Biggest Loser is back. Originally being the program to motivate me to start making my change in January 2010, now it is January 2012 and this seasons "theme" seems to be speaking directly to me (and I am sure almost everyone else out there who wants to make a weight/health/lifestyle change)... NO EXCUSES.
I have no excuse for my absence from here, from Spark People or from my routine. I could tell you that I was working too hard, or that I didn't have time, I was exhausted at the end of the day, etc.
The reality is.. I stopped making myself a priority.
I kept on my organic/clean eating for the most part. I definitely would stray from my rule of organic only here and there during the holidays, during a stay at a friends house, when some yummy holiday treats came into the office, etc. But on a day to day basis I was eating the same as I was before.
Where I was really lacking, is the area where I usually struggle.. and that is with the fitness.
I have noticed a pattern of people on the Biggest Loser site and Spark People as I read people's blogs, see their patterns of behavior, etc. On an individual level, people either "get" the fitness, and struggle with the food; or the "get" the food and struggle with the fitness. I am definitely the later. When you can make both work - that is when you really see success.
During the later half of 2011 I ate as I was when I was working out, BUT I wasn't working out anymore. So now I am 30 lbs up from my lowest weight which I registered in May at 229. I then went to 240 in June, back to 233 in August (started working out again), and then back up to my current 259.
The result?
- 30lb weight gain
- My clothes don't fit me as well anymore and some items that I had don't fit at all.
- I feel winded after doing a fraction of things I used to be able to do
- I overall feel less healthy. Less motivated to do anything outside of work and sleep.
Here are the things that I stopped doing and now I am going to restart as the lack of these items had a huge impact on my weight gain:
- Log my food into Spark People every day
- Stay within my calorie range + working out
- Do 90 minutes of fitness 6 days a week - I am WORTH this time investment in myself
- 7 hours of sleep at night
- Two cups of caffeine tea per day (no creamer / 1 tsp raw organic sugar)
Goal:
The first goal will be to get to 225. This will be 4lbs less than my lowest, and back to my 6th grade weight.
I will not beat myself up for this. I am a work in progress, a recovering food addict, and I will make this work.
No Excuses.
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