Twenty Two years ago..after a year long weight loss journey of 66 pounds.
Well ladies...How's it going? I had one of those busy weeks where you have company and can't pay as close of attention to the eating as you would like. It was non-stop! Dropping people off at the airport..kids coming and going..Mom visiting for several days..and now today I'm picking up two family members-one from the airport and another from friends about 30 minutes away.
I went to write in my food journal and it was dated EXACTLY one week ago. Wow--a whole week and I hardly noticed. I kept trying to keep track of my calories and food 'in my head'. Result? Gained a pound. Sigh.. But I suppose it could have been worse. :o)
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Mom and I were having a chat this week about the time I lost 57 pounds and kept it off for many years..through three pregnancies. I weighed exactly what I weigh now. How did I lose all that weight?
Before my diet 22 years ago. (Took eight months to lose the weight.)
It was simple..I counted calories...and I wrote down and added in all my 'mistakes'. Seeing it on paper made me careful..every day. I usually ate between 1200 and 1500 calories. I didn't eat healthy food either. I didn't want to have to 'cook twice' so I just ate less of what the family ate. Eventually, I learned to just stay hungry and I'd stay thin.
Not very exciting, I know..but it did work. The accountability worked wonders. I also had devotions every day and wrote down what the Lord was showing me on the other side of the notebook. The Lord taught me so much about discipline through that weightloss journey.
Now, here I am again...twenty two years later. It hit me just how 'fail safe' this process was. I still have the chart of my weight loss in my scrapbook. I decided to scan it in and share it with you. You can see that I had plenty of ups and downs over the eight months of my diet.
Mom emailed me this article and it's very The Truth About Calories. It's something I plan to keep in mind while I track my calories this time around. Guess it's time to make a new chart! How are you all doing? I hope very much that you didn't gain like me..but the important thing is to keep working at it and keep praying.
Donna from Comin' Home
