stacey1273
Regain loss plan, 1 month update....
Feb 01, 2017
On 1/1/17, I made a decision. After my WLS, I got down to around 246, but over the years have regained, and this past year, found myself back over 300, almost a quarter past it,,,and felt embarassed, miserable, hard to move, hard to breathe, depressed, being toxic to people who loved me. This is not me, I'm not that person, but this past year, became that person. I know what I did, and did it to myself, while taking out things on everyone else instead of being responsible.
So, the decision I made was to lose 100lbs in a year, by 12/31/17 to be exact. So far, here, on my one month anniversary, are my accomplishments. Instead of just focusing on the scale and weight, i also made the decision to take chest, waist and hip measurements too. My decision was to cut calories and be more active. It's so far paid of quite well. I will admit to taking a biology class while i was in college this past year, which was an actual nutritional biology class. This class focused on how different food items and activities affects our bodies throughout our whole life, from birth to death. It was very insightful. It explained how an obese child becomes an obese adult if the child doesn't get to a healthy weight by their teens. It's science, it all made sense, and none of it was ever told to me by doctors, that i wanted to hear anyways. it's all about fuel and burning fuel, meaning calories in vs calories out. How a deficit of so many calories would result in weight loss and how activity affects the metabolism and hormones. I felt like I was reading about my own life (i was an obese child, teen and adult, still am). So, what I read as well was how the body burns nutrients (fat, protiens and carbs), to the point that to burn fat, your body goes through carbs first. Meaning that if you only work out 20 minutes a day, while it may seem to be better than doing nothing, it doesn't get you to fat burning status, etc.
I don't mean to sound boring, or preaching, but taking in all this information really opened my eyes. So, basically lowering my calories to between 1500 - 2000 calories a day and working out 5 to six times a week, and work myself up to as long as i can, is my plan to losing weight. And no, i don't limit myself to certain foods. Just by counting calories allows me to have a wide variety, eat out, and enjoy things, while finding healthier alternatives than I was having. So, to get on with it, here are my results:
Weight on 1/1/17 323.2 Weight on 2/1/17 309 -14.2 lbs
Chest on 1/1/17 46.5 Chest on 2/1/17 44 -2.5 inches
Waist on 1/1/17 53 Waist on 2/1/17 46 -7 inches
Hips on 1/1/17 60 Hips on 2/1/17 56 -4 inches.
For exercise, i work on an elliptical machine, and when I started could only do about 15 minutes and felt like my heart was gonna fly out of my chest because i was so out of shape. I can now do between 40 and 50 minutes. Once the weight or measurements die down, i will revamp the plan, but for now, this is what I do. Good luck everyone. I'm here for support if you need it.
STacey Elliott
I wish everyone good luck. I hope everyone finds what makes their journey's successful.
