This is the time when diets and whole health plans go wrong. I’ve lost a lot of weight quickly and my metabolism is shot. I can’t eat more than about 1200 calories without gaining. Perhaps the hardest part of this process is fine-tuning my diet. It’s not easy to move just 60 calories more or less, but I need to make small adjustments now. You can avoid this by not losing weight so quickly! As hard as it is for most of us to lose weight, it is tempting, once you get in the groove, to move too fast.
Medical Dept. I looked up a study by the National Institutes of Health. It was a large study of about 600,000 children and it found a direct correlation between short sleep periods and risk of obesity. Working on less than adequate sleep myself today I neglected to put on my fitness watch, which explains the low step count today. These walks seem to aggravate my back/arm problem, and I don’t think to take anything for it if I am not bothered earlier in the day. So halfway through the walk, I’m feeling some soreness there. Using my inversion table feels good, but I am not really in a routine of using it. I think I might see some more significant benefits if I did.
Diet Dept. I tried the spinach smoothie recipe, which includes a banana (very important), some frozen blueberries and strawberries, a cup of spinach, a couple of ice cubes, and about 8 ounces of diet juice. It tasted great: I didn’t really taste the spinach at all. I’m eating light today because I’ve gained several pounds. And I’m trying to figure out how I will keep my calories under control this weekend when I have some guests over for hamburgers. I go through a number of options for getting through that day.
People at work keep signing up for the biometrics tracking program I’m offering there. I think this will be a great way for people to get motivated to get healthy.
Weight (change since Jan 2018): 213 (-61)
Workout time: 39 Minutes
Total Distance (total since Nov 2017): 1.41 Miles (79.06)
Steps: 5571
Goals: (1) Run 10.5 miles in one day by 11/18/18 (2) Lose 100lbs by 12/25/18