My
original plan was to post my assessment on day 100 - but that was yesterday and
I was just too busy to get it done. So in honor of day 101... here we go...
Every
2-3 weeks I like to give myself a personal check-up. I’ll review my calorie trackers,
analyze my numbers and behavior trends to see exactly where I'm at in relation
to my goals and then decide if there are changes I can make to help the
process along. I never like doing too much too fast - that just doesn't work
for me. I'm more of a trial and error kind of gal. I like things to work and so
I don't overwhelm myself by trying to do too much all at once. Over the
past 3 months I’ve made some important changes to the way I eat. I've
reduced sugars and fats, added vegetables to most meals and replaced unhealthy
snacks with fruits. I've steadily reduced my daily calories from 3500+ to my
current goal of 1700 which is a more than 50% drop. It has been a progressive
push forward and overall I’m very pleased with where I'm at.
But
it’s not just the diet changes that have helped produce results. I also
maintain a food journal, a blog and calorie tracker which keeps me accountable
every step of the way. Daily blogging is an invaluable tool that keeps me completely focused on the weight loss process and all things healthy. It’s
a form of accountability that I’m very comfortable with and so I like doing it
which means that I’ll keep doing it which means continued results. It’s a
domino effect.
And
so that brings me to exercise, which is the one area I haven’t concentrated a
lot of effort on. But that will also change slowly as I move forward. As for
today, I’m setting a new goal. Effective immediately I’m going to exercise a
minimum of 25 minutes per day. I want to get my body use to doing physical activity
every single day whether that’s walking, swimming or calisthenics. This change will
be good for my physical and mental state and I look forward to it.
Well,
that’s it for now. Next weigh-in results on May 7th – just 14 days
from now. That’ll be the next mini
review.
| STATS | |
| Journey Day: | 101 |
| Today's Calories: | 1630 |
| Daily Calorie Goal: | 1700 |
| Next Weigh In: | 5/7/14 |
| Days till Weigh-In: | 14 |
| Starting Weight: | 351 |
| Current Weight: | 336 |
| Lost So Far: | 15 |
| Daily Calorie Tracker | |
| Wednesday 4/23/14 Goal: 1700 calories | |
| Calories | |
| Breakfast | |
| 1 egg scrambled, bacon & cheese on roll | 600 |
| Hazelnut Crème Decaf | 60 |
| Organic Mixed Greens | 0 |
| Total: | 660 |
| Hazelnut Coffee | 60 |
| Fresh Carrots | 30 |
| Total: | 90 |
| Lunch | |
| PB2 & Jam on MG | 340 |
| Organic Mixed Greens | 0 |
| Total: | 340 |
| Snacks | |
| Golden Delicious Apple | 60 |
| Total: | 60 |
| Dinner | |
| Grilled Salmon w/almonds | 300 |
| 1/2c cooked quinoa | 110 |
| Total: | 410 |
| Snacks | |
| Hazelnut Crème Decaf | 60 |
| 3 Vlassic Kosher dill stacker slices | 10 |
| Total: | 70 |
| Daily Total: | 1630 |
| 25 min exercise (minimum) | Yes |
