Cannon 2006
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Well, let's start with the ugly. I guess that's a good place to start. My weight which had gotten as low as 371 in November of 2007 after a year and a half of hard work ballooned to 447 pounds on December 26, 2008. I did a lot of things the right way on my journey down the scale, but I also did a few things wrong. More importantly, I was out of control. I don't blame myself for being out of control, but my body reacted as if it had been starving even though I had been eating a pretty reasonable 2000 calories.
The worst part with my weight loss had been my inability to keep my exercise and diet working together. I'd eat right and not work out. Then I'd work out and eat poorly. Even as I've been going up the scale I've been working out pretty regularly and my strength and range of motion has increased. I could still feel myself getting out of shape in other ways.
Since December 26th I've been limiting myself to 2500 calories although today I went out to Chillis for a Christmas get together and by my count I'm at 3460 for the day. I'm also been working out hard. As a result I've lost a lot of water and some calories--don't you love the first days of starting up when all that water flushes out of your system. This afternoon before heading out to Chillis I was at 435
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My stove is broken and that complicates things. I've been hounding the landlord about it, but I can't bake or grill only cook on the stove top or Microwave. I've been eating well, but I am limited on cooking healthy without the stove.
Here's my plan. Last year I had a good test done with electrical current that determined I needed 3131 calories to maintain my weight at 371 pounds. I'm going to be stingy and call my current baseline about 3300 calories at my increased weight. When I work out with my trainer I can burn off 1000 calories. When I'm by myself the number is around 500. She kicks my ass (In a good way. I want to burn 3000 calories per week working out. That's 2 days with her and 2 days on my own.
3000+4000=7000 which is the number of calories in two pounds. I want to eat 4000 less than my baseline for the week. That means I have to average about 2730 calories per day. I do know I lost weight without exercise several years back eating 2800 calories per day though I was heavier then. Over the last 3 days I've had 2500 calories which means if I continue doing that, I should make up for my Chilli's night tomorrow.
I'm not stupid nor am I a diet novice. This 7000 calorie thing isn't going to have me lose 2 pounds a week until the weight is gone--man I wish it would. Instead what it will do is take a big loss in the beginning and starts and stops along the way.
As for my past failure, I don't consider it a total waste. Yeah I stopped losing, but most people do. I gained back a lot of what I lost, but not all and if I had more years in my adult life where I was lighter at the end than at the beginning I wouldn't have so much weight to drop now. My time for diaries has fallen off a bit, but I won't be a stranger around here. It is too important to me and was a key part of what worked before. I hope I can count on some of that great diary support I've gotten in the past.
The worst part with my weight loss had been my inability to keep my exercise and diet working together. I'd eat right and not work out. Then I'd work out and eat poorly. Even as I've been going up the scale I've been working out pretty regularly and my strength and range of motion has increased. I could still feel myself getting out of shape in other ways.
Since December 26th I've been limiting myself to 2500 calories although today I went out to Chillis for a Christmas get together and by my count I'm at 3460 for the day. I'm also been working out hard. As a result I've lost a lot of water and some calories--don't you love the first days of starting up when all that water flushes out of your system. This afternoon before heading out to Chillis I was at 435
. My stove is broken and that complicates things. I've been hounding the landlord about it, but I can't bake or grill only cook on the stove top or Microwave. I've been eating well, but I am limited on cooking healthy without the stove.
Here's my plan. Last year I had a good test done with electrical current that determined I needed 3131 calories to maintain my weight at 371 pounds. I'm going to be stingy and call my current baseline about 3300 calories at my increased weight. When I work out with my trainer I can burn off 1000 calories. When I'm by myself the number is around 500. She kicks my ass (In a good way
. I want to burn 3000 calories per week working out. That's 2 days with her and 2 days on my own. 3000+4000=7000 which is the number of calories in two pounds. I want to eat 4000 less than my baseline for the week. That means I have to average about 2730 calories per day. I do know I lost weight without exercise several years back eating 2800 calories per day though I was heavier then. Over the last 3 days I've had 2500 calories which means if I continue doing that, I should make up for my Chilli's night tomorrow.
I'm not stupid nor am I a diet novice. This 7000 calorie thing isn't going to have me lose 2 pounds a week until the weight is gone--man I wish it would. Instead what it will do is take a big loss in the beginning and starts and stops along the way.
As for my past failure, I don't consider it a total waste. Yeah I stopped losing, but most people do. I gained back a lot of what I lost, but not all and if I had more years in my adult life where I was lighter at the end than at the beginning I wouldn't have so much weight to drop now. My time for diaries has fallen off a bit, but I won't be a stranger around here. It is too important to me and was a key part of what worked before. I hope I can count on some of that great diary support I've gotten in the past.
Ain't winter grand. 
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 
