I have been spending a lot of time thinking about where I am in this journey. I have spent quite a bit of time pondering how I have been stuck. I have been thinking a LOT about how I have been not losing weight and how I even gained 13-15 pounds since the Coronavirus reared it's ugly head in my life (late March).
A few things that I do know.
1. I track my food...but I have allowed more snacks to creep into my food budget. Those snacks account for the extra calories that throw me over my self set budget.
2, My sleep has been messed up for months and has gotten really bad in the last few months. I sleep for maybe 4 hours and then I am awake...wide awake! I am constantly in a state of tiredness.
3. Exercise has been spotty at best.
So how am I going to fix this? What is my plan? How am I going to proceed?
Lets tackle the food issue. I have a caloric budget. I have been at this journey for many years. I know that I SHOULD lose weight at 1500 -1700 calories. But I also know that my body doesn't seem to agree with the theories and numbers. I lose weight at 1200-1300 calories. Yet, I continue to add snacks to my daily food intake....because it 'only puts me at 1500 calories...that's still in losing range!". That has to stop. My budget is 1300....that has to be a set in stone budget! I will allow a cheat day/meal. I think that is a healthy (mentally and physically) aspect of this journey. But I am going to be serious....no extras. When the budget is empty...so is my mouth!
Sleep. I have been so messed up with my sleep lately. It has been totally tiresome. We think we may have solved that problem. Jason has been plying me with Hemp/CBD pills...and unless it's a coincidence, I have been sleeping much better! SO I am crossing my fingers and hoping and praying that the pills do the trick long term!
Exercise. I have not been exercising. I have that exercise bike and I have used it on my lunch breaks. I was determined that September I was going to use it 3 days a week....if not more. Yet the training that I was asked to lead really took my time and I ended up working through breaks and lunches. I think I got 3 rides in. That is coming to an end. My health is very important and I need to act as such. So the bike is a great option for me! Furthermore, I have been itching to get out and run again. My plantars fasciitis is still kicking but I am so tired of waiting for that to magically get better. I"m going to attempt to run. I will ice my foot and stretch and roll it and do all the good things for it. But I"m going to try it!!!!!
That is my plan. Just focus. I am not promising myself perfection. If I promise myself perfection, then when life gets in the way and I have a less than perfect day, I will feel like a failure. SO I am promising myself that I will try my hardest! That's all I can do!
I am not giving up. Part of my plan is that I will be going to the doctor later in the year. I want to go with the stats of a few weeks of really good behavior.....1200 calorie days and the results and the 1400 calorie days and the results and talk to her about the stats. So if this little 'good behavior' works awesome...and if it doesn't, it will arm with me the necessary information to share with my doctor to get the help that I desperately need!!!
I've got this!
