Post 37: Day 2

I did go to the gym and did my "Daily Butt Workout" yesterday, thought I would mention it just because I posted before I actually did such things. I did get to the gym for an hour and did my butt workout for today as well.

I have been looking at my diet and my workout schedule a lot. To lose weight you must have a calorie defecit but too much of a defecit and your body goes into starvation mode and your metabolism slows down. With my family background my metabolism is slow enough as it is so I do not want my body to feel starved, that being said it probably did not appreciate my fast yesterday.

So I want to share this website because it gives a lot of good information when looking at calorie intake and output when 'dieting' and working out. http://www.shapefit.com/basal-metabolic-rate.html

I don't consider what I am doing dieting because I still eat stuff I want, except at dinner time. I love iceberg lettuce, but I have heard it doesn't have very high levels of nutrients and fiber so I eat the mixed greens, which I really do not enjoy. But I get my cereal in the morning, and a peanut butter and banana sandwich for lunch Monday through Thursday and then I treat myself with a tuna melt on Fridays.

For my current weight of 148.8 my BMR, base metabolic rate, is 1494 calories. I wish I could just stay in bed all day. (Refer to website if you are confused).

I have 73 days left until Graduation! I have an ultimate goal of 130 pounds by then. If I lose 1.8 pounds/week I will get there.

Staying strong with my Lent promises, even though the potato wedges in the caf smelled awesome today.

A big part of weight loss is to set goals, and reward yourself when you reach those goals. My next goal is 145 pounds by March 1st, it's a little bit more weight than I should be losing in one week but I am taking a trip to visit a graduate school and I want to feel good about how I look. Had you asked the 180 pound me back in August how I would feel if I were in the 140s I would have been estatic, but here I am now and I don't feel as happy as I thought I would. I hope I finally get that sense of happiness when I reach my goal.

Maybe that should be something else I work on this Lent, being happier with myself and increasing my self esteem. Well it is only day 2, I have some time.