Self Help: Weight Loss

New Years Resolutions Don't Work

Its a new year, and everyone is making the usual resolutions. The only problem with making a "New Years Resolution" is that its usually to large to maintain!!

Weight Loss you can Keep off

It is important to make a plan that you can keep up with, so you can keep the weight off. I have struggled for years with weight loss. I find something that works, and will stick with it for so long, they I fall back into my old habits. I will lose weight for so long, then when I stop seeing results I just give up.

My resent weight loss is not a new years resolution; I started working towards this before Christmas. I have been trying to make small changes, and make them part of my daily life, so they are harder to forget/stop doing.

How I got started

The first steps I took to make all the changes part of my routine was I didnt change anything for the first 3 weeks. I just started to document my normal routine: what I eat, what I drink, what activities I did. I spent the first 3 weeks just reviewing me, and how I normally function. This allows me to have a better idea of what needs to change, and allows documentation to become part of the daily process. Sparkpeople has a series of apps that allows you to track and document your daily life.

After that first stage, I started to make small meal changes. Either smaller potion sizes, or smarter choices. Using SparksPeople I was able to set a weight loss goal that was health, and a base idea of how many calories I should be taking in. I was also able to track water intake on the site as well.

Read more about SparksPeople in my Blog post- Self Help: SparkPeople Explained!!

As my food intake started to become more manageable, I started to work on my activities. I Pedometer App for Andriod, there is a similar app for iOS too. I set a weekly goal of how many miles I want to walk, and then break that down to a daily step goal. I did use the app for about 2 weeks before setting goals. I wanted to make sure I was going to be challenging myself.
downloaded an app for my cell phone that counts my steps. This way I am able to see how active I am at work and socially. I use the

Progress

So far I have been staying on top of this fairly well. I did us the down town of the holidays to start this process because it allowed for some research time. Not everything that works for me will work for you. Sometimes it requires some trial and error. I will continue to make posts and updates on my weight loss progress. Please feel free to check it out.

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