Total weight lost in FIVE months is 51 pounds!! :)
Total inches lost from waist in FIVE months is 7 inches!
A Total of 6 dress sizes down (found out yesterday while shopping :)
A Total of 4 jean sizes down :)
Positive changes this month:
I have noticed my carbs were decreasing at a slow pace. This month the change I made was no bread at all, not even whole grain. My first month was no white bread/ mex bread. After that I only eat whole grain bread. Whole grain is good, but this time I wanted to see if it will make a difference on my carbs. I only ate whole grain bread if that was my only option and no food was available. In addition, I let go of cheese for now. I only let it go for the last 2 weeks, and it does cut a lot of calories... I'm obsessed with cheese but I really wanted to see what would happen if I let it go..
I started to notice that weekends are not good for me. My calories are higher on weekends than any other day. I need to start planning ahead on my meals, so I do not eat unhealthy stuff. I'm usually not home on weekends, and so I have to grab a quick bite. This is how my calories add up. Even though I buy a salad or chicken at a fast food place, the calories are not the same. I'm glad I don't go for the burgers, but healthy fast food still adds up.
Not sure if I have said this tip before, but I really do think it's important so I will repeat it again lol. Salads are a blessing! Sounds dumb, but it works. Whenever there is an event or holiday coming up, eating a salad first helps. It won't make you go beast mode on the rest of the food. You will get full faster and will grub less. I tried it on Thanksgiving and it worked. I was able to not touch the mashed potatoes I had served myself.
- I lost 12 pounds this month :)
- I lost 1/2 inch from my waist this month.
- Drank an average of 6 glasses of water.(not good)
- The calories I ate this month were an average of 1,275 :)
- The average carbs I ate this month were 158g (it went so much lower this month, finally!!)
- The average protein I ate this month was 70 (good, but I can do better)
- In this whole month I did 23 hrs of exercise :)
It feels nuts to say I lost 51 pounds. I can't believe I actually did it. It's not my final goal, but I am closer to it now. My only goal this month was to lose the most weight this month, compared to any other month. It was hard and it is slow, but I had plenty of motivation this time around. Apparently, knowing people expect you to fail motivates the heck out of you lol. I am so happy and I hope this continues. I know these next months might be slower, but I will welcome whatever comes my way. :)
<3 Denise
