One Month Down - Blog: Jennifer

My third weigh in is over - must say very discouraging! I dropped a quarter of a pound this week! We keep food journals every week & after critiqueing mine a thought was that I didn't eat enough calories per day. Ginny suggested 300-350 per meal! After doing some figuring on calorieking.com I'm realizing my meals averaged 100 calories! This eating healthy & multiple meals through the day was a huge adjustment for me! So, I have the meals & snacks down I just need to add more at each one! Like I said before baby steps one at a time! Even those can be overwhelming!! Mind over matter! A fact learned this week was weight loss is 70% food & 30% exercise! I'm hoping after this week that makes a believer out of me! The Lord knows that I have been faithful with the workouts 5-6 days a week and many that I have learned I can do out of the gym! (Watch TV - do an exercise!) (Listen to my kids read- do an exercise!) I don't have a cute little "exercise room" it's called the floor of any room:) Another lesson this week was when you think you can't do anymore whether it be a step, pull, pushup, what have you ....you got one more in there! No pain no loss I'm hoping is a true message cuz I have quite a bit of pain! Oh, yea one other step I started this week was WATER! I now shoot for 12 glasses a day, it's that hard for me I just have to remind myself to drink!! More to come at the end or say the beginning of next week!