Humblebrag Weight Loss Post

I forget exactly how long it took, but I want to say I lost 25 pounds in 3 months and the rest in 6. It may have been sooner, but I was counting calories more than pounds! This is going to be my same routine, but with a little more jogging when the weather is agreeable. 🙂

I think logging the calories was the hardest thing to do other than putting gym clothes on, because even though it doesn’t take long it’s one of those little things you would rather not do. Myfitnesspal is great for pre-packaged stuff and restaurant food since those are already in their database in easily scanned with the barcode reader. My own meals were easy since I knew what I was putting in the meal and what portions. Also, over time you build up a list of your favorite sandwiches/or meals and just re-use those. You don’t need an app for any of this either, but the barcode reading thing was cool.

That’s all great, but doesn’t work well with our catered lunches. When this happened I would find a comparable restaurant or prepared meal and use that meal in place. The salads should be easy and any other portions for sides since they are mostly raw veggies. Then add a good amount of butter because I suspect the veggies/etc can contain a decent amount 😛 . For the most part the same ingredients are rotated around and the app makes it easy to at least get an estimate. Then when I have to estimate I just kind of shoot high. It’s not really a perfect science, but the feedback you get daily that makes you think twice about eating that extra few girl scout cookies. Also you’ll notice your meal portions get a little smaller, the salads larger and over time you kind of just estimate in your head.

After awhile you don’t need to log, but for me this last a few months before I’m eating too many cookies again.

Don’t want to leave out how I exercised, which was wayyy simpler. The hardest part was getting started and sticking it through the first two weeks. After that it gets easier and I gradually increased the intensity and time, mostly time of exercising. I started at 10 minutes of elliptical for one week, then went up to 15 the next … so on until 45 minutes. The most important thing was just to do something every day, if only for 5 – 10 minutes and not get discouraged. If you skip a day, it’s cool but once you skip 2 and 3 it’s hard to get back on.

So there you go. Now I just added my own post to the tons of how I lost weight blog posts out there. Looks like I’m making progress giving up keeping from doing something to be terminally unique or worry about advertising something cool I did. Think it’s because I’m getting old and the not giving a shit is settling in.

Cheers!