Wow, that was corny. I don't know what I'm doing right now... trying to start a blog about my weight loss. I guess I am doing this because a friend of mine sorta inspired it after she told me her mom wanted to lose weight and asked for any tips I could share. So I texted her some... then just sent her an email novel... and then I thought that MAYBE it could be helpful to someone struggling with their weight and if it CAN be helpful and/or encouraging to someone then I want to do what I can to help!
I guess I'll start with my story and stats:
My name is Jade and I am about to turn 30. I have spent my entire adult life, my teen life, and about half of my childhood overweight and even in the obese range. I have tried different diets and stuff over the years and nothing worked, or if it did work I didn't understand how to maintain it afterwords, then life got in the way and since I didn't really understand how I weight loss works I ended up gaining the weight back.
As I said, I am about to turn 30 and I was assessing my life and realized that I had to do something about my weight. My father, his two brothers, their mother, and my mom's father all have diabetes, and I don't want it.
So this blog is dedicated to how I made weight loss as idiot-proof for myself as possible. Also, I'm not a professional and I am still on my weight loss journey, in the home stretch, so I am certainly not the end-all-be-all of fitness and health knowledge, I'm just sharing how I have been successful with losing fat despite my natural tendency to be a couch potato and desire to face-plant into a tub of ice cream.
I started my weight loss journey in February 2017 and at the time I weighed 240.2 lbs (108.95 kg). I currently weigh 166.8 lbs (75.66 kg)! For anyone too lazy to math (LIKE ME! Thank goodness for calculators!) that is 73.4 lbs (33.29 kg) lost!
April 22nd, 2018
May 6th, 2018
As you can see, I still have a ways to go but I am on the home stretch! (You can also see that my aesthetic has changed a lot but that is a different story! Haha!)
SO... back to my friend who asked about weight loss tips to help her mom! I was typing them up and I thought maybe they could be helpful for other folks who have had weight issues and don't know where to start, the same way I was at the beginning of 2017. I'll leave some basic tips here and expound on each of them, and possibly add more as I think of them, in future posts.
The basics:
1. Invest in a fitness watch, or at least a pedometer or download a pedometer on your phone.
2. Walking, a lot, but be realistic with your step goals
3. Have a calorie budget and stick close to it but don't make yourself miserable
4. A cheat day once in a while is fine! You work hard and it is nice to have a reward once in a while
5. Make smart calorie choices and you will be more full and have more energy
6. Eat lots of protein! Start the day with protein to stay fuller longer and start the day energized
7. Drink lots of water
8. Take your picture and your measurements! (Something I wish I'd known from the get-go!)
9. Every so often reassess and adjust your calorie budget
10. Don't beat yourself up over or get too frustrated with plateaus
11. myfitnesspal.com is your friend for nutritional information!
So yeah, I have taken over 4 million steps and each one counted to get me this far and I thank the Lord that He has helped me get here and I thank him that he will help me continue on. Hopefully this will help someone else get motivated and encouraged.
-Jade
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