Ten pounds less of ME

[annathepiper]

This morning when I got on the scale I saw a lovely number I hadn’t seen in over a year: 182. Which meant, much to my delight, that I have now hit the 10 pound mark in the great initiative to lose 42 pounds by June!

So yeah, thus far the whole LoseIt app on my iPhone is continuing to be a win. I have not significantly changed the stuff I’ve been eating: I’ve just been eating less of it. And really, this means not getting too crazy with the snacks–either the tasty tasty M&M cookies that they sell at the cafe next door to my workplace, or the deep, deep temptation of Starbucks’ Vivannos and Toffee Almond Bars, or worse yet, Seattle’s Best Coffee’s Cocoa Trios and Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Looking up how many calories those things cost me has been very educational! And it’s really kind of amazing how useful knowing “okay, if I want to eat these things, I have to manage my eating the rest of the week in order to have enough in the calorie budget for it” has been. I.e., I can still sometimes have these things; I just have to earn them.

I’ve noticed already that it’s easier to bend over and to get out of the back seat of the car. solarbird clued in as well that the surgery scar across my right shoulderblade has been changing now that the fat layer back there has lessened. It’s wider now and shallower. It’ll be interesting to see how it continues to change as I get thinner. My energy is up and my sporadic back pain has lessened.

All in all, a win. Thirty-two pounds to go and I’m on track to get there by June. Wish me luck, folks.

Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

Comments

[prettyshrub.livejournal.com]

Woot!!!

Something I found helpful was cutting out foods with high-fructose corn syrup. I discovered when I didn't eat it, I didn't get hungry as quickly or have cravings.

I'm down to 173 and hoping to get to 165 by the end of the year. Hmm, maybe I should get my workouts back on track...

[annathepiper]

Yeah, I knew about the HFCS thing, and I try to minimize my intake of that already. I cut out a good chunk of that just by ditching diet soda; I've been sticking to drinking water or tea with my meals, for the most part. solarbird handles the cooking at home and she's quite good at making it reasonably healthful.

Good luck on your own progress! Sounds like you've got some good numbers going on there, too. What do you like to do for workouts?

[prettyshrub.livejournal.com]

I've been doing the Curves things, since it's right between work and home. I also have a bicycle for when the weather get's nicer.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Yay, go both of you!

[annathepiper]

Thanks!

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Good luck! With the right tools, it's so much easier!

[annathepiper]

Thanks! Yeah, having a tool to manage this thing has been beyond helpful. :)

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the weight loss. May I ask why your goalis 42 pounds by June, other than just wanting it off.

[annathepiper]

Thanks!

42 pounds was the number to get me down to 150, which is a pretty good place for a woman of my age and height to be, as near as I've been able to tell. The "by June" part comes in with how the LoseIt app worked out my weight loss goal. I told it I weighed 192, that I wanted to lose 1 1/2 pounds a week, and that I wanted to get to 150, and it did the math and worked out that if I stick with it, I should get there by June.

[boxer-ferret.livejournal.com]

Way to go! I really need to lose some weight too, so I'll have to look into this app (or something similar). 150 has always been my goal weight, since I'm so tall. Now that I'm older, it should be higher.

[annathepiper]

Thanks! Hope you'll be able to find an app that works for you. :) The thing I'm using is an iPhone app, but surely there are similar programs for other phones or platforms!

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Well done you!

[annathepiper]

Thanks! :)

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Good luck, and congratulations on the progress so far!

[annathepiper]

Thanks much. :)

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

Good work!

[annathepiper]

Thank you!

[janne.livejournal.com]

Yay! Good luck!

[annathepiper]

Thanks! :)