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I know, I KNOW! I’m 40.999+ (wink wink) and I’m writing a Diary like 13 years olds with OMG’s, crushes, and snarky girls at school. The OMG's turned into "Just give me a glass of wine", the crush is my husband, and the snarky girls are still there, I just work with them now. So I guess it IS the same thing - just the grown up version with grown up words. This whole journal thing started on December 31st - you know, the night before January 1st, the day you somehow think is going to change your life because your willpower is in full force for at least a few hours, maybe even until noon! My goal really was just to write down my calories on the corner of my desktop calendar, but I started to write a little bit of this, then about that, and I thought why not? And here it is! The calories on the corner of the calendar turned into more about my husband, our three dogs and pretty much whining about everything. It's been a blast to write and whenever I go up a pound or two, I scroll through my sidebar over there to the right, and give myself a 'refresher' course on the why's of my weight gain. When I hit my 40's, I started to put on about a pound a year. In the beginning that wasn't too bad, but after several years (wink wink) one pound turned into 15. It took five months, but I did get the weight off and kept if off for two years. Right now I'm up three pounds and my rule is NOT to go above three. Once you go above three pounds, you've lost control. And that's the time to get serious. So I'm gearing up to lose the three pounds. I just gave my co-worker a bag of dark chocolate Hershey's kisses to lock in her file cabinet for me on January 2nd. I have no willpower and left to my own destructive devices, the bag would be gone in a day. But if I have to knock on her office to get the kisses, she's been instructed to only give me two. I know, how pathetic is that?But it worked in the past with the original 15 pounds I lost, so I'm back to it again. BTW, if I could get paid in dollars or chocolates - I would consider the chocolate!! If you really want to lose weight, here's the best advise I can give you - don't make a big production about it, because it's something you need to do everyday. The food and calories you lose weight with, will be the ones you maintain with, so you better like your food choices and live with the quantity, because it doesn't end when you reach your goal weight. So count the handful of nuts, spoonfuls of peanut butter, teaspoons of sugar in your coffee, and find out where your weight gain comes from. My handfuls of this and handfuls of that just added three pounds, And I can live without them. Three's the magic number for me, and it's time to get serious! Here I go! ****************************************************************************** I’m looking over my list of New Year’s resolutions because TOMORROW is the BIG DAY – January 1st. I decided NOT to make any resolutions this year about eating except for counting calories. But there's a whole bunch of other 'stuff' on the list that I just seem to move from one year to another! At least one 'thing' is checked off, and you're reading it now.! Maybe this will be the year to get some other 'things' done. I'm going to write down the calories of everything I eat, so when I total what I THINK is 1200 calories, but the display on my phone calculator app says 3200, I just might KNOW why I gained my three pounds. It's worked in the past, so I have to start it up again. You choose how you want to count the calories. I just look on the back of the labels (the calories are on everything) and jot them down on my desk calendar. But if you like apps, and on-line recorders, do whatever fits your lifestyle. But make it simple - that's my advise. BTW, over in the column at the right are my TOP TEN TIPS to help with weight loss AND maintenance. ******************************************************************************
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MY TOP TEN TIPS
Exercise – make it organic. Don't go overboard or you'll HATE it and it becomes a chore. I do the stepper or treadmill for just 10 minutes at a time. Yes, I do go to a gym and have a little routine, but it only lasts 20 minutes and I'm out of there. Pilates is a great toner and relaxer. I use an old CD that has 10 minute activities. Ten minutes seems to work for me! And I can do that every day. Record calories on or in your calendar every day. Grocery shop one-two times a week so you have fresh food in your frig and cupboards. Don't shop when you're hungry, but you probably already knew that! Look for really easy recipes with a few ingredients and make sure they are ingredient you can and will use in multiple recipes. Soups are a great meal for lunch and dinner. Freeze and put in containers in the freezer to take to work or have at dinner. Plus they are hot, which feels me up more so than cold foods. If you don't like to cook, pick frozen meals that are not high in sodium. I like Lean Cuisine's SPA collection. Eat at least 2 veggies (non starchy, except for beans) at lunch and dinner. Include them as snacks throughout the day. I like cut up red peppers, baby carrots, like baby carrots and a small amount dip. Weight loss and maintenance for me is about TOTAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE. I don't have any problem foods at home and set up my environment to help me succeed.
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