It's been too long since my last post, but I have been very busy! I move 3 weeks from today! I am trying to get things packed up and my last day of work is only 1 day before the move. I am getting excited but a little sad too. My boyfriend will not be moving with me. He has a good job and owns a house here in this small town and is content. We will be ending on good terms so I do hope that we can remain friends of some sort.
As far as my diet and exercise goes...I am still tweaking. I am staying stead at 135, but want to lose another 7 pounds before I go on vacation August 16th. That is 5 weeks away so it is definitely possible. I had read several more diet books since I proclaimed that I wouldn't be reading anymore. I guess I am addicted! I have been having a really hard time buying into the theory that you have to eat every 2-3 hours. I could do that, but I feel like I eat much and it takes much more preparation. My doubts with this way of eating started after I read The Warrior Diet. So Friday I read Eat Stop Eat, which advocates fasting 1-2 times a week for 24 hour periods.
After thinking yet again about how I have lost weight effectively in the past, I have decided to go back to fasting. When I lost 15 pounds I ate 1, maybe 2 meals a day. They were not healthy meals, so that will definitely change, but my system seemed to enjoy not being stuffed 24/7.
I have so far stuck with my 6 weeks Slim in Six plan. I decided that I just need to stick with something that is geared for weight loss for the time being. I will reevaluate my goals once I get down to 128. I may be adding kettlebell workouts 3 times a week.
Today I am doing a fast as well as Tuesday and Thursday. Brad Pilon, the author of Eat Stop Eat, does not advocate doing every other day fasting, but I thought I would try it for the week. I am going to Roswell on Friday and would like to be able to wear my new Lucky Jeans!
3 comments:
Tori,
So many diet strategies, I feel ya girlfriend, lol! It seems as if every week I have to abandon one theory for another....they all work if you keep your calories in the proper range for weight loss...in my opinion, that's the bottom line.
I'm real good at keeping my calories in the proper range for weight maintenance...unfortunately my weight I'm maintaining is 8 lbs more than I say I want to be, lol!
Well, at least I get to eat more food!
PS I personally believe some fasting is a good thing.
Tracy,
I agree with you on the calories, if you burn more than you take in you should be losing weight. I am still looking to reduce my consumption, so hopefully fasting will help with that. Giving up the damned ice cream might help too! Kemp's Slow Churned French Silk and I are having a love affair!
Good luck with your "elusive eight" ...I'm working on my "stubborn seven!" You look really strong in your workout videos. Keep up the hard work! It will pay off!
Tori, my experience with Precision Nutrition, one of the "eat every 2 to 3 hours" plan, is that you must scale the proportions to make it work. I was 95% compliant but still putting on some weight with the suggested meal sizes so I scaled them back slightly and have been very happy since. Good luck!
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