I've had a lot of friends ask me what I've been doing (and how I've lost it) so I thought I'd try to write it out. Turns out I like to talk. I'm dividing it up into a few parts.
Part 1: The Tools
Back in the middle of September I started two things.
- Keeping track of the calories I put into my body. Everything! Every single bit.
- Tracking my workouts.
Only this time I didn't just start, I've been able to stick with it.
Logging in my food:
I signed up for a free calorie counter called myfitnesspal. So did my husband (more out of support and encouragement for me). I also downloaded the app on my phone. (I LOVE this app.) And I use it diligently. Because sure if I decide not to log in my food it doesn't show up on the counter but it still shows up on my thighs.
Logging in my workouts:
Secondly I went searching for a website I could use to figure out how far I went jogging. (Which literally my first day I went a whopping .62 miles, and I was so proud of myself. We all gotta start somewhere.) I came across MapMyRUN which I fell in love with. I liked it because at the beginning I knew I'd be doing a lot of running but this site also let me log and keep track of other workouts too and to me it was a big motivator to see my workouts, done, on a calendar.
I'll go into more depth about both of these in my other posts, if you're interested, but plain and simple I am losing weight because I am burning more calories than I'm consuming. Bottom line.
Read Part 2 here.
Read Part 3 here.
13 comments:
You look amazing!
And you look FABULOUS!
Good for you and it's awesome that you are doing it the old fashioned way (no shortcuts!).
You look fantastic! You should definitely feel proud because it's not an easy thing to do! Way to go!
Good for you!!
You look great! Congratulations!
I seriously hate logging the food I eat.. and I even tried myfitnesspal. But, I'm thinking that truly is the secret... one of them anyway. I will try harder! I will!
Congrats on the losing.
You look fabulous!
You've always looked GORGEOUS, but now you are healthier, too. Congratulations on achieving your weight loss goal!
Totally AWESOME. GO YOU. What is the next goal?
You look great Debbie! Nice job! Keep it up.
I'm glad you're blogging on this. I like your last comment about BOTTOM LINE: burn more calories than you consume. Like Amber said, "no shortcuts". It frustrates me when people try over and over to loose weight but refuse to do something as simple and obvious as tracking their calories. I'm very very curious to know what you think of Weight Watchers vs what you're doing now and why this is working and that didn't. I'm also curious to know what place you feel exercise has in the whole equation. I think some people feel like adding a few workouts without any diet changes will do the trick. Also what motivates you to exercise when calorie counting is such a big factor.
You are so AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing... it truly helps motivate me. I have been losing too. I discovered Myfitnesspal through another friend and when I do keep track I lose. When I am bad and I don't track it shows too. You make me want to be strict by seeing how great you have done.
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