I’ve been counting calories, tracking my food and activity in MFP, and reading Loseit for exactly one year today. In that year, I’ve lost 60 pounds. I’ve gained so much more. First, my health numbers have improved dramatically. I’m no longer borderline diabetic. I have normal blood pressure and normal cholesterol. My BMI is merely overweight instead of borderline morbidly obese (not really sure where it was when I started. I went from 235 pounds to 175 pounds. I realized I was suffering from major depression and found my way out of it. I went from no exercise to hiking more than 10 miles and running 30 minutes 3-4 days per week. I feel like I can do anything.
Advice: 1) you don’t have to be perfect. Don’t worry about failing sometimes. As long as the good days outnumber the bad days, you will move in the right direction. 2) you can lose weight and travel. I travel constantly. I bring gym shoes and gym clothes with me and get in at least 30 minutes of exercise every day while away. Just guesstimate as best you can on food intake. It will be fine. 3) don’t sweat the plateaus and how long it takes. It will probably be another year before I reach my ultimate goal (135 pounds) but that’s fine. I’m generally moving in the right direction. Who cares if it takes 6 months or 1 year to get there. If you know you are eating at a deficit, it will eventually show up on the scale. 4) water weight is real. Guess who gained 9 pounds over Christmas. Guess who lost 7 pounds the week after getting back on her regular diet. Don’t stress too much about water weight. Just get back to your regular eating patterns, and things will even out. 5) when in doubt, measure and track. If you feel like things are headed off the rails, get back to the core habits. 6) don’t feel guilty about eating back your exercise calories if you are still losing at a good rate. I eat most of my exercise calories back every day (MFP is set to sedentary and I manually add in my exercise). Yes, it slows down my loss slightly, but I’m still averaging 1 pound per week. That’s fine. I’m gonna keep eating back my exercise.
Good luck! You can do it too!
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