Not really crying, but sad. At the same time, I have much to be grateful for. 🙏
I'm 63 today.
I weighed in. And darn no change. But I kinda knew that. I wrote about it in my last few posts.
It's proof for me once again that exercise burn doesn't count for much. It's all about calories.
Yes, my metabolism is slower. It's still calories. It simply means less calories.
It means I have to knuckle down more. No more treats unless I can make them myself and measure accurately. It must fit into the daily plan for lower calories.
I will have to feel hunger.
It will feel unfair.
Others will say I'm depriving myself.
But they don't get it.
They might be happy and accepting of higher body fat.
I am not.
I'm depriving myself of a goal that makes me happy if I do not say no to this and that food.
So, not really crying... just rolling up my sleeves and deciding it's okay to feel hunger. Hunger is a sad feeling.
Doing it anyway.
If I look back at the times I reached my fat loss goals, I had to do the same thing. I had to say no. I had to push through hunger. I felt sad sometimes but achieving and making progress always felt good. Most people didn't get it.
The other thing I remember doing a lot was when there was a choice between the comfort of food, and saying no, I told myself there was no choice. The answer had to be NO. If I wanted my goal, the answer had to me no. I told myself that ALL THE TIME. And it was true. And it was why I succeeded in the past. That's what I have to do again.
My dear friend started chemotherapy this week and messaged me happy birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 After all she is going through. She is kind and thoughtful and one of the most giving people I know.
I made sourdough pancakes on my new griddle, and they came out perfectly. I opened the lid and showed Randy and he said they were the most perfect he had ever seen. I asked, "Want some?" He enthusiastically said yes while nodding. Haha. I gave them all to him and had two with no butter or syrup.
That is all.
Roberta
Never Settle
Never Give Up
Live Your Dream
Happy belated birthday, Roberta! 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁
ReplyDeleteI hope your fitness goal is accomplished and you just keep going this year.
Achieving and making progress always make me feel awesome as well. I feel you.
I've also known exercise burn doesn't count...but wishing it does count every time. 😫
Want to see how your Sourdough pancake looks like. 🥞 😋 It must be so yummy.
Have a blessed Sunday! 🫶 🙌
Hi Mina, I wish it were easier! But they always say if it was easy everyone would be doing it already. We knew that! Aww, next time I make the pancakes I will take a picture. It's funny about exercise burn, even though it doesn't seem to count much with weight loss, we know it really does give an extra edge and we should never skip it. Yesterday I survived with only 1000 calories, and I felt fine this morning. I slept well. I didn't workout because I felt too weak, but I did do a sauna session. Today I will workout early because I know later in the day it won't work with my calories so low. I don't recommend only 1000 calories for a bigger/taller person, but I am short and small, and this is what worked years ago when I lost 85 pounds. Many people don't realize it is all relative to your height and the shorter we are, the smaller our LBM. It's just a fact. I've already proved that trying to eat 1200-1300 doesn't work for me. I have to make it work. The very small meals reminds me so much of what I did that worked before. It is all coming back to me now.
Deletep.s. your blog looks greater ✨️
ReplyDeleteThank you. I remember what you said earlier and I just didn't have time to change it right away. I really like having the recipes in the menu now. I will keep adding them.
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