We often need help in our weight loss journey
Over the last three weeks I have been so busy that it was like going back to my old life. (before losing 100 lbs.) I was tired every morning. It was hard to get motivated to do my workouts and often I didn’t. I was not getting my 7-8 hours of rest. Life was on full speed with the gas running out quickly.
So what was the results? I put on 6-7 lbs and reversed my progress. I was at numbers I had seen 2 months ago. It was discouraging to say the least. What did it mean? How come it came on so fast? Had I really slipped paying attention that much. I mean 7 lbs required that I had mindlessly eaten an extra 24,500 calories in 3 weeks. That is almost 1200 calories a day. No way I told myself.
The numbers don’t lie! It takes 3500 extra calories to burn or gain a pound of fat. What had changed? Well, just a couple of days ago I got in my new heart monitor. So I did a measurement today. Just the stretching workout from the P90X routine burned 348 calories. My bike ride into work was 248 calories. Now take into consideration that the calories when the body recovers also keep my metabolism up and burning at a higher rate. I should burn 2X248 (two bike rides) + 348 (stretching workout) = 844 calories.
Now add in the creamer I started to use in each cup of coffee and take out 800-1000 calories of workout each day the 1200 calories aren’t too hard to find. What a wakeup call. Had I not been monitoring it I would have continued to lose ground. I would have inched my way back up to being obese and suffering with all that brought. This is why it is important to monitor and maintain your diligence when working towards an idea of achieving your optimal health. It will not happen on it’s own!
Have you made some progress lately? Is it hard to keep going for you? Share your thoughts. Come back soon as I continue to look at motivation and how to keep adding more success to an already long journey. Lets take a look together about what motivates us to either take care of ourselves or what robs us from the steps to maintain our gains along the way.
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