I feel like I nailed it last week. Not only did I try to keep my calories around 1450-1550 per day, but I focused on balancing macros and really making the food I ate count. With the help from some great MyFitnessPal friends, I decided to eat a few less carbs (not low carb - just not going over everyday!) and to make sure there is protein in as many meals and snacks as possible. The nutritionist has stressed in the past that I don't need as many grams of protein as I am consuming, but from a hunger standpoint, I do! I was starving all-the-time two weeks ago - seriously! I'd no sooner eat a meal or a snack and be hungry again. Now I feel like the hunger is manageable. I might still be hungry when I come home from work, but I'm not hangry (hungry and angry!)
I've not started up an exercise routine yet. Last week, I actually went to our gym and put our accounts on hold. Financially, the $50 a month we spend there is needed for other things, and since I can go to the campus gym for free, well, no-brainer! I've not yet been, but it's an option. Really, I'm hoping that the weather starts to stabilize a bit so I can get back to walking. The fresh air and sunshine did so much for my mood and energy levels, and I truly miss it. I loved exploring the area around our campus and home.
Keys to success this last week: pre-planning. It helps a ton when I get up in the morning to already know what to make for breakfast and pack for lunch. No more last minute grabbing of snacks from the cupboard. I'm also going to eat more in the 1550-1650 range. I have to keep reminding myself that eating too little is bad, bad, bad and will set me back into another long-term plateau if I am not careful, and I absolutely cannot re-live that just yet. Calculators have been putting me anywhere from 1400-1650 and being as I lost 2 pounds last week at the bottom-end, I'm going to see how the top-end does and adjust from there. It's nice losing 2 pounds in a week, two times in a row even, but I'd rather do this the healthy way than the quick way.
Focus for this week: continue pre-planning, and explore new meatless lunch options.
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