Here's to 2016

Dec 21, 2015

Its the end of 2015 and my weight has been about the same all year. My body size has changed significantly but the weight stayed within about 10 pounds all year.  I had found my groove working out and became a real gym rat though about October but burnt myself out.  I was doing 5-6 days a week (and even was doing Yoga on my luch hour!) but have slipped back to an average of 2 two 3 a week now (which really means twice one week, one week off, 5 times the next week, and so on for a total of 12 workouts a month).  I am ready for the holidays to be over and am ready to step up my efforts in order to get these last 30 to 40 pounds off.  I have alot of excess skin that bothers me but there is nothing I can really do about it right now except to build up the muscle under it.  My goal is to lose enough fat that all I have left is skin so when I do save the money up for surgery it will be easier on both me and the surgeon.  I have still stayed away from sugar and have found I can not tolerate sugar alcohols well at all.  So my diet consists of mostly protien and the occasional veggie.  I have found I can do anything fried and crackers/chips go down too easy as well.  I have a severe Cheez-it problem and I have also started to replace my water with coffee and that does not help anything.  So I guess this post is my way of recommitting to my previously healthy lifestyle.  It sounds so corny to have to declare "In 2016 I resolve to....." but maybe thats just what I need to do.  So here it goes:

In 2016 I resolve to treat myself better.  I will eat clean 80% of the time, which means high protien and good fats, low carbohydrates and more veggies. I will drink at least 64 ounces of water every day. I will continue working out by doing some sort of activity every day, balancing strength training with Cardio (making sure to hit my heart rate targets) and Yoga.  I will not beat myself up over my progress and will not worry about "the wagon".  I will make sure to get enough sleep and will listen to what my body needs.  I will take care of myself, both body and mind. I will write everything down to keep myself accountable.  I will love myself.

Corny as it may sound, there it is.  This starts now.

Happy Holidays everyone and heres to a Happy and Healthy New Year.

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