This is mostly just an accountablity post to myself.

This morning, already, for the first time in months I slipped off plan and ate 2 slices of cheese pizza. I am really upset with myself and almost got into the I give up mentality but I have come too far for that so I am making a deal with myself.

I will eat 1500 calories a day
1 will continue my 1.5 hours of cardio 5 times a week with 3 days of added full body w/s training
I will not even think about weighing myself until October 1st 2009 (it’s best for my sanity)
I will not give up on myself

A few things I am gonna change starting today concerning my diet or whatever you want to call it.

First of all, this week I am taking the whole week off from calorie counting and exercising. That doesn’t mean I am gonna sit on my ass gorging on fattening foods, it just means I am not gonna be counting every morsel I eat or doing any exercise…just for this week. Next Wednesday I will go back on track and do what I’ve been doing. I am just hoping this will sorta shock my body or shake things up or something!

Second of all, I am done weighing. I am gonna measure my success (or God forbid, failure) by my clothes sizes. All the scale obsession and worry is over. I can’t deal with it anymore and I refuse to let myself get deterred because of numbers on a scale.  I just am done with it.

I guess that’s it for now.

Hugs
Michelle

How can I find out the amount of calories I need each day to lose weight? So many different sites state different amounts and just keep me confused.

I am writing this out of frustration. To date, I have lost 120 pounds since July 20, 2008. Maybe that is a little too fast, I am not sure but I know this - I am extremely happy for that fact and I feel so much better. So, please explain to me why people, no one here, feel the need to keep scolding me that I am not eating enough?! On an average day, I get in around 1300 calories. I don’t go around feeling weak or tired or hungry. I feel pretty dang good actually seeing as how before I started losing weight I was taking in approximately 4500 calories…bad bad calories, mind you, each day. There are some days, yes, that may be hectic or I am having a bad day that I won’t get in but maybe 1000 calories but that is not everyday. My philosophy is that everybody and every body is different. What works for you might not work for me and vice-versa.  And the real getter in all this, the people who are hounding me about my caloric intake, are overweight and not even attempting to do anything about it. Ugh!!!

Anyway,  I am sorry for the rant but I feel better now that I got it off my chest. Thanks!!