This week starts my 7th week of my journey. I've had ups and downs but for the most part, I've been doing well. My weight loss at weigh in this week makes 14 pounds lost so far. Only 6 more pounds to go until my next mini-goal. Woo hoo!!!
Now that I'm tracking my caloric intake each day, it really amazes me how many calories I used to eat. For example, one of my favorite things to eat was a turkey and roast beef sub from Jimmy John's. I didn't really think that a sub was terrible for me (in spite of the bread) because it's not fried and greasy....good grief was I wrong. The sub had over 600 calories in it plus the chips that had another 300. That's almost my full days worth of calories in that one meal!!
I've noticed that my appetite had decreased quite a bit, which is a definite plus. Most days, I've actually had a hard time eating all 1200 of my calories (I tend to stall out around 1000), which is something I never thought would happen. I'm not saying that I don't have moments where I want to eat everything in the house...but I am getting better about controlling myself and not giving in to those cravings.
My next step for this week is to continue hitting the treadmill and, hopefully, continue to build up my endurance. I really want to do the "Couch to 5K" app but right now, I have a hard enough time just getting my 10 minutes of walking in. I know I'll get there, though, and I'm not giving up until I do.
Baby steps. Slow and steady wins the race.
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