This week they announced the the winners of the weight loss challenge at work. There was one corporate grand prize of $500. That one was won by someone at the plant in Gustine, California. He lost 15% of his body weight. Then there was a $250 prize for top loser at each plant (not counting the plant that had the grand prize winner) I won for our plant. In 12 weeks time I had lost 12% of my body weight. Of course that is just what I lost during the challenge. In total I have lost 17 1/2 % of my body weight. I think that everyone that participated in the challenge were winners though. The hardest part I think is just starting and seeing that you can do it.
Many of the people who started the challenge didn't follow through with it. Several stopped getting weighed in because they knew they hadn't made any progress. Beginning is just a first step. It takes more than just desire to be thinner. It takes a plan. And to be truly successful, It takes commitment. I was fed up with being tired all of the time. I was disgusted with myself for letting myself get this huge. I knew what to do. I knew for a long time what I needed to do. I had studied out diets and I had seen what works and what doesn't. I made excuses for why I wasn't doing what I needed to. When I decided I had to do something, when I hit that point where I was done making excuses, I made a plan.
My Challenge is far from being over. This is only a beginning for me. I am over 40% of the way to my first goal of losing 120 pounds. I know I will need to lose more but for some reason losing 120 pounds seemed like a more reasonable expectation. That will put me @ 200 pounds and I weighed that when I got married almost 24 years ago. I think that I am making wonderful progress.
The weekends are still the hardest for me. I don't exercise much and I tend to eat sporadically. Weekdays, I eat pretty much the same thing each day and I have a structured day. I get up, call the kids, get ready for work. Perigrine makes breakfast which is usually a protein shake and some sort of breakfast sandwich. Killian packs my lunch which is usually some light protein such as fish and chicken, salad, yogurt, a brownie and/or a granola bar. On good days I don't eat the brownie or granola bar. That leaves dinner and we figure out the calories before I eat so I know how much I can have.
Weekends usually start with me sleeping in. Breakfast of fried eggs or biscuits and gravy. A late lunch or early dinner and a late snack. Some weekends I don't eat enough and some weekend I eat too much. I also tend to drink the diet soda on the weekend.
This past week has been bad for the soda, I had 3 days that started at 3 am. Then by the time I got home for the evening it was almost bedtime. I needed the caffeine. I did eat a little extra on those days but I was also more active on those days. I still did my work out even though I was very tired. I think that was why I didn't get drowsy driving. I do feel better after a work out.
I am thinking I will start doing Curves Smart later this month. I have noticed that I tend to not push as hard on some days. I am trying to be careful about that. I need to make sure I am getting my heart rate up and that I am doing more than just going through the motions. I just need to get the one time fee set aside for it. I did start doing the Curves Zumba Circuit and I really like it even if I am not as good as others and stumble through it a little bit. It is a really intense work out and I know I have done my body some good after I've done it.
So the Old Adage: "Eat Less and Exercise More" is proving true at least for me.
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