A Good Loss

It’s still winter in New York, but my heart is warmed by a 2lb weight loss! So I’m off and running in 2015. January was a 4lb gain followed by Feb & March - back to back losses. I’m excited about many things but most of all Nutra Blast Smoothies and increased movement. What I’m not very pleased with is the number of snacks that I’ve endured over the past 4 weeks. I’ve been unduly influenced so to speak – but that is coming to an end very quickly. One big change I’ve just put in place beginning of this week is a change to my dinners. Going forward I will have cereal / milk and greens for dinner – sort of like breakfast for dinner every day. This is a significant change because it will stabilize calories, give me bran that I need and make my biggest meal of the day (on most days) my midday meal which is the way it should be. I think March – April will show to be the most vegetarian of all the months to date and I’m so excited about that. I’m keeping my daily calories at 1700. I’m going to accomplish this by my new dinner plan which I estimate will remove hundreds of calories every week. And of course my evening snack will continue to be the Nutra Blast Smoothies (concentrated veggie and fruit blast)!  As usual, I’m not trying to rush the weight loss process – I’m very happy with 5-6lbs loss. This will take a long time to accomplish but that’s my life and my good pleasure! My tracker in this new month will not only reflect steps walked, but it will also list the associated calories burned and total miles according to the pedometer. I’ll use this number to ‘adjust’ my total calories consumed which gives me an idea throughout the month of how I’m doing. Turns out the more movement you have the more calories you eat. I find this to be true – but I’m estimating that an additional 50-100 healthy calories should be more than enough to absorb calories burned leaving some success behind.

For now March-April ushers in the Spring season and with that comes a lot of wonderful changes including one of my favorites - more vegetarian foods / meals. It will be a very exciting season! I’m focusing on reducing animal products from my daily tracker. Let’s watch and see. For now I’ll leave you with one of my favorite idioms which you’ve heard me say many times “Slow and Steady Wins the Race. This is so true!

For Month 15 – Snacking is at the forefront of my mind. I’m making this the primary focus over the next month. I’m also still mindful of portion control and calorie reduction as well as movement. You’ll see lots of improvement in the tracker over the next 4 weeks including lots of vegetarian meals on the horizon. So exciting!   

Now back to the business at hand…

Next Weigh-In:  April 15

DATE	WEIGHT
2/13/2014	351
3/13/2014	343
4/9/2014	336
5/7/2014	327
6/4/2014	321
6/30/2014	307
7/30/2014	301
8/27/2014	295
9/24/2014	290
10/22/2014	283
11/19/2014	279
12/17/2014	275
1/14/2015	279
2/11/2015	273
3/18/2015	271
Total Lost:	80

Month #15  GOAL SUMMARY:
Daily Calories: 1700 (new)
Monthly Weight Loss: 6lbs.
Exercise: Strength Training – Daily
Walking: Daily 
       

       Goal Update for Month #15

Dinners – Bran Cereal, Organic Fat Free Milk and Greens

Night Time Snacking – Nutra Blast Smoothies
Animal Products – all vegan meals will say so on Tracker

      [Stretching] – 3x per week – full body. 10 minutes minimum
      Exercise: Walking – Daily – recording steps on tracker
      Exercise: Strength Training 3x per week

    


A Look Back at 34 Days

	Daily Avg:           Calories		Steps
	2/11/2015	1983	3168
	2/12/2015	1753	4467
	2/13/2015	1873	3525
	2/14/2015	1700	3423
	2/15/2015	1750	2250
	2/16/2015	1943	4090
	2/17/2015	1918	3290
	2/18/2015	1793	1361
	2/19/2015	1705	5099
	2/20/2015	1893	2557
	2/21/2015	1998	2741
	2/22/2015	1853	1890
	2/23/2015	1758	4314
	2/24/2015	1850	3166
	2/25/2015	1750	3185
	2/26/2015	1800	5137
	2/27/2015	1963	4461
	2/28/2015	2100	6225
	3/1/2015	1815	4254
	3/2/2015	1718	2601
	3/3/2015	2035	4893
	3/4/2015	1860	5220
	3/5/2015	1730	5104
	3/6/2015	1797	5573
	3/7/2015	1895	5027
	3/8/2015	1840	4069
	3/9/2015	1860	3710
	3/10/2015	1710	4456
	3/11/2015	1775	3000
	3/12/2015	1830	4230
	3/13/2015	2450	3040
	3/14/2015	1850	4672
	3/15/2015	1830	5046
	3/16/2015	2075	5975
		1866.2647	3977.029

 Let’s begin Month 15!!!!!