Weight loss update

Hey, it's been awhile since I checked in. Well, it turns out that I haven't been eating enough calories, as people have told me, so I upped my intake from 1,800 a day to 2,800 a day and now I'm actually losing weight. I'm also drinking about a gallon of water a day and eating pretty much healthy food only. I'm rock climbing like a maniac as well as biking and running for exercise. I'm now down to 212 lbs and need to buy smaller cloths. It feels really great. My initial goal weight is 190 lbs, but I might keep going once I get there. Here's to permanent lifestyle change!!!

weigh in

I was 225 this morning. Making progress. It would seem that 1,800 calories is the magic number. On a different note, I'm feeling kinda depressed lately. I'm getting a little weary of the constant activity between school, homework, and my job. I have little time for anything else and I never seem to have much to look forward to these days. Every day on the calender is booked with something and I'm starting to feel claustrophobic.

hey, blog

227 today. Down a pound. Yay.

Speed bump, but back on track.

So, we went camping this weekend. It was a lot of food, but it was also a lot of exercise. I biked a lot of miles, particularly up hill, on some sweet forest trails. I expected to gain a little weight, whether it be from the sudden extra calories, muscle weight, or water retention. I weighed in at 228 lbs and I'm ready to get back on track. I've chosen to take Beth Grady's advice and actually increase my calories from and average 1,100 to 1,800 cals per day. I've lost weight at 1,800 cals in the past. The key is to drop and tweak my calories once I weigh less. When I was eating 1,800 a day and got down to 209 lbs, my weight loss stopped and went nowhere for three weeks until I got frustrated and gave up. Now I know to drop it at that point from 1,800 to maybe 1,600 a day and see what happens.

Camping, fun and food

So, I'm 224 right now. I'm going camping this weekend and I'm not going to count calories, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go nuts. I am worried, however, of coming home and finding out I gained 8 lbs. That kinda stuff can happen when your in a weight loss cycle. We'll see what happens.

Complaining worked

Ok, so I think all the complaining jarred something loose, because I weighed in at 224 lbs this morning. Finally, some more progress. Glad I didn't just give up out of frustration.

Waiting for my weight to change

So, I'm still 227 this morning. I'm officially defying nature. I hope I don't burst into flame at some point as a result. I understand that I could be retaining weight from getting too few calories, but I would think that 1,000 - 1,400 a day should keep me above starvation level. I hope. It was my understanding that a week of no food is necessary to send your body into "Retain everything and start eating muscle to keep your organs functioning" starvation mode. I've run into plateaus in the past, but never like this. It was usually because I wasn't watching myself closely enough and I struggled with cravings. Now, I'm on top of my diet and I'm rewarded with being stuck. It's not fair. I eat too much, I'm fat. Eat too little, I'm fat. What's the deal? By that logic, if I eat nothing all week and then eat an entire cake on sunday, I'll never lose weight and live forever.