Mood: caffeinated
Topic: Slim down & Muscle up
In my attempts to normalize my body (at least as I see it) I have done everything the right way. I eat healthy, I exercise, I try to be active, and yet the scale is stuck.
Sure, Ive lost weight and continue to lose weight, even if it is a pound a month. I should be grateful at least, that the pound is gone and will stay gone.
But I feel I should be lighter.
We go out to eat occasionally, and I am conscious of what I order, and always bring half of my meal home to enjoy the next day.
The problem used to be the leftovers, including those take-home boxes. After all, I paid for it, I will consume it. Mom taught me that many years ago. I cannot throw out food if it is still edible.
We are making progress in the leftover department, making and eating smaller portions now, so there are fewer things I feel I have to eat before it goes bad. As the pantry items are used up, there are fewer snacks to nibble on, which removes temptation for me.
After I mow the lawn in the 100 degree heat, and come in drenched in my own sweat, the scale is kinder to me, but it tells me that is water weight, soon to return.
One thing I have learned is that breakfast truly is the is the most important meal of the day (thanks Mom) although it took many years for me to learn that. Breakfast is the wake-up call to our metabolism, the only time of the day that happens.
Our metabolism at the sense of food entering the system, wakes from the dormant state it was in when we slept, to the awake state that energy is needed.
So I will continue to have breakfast every day, to give me the energy I need to exercise my body during the day.
But in the quest for fitness I will try another approach, since the diet aspect is not working that well.
I will concentrate on getting strong.
I have read articles and remember that the military trains soldiers in a relatively short time by exercising them strenuously many hours per day and allowing them to eat whatever they want.
They become strong and their bodies call for food as they need it.
So, my approach will be to exercise as much as possible (on a schedule) and eat my breakfast, a light lunch and dinner, keeping in mind the 1900 calories per day I need to maintain my weight and attempting to keep my consumption less that that.
I will still weigh myself occasionally, but I am looking to see my body change to gain muscle (which uses more energy) and my waist and chest shrink. My goal is to look in the mirror and see a flat front (of course, abs would be nice, but flat is the goal).
Updated: Friday, 16 July 2010 2:39 PM EDT
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