account on line. It tracks my husbands weight and my weight on seperate graphs. Well, it will track any person that steps on the scale, but today it was flashing at me when I got on this morning, left foot for Darcy, right foot for Ahtesham. It didn't know where to file the data. I'm five pounds heavier than my husband today, yes I'm smiling! Now that's my new goal. I find it easier to reach my final goal by breaking it down into smaller ones, like getting to the 200 pound mark, then 175, then the 170 and so on. So now it will to get under my husband's weight. So my weigh in went well today. We did measurements I've lost another 5.5 inches bringing the total to 19.5 inches and a total of 39 pounds lost since starting JC. We also looked at my food break down. I am averaging a little more than 1200 calories, it's about 1345 for my daily count. But we figure that it's probably still a little to low for the amount of exercise I'm doing. We also looked at the macronutrient breakdown and discovered I'm not eating enough protien. Don't know how that happened, but I do know I've been craving a big juicy hamburger or steak, so that explains that! I firmly believe your body will tell you what it needs if you listen to it. So we are going to continue on the 1200 calorie menu, but I will add extra protein and calories if I need it. The only down point today was the vitamins. I'm going to run out of the vitamins that they sell this week so I wanted to order more. The store was out and they don't know when they will be getting more. My consultant said they were redesigning the packages. So I will go back to my One a day vitamin and stop paying for that. I also will continue on only 5 days a week with two on my own, so the cost is finally coming down to something that I think I will be able to keep up with for a few more months. I have to weigh in a little earlier next week, so I am going to try to be very mindful of what I am eating this week! I want to stay under that 170 mark. I finally broke down and rewarded myself with a pedicure after my appointment. Some how I just couldn't bring myself to give myself a treat with my last few milestones, so this week I just said what the heck and did it. My feet feel so much better, I'm glad I did it.
My running /exercise went well also this week. I happy with the milage I've been putting in the past few weeks and I've not really been tired or sore. Yes there were days when I really just wanted to sleep, but never just totally exhusted. So this is an easy week and next week my long run should be at 7.5 miles. I can't wait to push myself and prove that I can go the distance! I may not understand everything about myself yet, but I'm working on it. My consultant asked me a question today that I've been thinking all day about: "So, what have you learned about yourself and how will you change this time?" This is the question for the week. My first answer was, I need to control my eating and not think "Oh, I can work this off later." Yes, I've learned this, but I know I have so much more to learn. I know I like the feeling when I finish a run.....til next time, keep moving! ~ Darcy
I stumbled across this photo today and it just felt like it was speaking to me. Today was weigh in day and I'm so happy to be able to say I was less than 170! Today's number is 168.2, that is a 4.8 pound drop from last week! Took me long enough to get under the 170 mark. But I'm also happy because my scale asked me today who I was. Let me explain, I have a Wiithings electric scale, that sends data to an account on line. It tracks my husbands weight and my weight on seperate graphs. Well, it will track any person that steps on the scale, but today it was flashing at me when I got on this morning, left foot for Darcy, right foot for Ahtesham. It didn't know where to file the data. I'm five pounds heavier than my husband today, yes I'm smiling! Now that's my new goal. I find it easier to reach my final goal by breaking it down into smaller ones, like getting to the 200 pound mark, then 175, then the 170 and so on. So now it will to get under my husband's weight. So my weigh in went well today. We did measurements I've lost another 5.5 inches bringing the total to 19.5 inches and a total of 39 pounds lost since starting JC. We also looked at my food break down. I am averaging a little more than 1200 calories, it's about 1345 for my daily count. But we figure that it's probably still a little to low for the amount of exercise I'm doing. We also looked at the macronutrient breakdown and discovered I'm not eating enough protien. Don't know how that happened, but I do know I've been craving a big juicy hamburger or steak, so that explains that! I firmly believe your body will tell you what it needs if you listen to it. So we are going to continue on the 1200 calorie menu, but I will add extra protein and calories if I need it. The only down point today was the vitamins. I'm going to run out of the vitamins that they sell this week so I wanted to order more. The store was out and they don't know when they will be getting more. My consultant said they were redesigning the packages. So I will go back to my One a day vitamin and stop paying for that. I also will continue on only 5 days a week with two on my own, so the cost is finally coming down to something that I think I will be able to keep up with for a few more months. I have to weigh in a little earlier next week, so I am going to try to be very mindful of what I am eating this week! I want to stay under that 170 mark. I finally broke down and rewarded myself with a pedicure after my appointment. Some how I just couldn't bring myself to give myself a treat with my last few milestones, so this week I just said what the heck and did it. My feet feel so much better, I'm glad I did it. 
My running /exercise went well also this week. I happy with the milage I've been putting in the past few weeks and I've not really been tired or sore. Yes there were days when I really just wanted to sleep, but never just totally exhusted. So this is an easy week and next week my long run should be at 7.5 miles. I can't wait to push myself and prove that I can go the distance! I may not understand everything about myself yet, but I'm working on it. My consultant asked me a question today that I've been thinking all day about: "So, what have you learned about yourself and how will you change this time?" This is the question for the week. My first answer was, I need to control my eating and not think "Oh, I can work this off later." Yes, I've learned this, but I know I have so much more to learn. I know I like the feeling when I finish a run.....til next time, keep moving! ~ Darcy
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