I have officially been trying to lose the muffin top for a week now. I plan on weighing myself once a week and posting it on my blog. This morning I was down 1.5 lbs. from last Monday.
After watching the Biggest Loser premier earlier this week my weight loss seems so minimal but I do realize that I don't have nearly as much weight to lose and that the 1.5 lbs. that I lost is a healthy amount to lose in a week for me. By counting all the calories that I put into my mouth and counting all the calories that I burned, and by working out, I figured that I would lose between 1 and 2 lbs. So I am right on target and will try to continue doing what I have been doing.
This has not become a habit yet and I have to convince myself to work out many mornings and I always feel better when I do. Last week I went 3 days with out working out, so there is room for improvement. I also had a moment of weakness and made a Toll House pie for dessert when Joe's mission buddy Kendall was in town and had dinner with us. After eating two pieces of it on two separate nights I decided to look up the calories so I could log it. I usually have wiggle room at the end of the day for a light dessert--sometimes as much as 400 calories worth (I know that means I should be eating more during the day). But after seeing that one slice (1/8 of a pie) has a whopping 565 calories, I swore off that pie and we tossed the rest in the trash and both Joe and I immediately started doing crunches and other exercises to help burn some of those calories off.
4 comments:
what else did you guys do to burn calories together?
no one's mom reads this blog, right?
and by the way, good job! you are helping me feel more inspired!
Oh those decadent desserts are serious killers!!! We will not talk about white rice or pasta either!!! So do share some of the wonderful recipes that you have been trying because 1.5 pounds in a week is excellent!!!!!!
I feel your pain. It is REALLY hard when you have sweets in the house too. My poor kids...I threw out ALL holiday candy and goodies the day mom and dad left to go back home. I sent as much as I could with dad and then the rest went in the trash. This helps with my evening snack attacks I go through.
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