- I don't lie to Boyfriend.
- I never lie to my bosses
- I don't lie to friends
- I don't lie to family
I don't lie to anyone. Except one person.
I have been lying to myself.
- You'll burn that jaffa off on your run tonight
- You'll still be well under calories even though you eat that
- That piece of cake won't do much damage
- Eating chips is ok on Friday nights
- I've earned this chocolate/treat/jaffa
- 1500 calories a day is a good target to lose weight
- I'm so close to goal, I've got to have a life too!
The above statements are things I have been telling myself recently. I also tell myself I'm sick of losing a meagre amount of weight every week. My average weight loss has gone from 800g per week to 300g per week. I know a loss is a loss but it is sporadic and a few almost-binge situations have started to develop.
I found myself in despair this morning after I ate far too many potato chips and drank too much red wine last night and saw 76.6kg on the scales this morning. A gain of 1.1kg overnight. I know thats mostly bloating but honestly!!!!!!
Time to stop kidding myself. I'm almost at goal, shit's gunna get harder from here on in. I need to start doing the following:
- Aim for 1200 calories a day and allow for 4 squares of chocolate on top of that only if I meet the 1200 target. If I cave and eat junk at work then evening chocolate is sacrificed.
- Start doing resistance training 3 times per week at the gym, in a lunch break is fine (at the moment I only do resistance work if it is raining and I needed to use the gym's treadmill for a run).
- Keep the protein high
- Keep up with running and tennis.
Brighter news - got my very own tennis racquet today! BF and I spent a few hours practicing at the public courts today, so cool!!!
This photo proves I definitely still have 7-8kg to go.
1200 is a really low number! Like serious low! Do you have access to a trainer at your gym? They might give you some advice on that. My experience, but not trained advice, would say that you should be eating a bit more than that and amp up what you do.
ReplyDeleteYour body needs fuel for your activities, if you give it proper food at a higher calorie number your body will use it.
1200 is super low, that is my target before having my daily "treat" which is around 130 calories.
DeleteI generally don't believe in eating exercise calories unless:
- your goal is to maintain
- you are training for something a bit bigger than a casual five k which requires intense exercise for more than 45mins. Just my opinion though :)