Forgot my Journal so lets make another!

I left my journal hanging out in my car so figured I would right some of my thoughts down on the computer. I find that when I'm feeling like I need to eat something or I am losing control, sitting down and writing about my progress and goals really helps to keep my head on straight.

So I started this journey to be more healthy, to fit into cloths that I love, and truly become happy with my body and myself. Do I think weight loss is the fix all? NO, it will never be, but I hope that on this journey I am able to learn more about myself both physically and mentally and grow into a better person. I have also decided to do this all publicly with social media and things like that, I am not sure why. Maybe to keep myself accountable, and maybe because I just want to not feel like I'm doing this on my own.

I started at over 260lbs and am trying to work down to 165 (though this number is very tentative). So far I have lost over 16lbs and been on my journey for about 5 weeks. I am feeling good about my progress but have been riding the struggle bus the last few days. You know last week and the week before were pretty tough, we had thanksgiving and then 3 family birthday's which of course were all very difficult to stay within my calorie goal. However, I did only go over 2 days and not by much. Yesterday and today I have been struggling HARD CORE to not stop and get fast food, or to binge on anything I see. I am pretty sure its mostly a result of PMS but I am hanging on by a thread.

Yeah I'm really bad at journaling and tend to bounce all over, plus my spelling and grammer are horrible. You know what I don't give to hoots :P I will just write because I can and because it helps me :) Feeling like I should fill my water cup... I will check in again some time.

Hailea R.

12/05/2017 6:56PM

Thank you for posting :) I am new here. I haven't done a game yet, but I'm planning to sign up for my first one, although I am scared and intimated. What do you do that is helpful in dropping the pounds?

ChubRubHiker

Well, I like to track everything in an app and really make sure I’m in a calorie deficit. You can find out what your body burns doing nothing by goggling a TDEE calculator then cuting 200-300 calories off of that more depending on what the scale does. I don’t really worry much about what I eat ie “low carb” “no sugar” things like that but have found that after tracking I can eat more of the healthier stuff and feel more full. So without knowing it in have started to choose healthier items just for the simple fact I can eat more of them lol. Another thing I do is drink A LOT of water! It really helps in those moment where I would turn to snacks before. Oh I also wanted to note I have not started to work out yet, with the exception of trying to get in 10,000 Steps a day, I find it easier to add one thing at a time instead of all at once. (I would probably quit AGAIN) losing weight is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. I hope I answered your question I got a bit rambly and I’m sure my grammar is horrible expecially since I am using my phone instead of my computer :P!

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