It is basic, there is no magic formula. If you want to loose extra pounds you have to do the math. Input vs output. 'E' & I have started the food portion of our 90 days by counting calories. We allow ourselves 1500 per day. When you start looking at serving sizes and calories, you may think 1500 is impossible. However with good choices and very little processed foods, totally doable.
We believe that 90 % of the equation to success is in the food. If we are going to work hard at the exercise portion of this 90 days, we need to work even harder at the food portion. For a week start charting your calories. You will surprise yourself at where and how many calories sneak in. Counting calories will force you to make choices. After a week, you will be wiser in your food choices, understand serving sizes more and have a very good idea of what you need to do to make it happen for yourself. If you need help with finding how many calories are in certain foods or new healthy recipes, the tools available to you are endless online.
We have both worked out for years and complained to each other about how we don't loose weight. Food is the key. Commit to just one week, you will be amazed at what you learn not only about food, but about yourself.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Gift not punishment
'E' here:
Stress. We all have it and deal with it one way or another. Some stresses are good while others - not so much. Some can be anticipated while others tend to sneak up and surprise. I am not an expert on the topic nor do I claim to handle it well.
Too often do I seek "consolation" in the form of nutritionally void foods. Today was such a day. I consumed far too many calories of this sort and will receive nothing (good) from them in return. While those little moments of pleasure did provide a form of distraction from the stress - I find myself - as I often do - kicking myself for making such choices. Silver lining - I have cankles* so there is added resistance as I raise my leg to my backside.
Here's the good news. By 3:30 p.m. I had regrouped. By 3:40 p.m. my head was back in the game. Mama and I completed our 45 minutes of cardio - and well I might add. With an open evening, and knowing that I had "extra energy" to burn, I completed a six mile walk around an area lake. I viewed the opportunity as a gift - not as a punishment. It was a beautiful Autumn evening in Minnesota so I went the extra mile!
*non-medical terminology used to describe an undiagnosed condition resulting in the merger of the calf and ankle on any given leg.
Stress. We all have it and deal with it one way or another. Some stresses are good while others - not so much. Some can be anticipated while others tend to sneak up and surprise. I am not an expert on the topic nor do I claim to handle it well.
Too often do I seek "consolation" in the form of nutritionally void foods. Today was such a day. I consumed far too many calories of this sort and will receive nothing (good) from them in return. While those little moments of pleasure did provide a form of distraction from the stress - I find myself - as I often do - kicking myself for making such choices. Silver lining - I have cankles* so there is added resistance as I raise my leg to my backside.
Here's the good news. By 3:30 p.m. I had regrouped. By 3:40 p.m. my head was back in the game. Mama and I completed our 45 minutes of cardio - and well I might add. With an open evening, and knowing that I had "extra energy" to burn, I completed a six mile walk around an area lake. I viewed the opportunity as a gift - not as a punishment. It was a beautiful Autumn evening in Minnesota so I went the extra mile!
*non-medical terminology used to describe an undiagnosed condition resulting in the merger of the calf and ankle on any given leg.
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