I’m almost 60 years old and I have never really gone on a diet and stuck to it. I just keep gaining about 3 lbs every year and that adds up to a lot! I’ve attempted to go on a diet many times, but never succeeded. It seemed like I was always hungry and my junk food cravings were always a lot stronger than usual when I was trying to lose weight.
This time it is different. I know it hasn’t even been a week yet, but I know I will succeed. I have to! I’m not only accountable to my trainer Tim, but I’ve blogged about it, tweeted about it and told my whole family and all of my friends about it. Accountability is the key!
Another thing that is extremely important is planning. On this program, if you don't plan, you are doomed to fail. Planning isn’t one of my strong points, to say the least, so I have to put extra effort into each day’s activities and meals. It is probably taking me a lot longer than your average list-making – Day Planning - Outlook following - overachiever, but it’s never too late to change, right?
So far, I’m an A student on the exercise side. I haven’t missed a day of my one hour (or more) workout commitment. I love using my keychain trainer. I download a different walking workout every time I go out and feel like I’m getting a lot more out of the hour I put in. I think I’ll keep the walking up for one more week, and then add some other exercises. Tim said I could do whatever exercise I feel comfortable enough to stick to, as long as I go for an hour six times a week and at least one of those days burn more than 500 calories.
I need to keep track of calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat grams and today I was under on all four them. Poor planning! I know that skipping food doesn’t work and I’ll do better tomorrow!
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