Some musings...

So weight loss isn't difficult.

I know that comes as a shock from the girl who just like...shot the last three weeks, but it's not a difficult concept. You consume calories from food. You expend calories by exercising and daily moving. If the amount that you consume is less than the amount of calories you expend, you will lose weight. The concept is relatively easy. However, the determination and the dedication is hard. Although I started off this blog all "Balls to the Walls"y, I haven't been completely BttW. I've slacked some. I've had french fries here, Wendy's there, cookies here and there. I've slacked on working out and haven't given 110%. Sometimes when I leave the gyBTm, I'm not even tired.

I went to coffee (Passion Iced Tea Lemonade - Non Sweetened!) with a friend who has been trying to lose some weight because of high blood pressure. She's lost 13 pounds and looks fantastic! Her weight loss efforts are a little too controlled for me - she checks calories constantly and cuts back on bread (BREAD!) but they are working. So this Tuesday's Tasks are going to be food related because I think I can pretty much do well on the exercise.

Tuesday Tasks
1) Keep track of EVERYTHING for a week. Whether that means using SparkPeople or a notebook, I want to see where my problem areas are with food. I could probably guess some but let's see if having to write things down will help me be a little less crazy with my food.
2) Before I start each item, I want to think to myself "Do I really need this food? Would I rather have this food then see a drop in weight?" I know that a handful of tortilla chips won't cause me to NOT lose weight but I want to think about it in this way.
3) For snacky foods, I want to only pay in change. Yes, that's if I run into 7-11 and buy baked lays or grab Auntie Anne's on the way home. If it's not a liquid or a meal, I'm gonna try to pay for it with change.


The water I did super well on! I'm gonan bring Crytal Light packages with me to work so I can change my water taste. And the less fat deserts I didn't really have that much temptation but I imagine I'll be choosing them this week with all this foodish stuff.

::fingers crossed kids:: Balls to the Wall!!