MOLLYJ's Apr 2009 CalorieKing Blog
what if, it didn't have to be perfect...
Thursday, April 30th 2009
DH who loves to read about world religions once told me that a Buddhist saying was, "Imperfection is part of the perfection of things".Honestly, when it comes to both diet and exercise, I've always stumbled because I could not establish static patterns of eating and exercising.
So CK can mess with your head because you want to perfectly gauge calories; you want to perfectly estimate your calorie burn; you get frustrated if you didn't eat perfectly or exercise as per "...
Let the good times roll!
Tuesday, April 28th 2009
Well, the first two weeks of a dietary change are always the honeymoon. I'm seeing some nice numbers on the scale. I feel good about my exercise. I like watching the numbers mount up as I put calories in and fall slightly with exercise. It's good. It's novel.But I sometimes chide my son for not fully enjoying hear and now success. I'm happy but I keep thinking about those times when your clinging to your diet and your weight plateaus and how that absolutely stinks.
But for today...
About one "real" week into it
Saturday, April 25th 2009
When you first come to CK, the big shock is "I can exercise and then I can EAT back my calories?????" And I can see on the forums that this is a big stumbling block for many. But I am trying to tentatively "trust the system". After, all this is what a lot of "thinner" people do; they exercise and eat in moderation.When you approach weight loss you decide that "the good stuff has to go". And you plan your food in a kind of white knuckling fear (I ...
thinking about what it means to transform your lifestyle.
Tuesday, April 21st 2009
My weight has been creeping up on me for the last several years--since the Canada Canoe trip. It was the best goal I've ever had to motivate exercise and healthy eating. I haven't had anything like it since and my life just kept getting more and more sedentary.Though exercise is good for me I don't naturally love it. Some people love to have their body in motion. It's a natural high. It isn't that way for me. I like the tracking improvements but I get bored quickly. Then I exercise ...