Weight Loss

This page is dedicated to my Weight Loss journey. I started this blog as a way to document my eats, running and weight loss. I have improved my eating and running – but for some reason neglected making any effort to lose weight!

I didn’t even make an effort to lose  before my wedding because I knew I wasn’t in the right place in my head. Well, finally I am ready to do it in a healthy way.

As of May 1st I am making a commitment to a  plan to get me to my goal! *Note – this plan was pushed back a month due to travels and moving details. I am actually beginning this plan June 3rd.

Goal:

My goal is 145 pounds. I used to always give myself a time limit such as, “I want to lose 10 pounds in 4 weeks!”. But, now I realize that is not realistic, sustainable or healthy.

After much thought, I have decided to put together a plan that works for me, my body, tastes and (crazy) life.

I’ve bounced ideas off a lot of other bloggers who have lost weight. All of them have counted in some form or another. Some have counted calories, others have cut back on sugar and counted grams of protein, but they all kept track of what they were eating. I believe in IE to stabilize your weight, but I don’t know anyone who has lost weight this way.

My plan is to cut back on sugar and snacks and increase protein and whole foods.  I will eat clean Monday through Friday and have some cheat time during the weekend.

My Plan:

1. Cut back on sugar and white flour Monday through Friday: My goal here is to really eat clean for most of the week and eliminate random snacking. I always snack or binge on sweets or empty carbs, cutting these out will help me stop this bad habit. I will try to avoid anything that has more than 9 grams of sugar per serving.

2. 2 cheat meals a week: I need some guilt free indulgence to stay honest

3. Eat only when hungry & stop before I get too full (this is a big project) : This will help me continue to work towards becoming an intuitive eater after all is said and done.