Patty1
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My Lifestyle Change - Part 1
Hi Speedy. I'm 5'4" tall, 39 year old (female). I was always very thin and was about 105, size 4 in my 20s. I have a small frame (small boned) which I covered up over the years with 55+ pounds.
Last summer I weighed in at 156.5. Not my highest, but it's where I started. I picked away at it until New Years. I finished the year at 149.6. I decided to lose 20 lbs in 2006. Spent 35 weeks in the 140s (26 in 2006, 9 in 2005 - works out to about .3 lb loss per week). Very slow weight loss. 15 weeks so far in the high 130s. Since then have revised my goal to lost 25 lbs, to get down to 125. I am currently at 134 (that will go up and back down 2-3 lbs).
Some people here might not get why I think I need to lose weight at this point. I am still carrying a lot of body fat. My scale says 30% BF (I've lost about 3% BF), and even if the scale is 3-5% high, that's still a little high. When I'm naked, I still see my stomach roll. My cholesterol is high. So I need to lose fat, add muscle, exercise and eat right to get my chol in check.
I bought a pretty journal. I weigh myself every morning, naked and after visiting the bathroom. I write down the date and the weight every day. I also note when my TOM starts. I draw a line under each Sunday. I highlight the low weight of the week and enter that here in the Weight Loss Table.
Why tell all these details? Everyone has little tricks that helps them. We're at our lowest weight in the morning, so simply put it makes me feel good to weigh at that time. If I don't weigh in every day, I start gaining weight again. Entering my low weight each week in the table here also makes me feel good. The highlights and underlines let me flip back through earlier months to see my trend. When I'm feeling down that I am not progressing, I look back over it to see how the numbers have slowly tumbled down (I use the table here for that too - it shows ups and downs, but overall keeps going down). I am a numbers kind of girl, so seeing it factually and quantified helps me.
For example, I spent 14 weeks between 136 and 139. That's a long time to spend at one spot. But I spent 15 weeks at 145-149 and 20 weeks at 140-144. So I tell myself to BE PATIENT and keep on going. Make small changes you can keep for the long haul.
Hi Speedy. I'm 5'4" tall, 39 year old (female). I was always very thin and was about 105, size 4 in my 20s. I have a small frame (small boned) which I covered up over the years with 55+ pounds.
Last summer I weighed in at 156.5. Not my highest, but it's where I started. I picked away at it until New Years. I finished the year at 149.6. I decided to lose 20 lbs in 2006. Spent 35 weeks in the 140s (26 in 2006, 9 in 2005 - works out to about .3 lb loss per week). Very slow weight loss. 15 weeks so far in the high 130s. Since then have revised my goal to lost 25 lbs, to get down to 125. I am currently at 134 (that will go up and back down 2-3 lbs).
Some people here might not get why I think I need to lose weight at this point. I am still carrying a lot of body fat. My scale says 30% BF (I've lost about 3% BF), and even if the scale is 3-5% high, that's still a little high. When I'm naked, I still see my stomach roll. My cholesterol is high. So I need to lose fat, add muscle, exercise and eat right to get my chol in check.
I bought a pretty journal. I weigh myself every morning, naked and after visiting the bathroom. I write down the date and the weight every day. I also note when my TOM starts. I draw a line under each Sunday. I highlight the low weight of the week and enter that here in the Weight Loss Table.
Why tell all these details? Everyone has little tricks that helps them. We're at our lowest weight in the morning, so simply put it makes me feel good to weigh at that time. If I don't weigh in every day, I start gaining weight again. Entering my low weight each week in the table here also makes me feel good. The highlights and underlines let me flip back through earlier months to see my trend. When I'm feeling down that I am not progressing, I look back over it to see how the numbers have slowly tumbled down (I use the table here for that too - it shows ups and downs, but overall keeps going down). I am a numbers kind of girl, so seeing it factually and quantified helps me.
For example, I spent 14 weeks between 136 and 139. That's a long time to spend at one spot. But I spent 15 weeks at 145-149 and 20 weeks at 140-144. So I tell myself to BE PATIENT and keep on going. Make small changes you can keep for the long haul.
This is why I don't want a husband 
