beachybikegirl
MONTHS 4 & 5
Nov 14, 2015
Months 4 & 5
It feels like month 4 just blew by me. Just looking at the scale, here is how it breaks down:
Month 1 -25
Month 2 -10
Month 3 -10
Month 4 -11
Month 5 -11
Of course month 1 was great, down 25 lbs awesome right? Month 2 it was almost devastating to only lose 10lbs. I had studied the trend of weight loss on other peoples signatures or posts on this site and the trend seemed to be that month 2 was not as big as month 1 but still a sizable number, so 10lbs seemed a bit low for month 2 but I was still down 35lbs so I kept on keeping on, fluids, vitamins and protein. While at month 2 the 10lb loss was not rejoiced over now at month 5 another 10/11lbs is fantastic, there is something to be said about being consistent!
One new habit I have started in month 4 is tracking my food. I go on to My Fitness Pal and track everything I eat. If I eat 4 french fries, I put it in my food dairy and I account for it. If I take one bite of a brownie I account for it. Now, my diet is not full of brownies and French fries, but I have had a bite of this or that and it does stay at a bite. A couple of times I have gone to a restaurant with amazing bread and butter like The Cheesecake Factory or Outback Steakhouse and I happily take 1 small slice of bread with some butter and enjoy the heck out of it but then I account for it on My Fitness Pal. I have been keeping my protein high and my carbs, fat and sugar low. My Calories end up somewhere between 750-1100. I am pretty consistent though at about 850-950 calories, with carbs under 50g, and protein between 50-90 grams but usually hitting the 70-80 mark.
Around 58lbs lost, 4 months and 1 week, I broke though something. It was one particular day at work when everyone kept commenting on how skinny I looked! Of course it was fantastic to hear these comments but also a little scary too. Being overweight allows you to move through the world somewhat unnoticed and I kind of liked it like that, and now it felt like a spotlight was on me and the thing that has caused me the most pain in my life my weight, right there in the hallways of my work/school people stopping me to talk about my weight, while it was in a good way, it is still scary. One guy looked at me and said, “You losing some weight huh?” To which I reply, “Maybe a little.” I certainly don’t stop and say heck yeah I’m down 67lbs, while I am certainly proud of that, I just don’t want the spotlight on me and my weight.
