According to my Happy Scale app (now an unhappy scale), my weight back on December 30, 2019 was 166.2. Today, I'm 183.2. A net gain of 17 pounds in 6 months (but there's still a loss since December 2015, of -46 pounds).
I'm trying to regain control of my eating and amp up my exercise. Although I know, as does anyone that's fought the weight loss battle, what you eat is of the utmost importance. I know this first hand because during my 17-pound weight gain in the last six months, I continued going to the gym and walking at lunch, averaging at least an hour or more of exercise a day and usually 15,000+ steps a day.
Unfortunately, during this time I was eating too much, and especially too much of the wrong foods Too many sugary treats and processed foods, and too much of the healthy stuff too. I've been on an eating frenzy. I also quit Weight Watchers six months ago. Even though I haven't followed the plan for the last couple years, there's something about the accountability of weighing in with someone other than yourself, every week.
Today is a new day, and a new start. Part of my new start is this blog. My plan is to check in every day and update it with my progress, or lack of progress. I just really need some accountability in my life.
I'm also in training for my September 21 marathon in Fairbanks, Alaska. I completed it last year at 63, and I'll be 64 this time. Today's training schedule is an easy 5-mile run (I actually jog/walk). It's especially difficult to do these runs at my current weight, which is even more incentive to lose it.
See you tomorrow!
Update: I walked/jogged 6.5 miles on a dirt/rock trail today. It took me one hour and 45 minutes, which means I have a lot of work to do before my September 21 marathon! Average pace was 16:03 mile.
2 comments:
Kudos to you for recognizing your slide and putting your foot down to stop that backwards progression! I like you really did well with the weight watcher meetings...not for the information that I received (although I did get that sometimes) but more from the accountability of the weight ins AND the support from my fellow attendees!!
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