March of Progress

My weight loss is continuing, albeit very slowly. I'm losing about 1-2 pounds a week now and will probably keep on that for a few months if I can keep going steady at it. I'm regularly clocking in about 1100-1300 calories a day, which isn't bad.

Three of the things I've found crucial to losing weight:

1) Load up on food in your fridge and freezer in preparation for it. Get bulk good food and veggies for whatever you feel your diet may need. I get bulk Goldfish, salmon, asparagus, bread, chicken and lunch meat to tide me over for several weeks. Temptation comes when you don't have your weight loss materials ready to eat. When I'm nearly out of my salmon, I head out to get grab a ton more.

2) Exercise. It's the only real way to lose significant weight. While you can start to lose a few pounds by eating right and reducing your weight, the only way to experience dramatic loss over time is to significantly ofset what you eat by exercising. For me, I run for a quick 15 mins and that shaves about 200 calories off my allotment for the day. When I want to really lose some more weight, I can double that and see some more calorie loss.

3) Snack between meals. To keep your metabolism going throughout the day, eating small snacks in between your meals and after dinner. For me, my snack of choice is a 100 calorie snack bar. And of course goldfish (the crackers...not the actual swimmy ones!)

All in all I've found that after a few months, this becomes habit. You automatically avoid temptations and even if you do eat big one day, you can offset it by eating less the next. It's so nice getting back into shape and feeling like I finally have control over how I eat.