i’m still working out btw. have been consistently since my last update. i’ve been bad about putting on the HRM though. will pick that back up, ‘cos it’s fun. :) Since i missed yesterday’s workout, i gave it an hour this morning and went hard, at least for the wii fit ;-)
Sleep is important. Got up this morning awakened by my second ( “you’ll need to be up or miss work”) alarm. Grrr missed any chance at a morning weigh in and workout. My body was wise in not accepting a 3.5 hour sleep, not that 5 and a half is stellar… My next set of steps is to eliminate the late nights.
here’s a response to a post that i came across on a weight loss forum, from someone who had “tried everything…the last product i tried didn’t work because of…[such and thus]. any advice?”
[now, the below doesn't take into account that obviously certain foods work better than others as well, but is fundamental advice for someone to just freaking get going and quit looking for a gimmick]
first things first
a product won’t do the trick
either you’ll run out of money to buy the product, the product will kill you, or you’ll be reliant on the product. (i’m not saying it cannot *help*, but it won’t do it).
take in fewer calories than you burn.
find out how much you burn in a day, take in less than that. if you find yourself not able to exercise self-control in the eating arena, exercise, so you can take in more calories ;-) for the most part, it really does boil down to simple mathematics.
http://www.phord.com/cc/
is a nifty little tool that you may find helpful.
add to this some patience (taking off 100 safely is a 1.5 year effort if you’re doing stellar, i’d say) and you have yourself a plan.
this site has tools to help you count your calories (it’s my view that after you’re counting them for a while you become more aware, and get to the point where you can fudge it and get results).
if you don’t think you “have the time” to be disciplined and aware and all that, i’m not sure what else to say to you; you’ve made your decision.
be aware
finish well
:)
j(313, 40 down, 100 to go:)
Had a great weekend. Got to go out with wifey without the kids! We got to split some high caloric foods. The dish we had at olive garden was a whopping 1018 calories! We determined we could save calories and dough by splitting. We have to go dancing sometime soon!
I’m spite of that meal (I had soup and breadsticks too), a few drinks, dinner with lougherys on saturday that included joy’s famous riff on Robert Redford, and a fly cheesy, sweet resurrection day brunch with the church on Sunday…oh buttery popcorn and candy and sprite at the movies…I managed to start the week less than I came in. I think the main thing is that I was active. Did my workout on Saturday, photoshoot with a bit of walking on Saturday, qt with the spouse on Friday;)
Anyway, I’m still doing it; it’s becoming a habit to become aware if what I’m doing with myself and putting in me.
details at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/2914983
2009.05.11: 309.3 (last week 310.4)
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