Soooooooo excited to hear the details from Choco's side of the week! I really had fun with it. Of course in hindsight I think of a lot more ways I could have tortured/inspired her, but I think it was a pretty good week. I will leave the floor to her to describe her own week. . .
As far as my own results, I did complete the tracking challenge! And it was definitely a good idea to get back to that. It shouldn't even be a challenge because we shouldn't let ourselves get out of it, period. I also got moving again. Not to the level I should be, but I got in some morning yoga sessions, took some walks at work, and even hit the gym. My eating wasn't GREAT, but I definitely avoided some extra calories specifically because I didn't want to track them. That being said, I wasn't expecting the earth to move this week, but a modest little loss for sure.
202.2, a gain of .3. Whaaa. . . ? I started to get pretty worked up until I went back over my LI logs and realized that yes, over the course of the past seven days I've consumed 400+ calories more than I was supposed to. Yep, that'll do it.
***Week 7 (?) Challenge from Chip is to stay under/at our calorie limits! Choco has been doing pretty well, but all the more reason to stay consistent :)***
Two things happened this week that caused a seismic shift for me. The first is that I read "The Shift" by Tory Johnson. She didn't say anything I didn't already know (I'm really big on proving I'm not ignorant, in case you haven't ever picked that up), and there were some things I couldn't wrap my head around (like the fact that she was okay with her boss telling her she was too fat for TV), but a lot of it just resonated. The basic premise is that you just need to do it. My favorite was "Clarity trumps willpower", which means that you don't need to focus on having endless reserves of willpower and never eating ever again, you just trudge through, meal by meal, being clear about what your goal is. My preference will always be to have big quantities of salty/fatty/sugary food, but my priority has to be more important in that moment.
The other thing was that I was talking to an (obese) (ha, like I'm not) acquaintance and the conversation came around to weight loss like it always does. She was talking about gearing up for a big New Year's push to lose 100 pounds in 2014. I encouraged her like I always do, but in my head I admit I was rolling my eyes. I've known this woman for almost 10 years and she has been over 300 pounds the whole time. And she's been "on a diet" the whole time. I used to work with another woman who was around the same size and it was the same deal. I don't think she ever even lost 5 pounds (unless she was sick), but every few months there would be a round of "I'm going to stop eating out, I'm getting the treadmill back out". Nothing. 300 pounds every day, rain or shine, donuts or carrots (with ranch).
I. AM. THAT. WOMAN. NOW.
That thought struck me this week and it literally gave me a spine-cringing chill. Gah! 200 pounds this entire year. Face it, the entire last 2 years! And constantly talking/thinking about weight loss. I wonder at what point people started mentally rolling their eyes at me?
I CAN do this because I HAVE done it before. It's 6 months to Vegas, people! This is the time to do it.
Okay, I'm going to go eat my cold oatmeal and then head out for a pedometer.
Talk about Choco Week!!!!!!!!
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