Well I had my doctor's appt today and according to her my weight loss numbers aren't that great. I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong as I don't cheat on the diet and have done everything right! Its really frustrating as I thought I was doing great! I am not used to being able to lose weight at all and the fact that I've lost over 44 lbs is amazing. However, the doc made me feel pretty crappy about my success thus far and now I'm going to start exercising again to try and burn more calories and hopefully this will speed up the weight loss.
I am allowed to do anything but lifting weights. So thankfully we have a dog and are now planning to go walking for 1 hour everyday. I may also add in some running to the mix as I like to run. The only thing is that I'm worried about gaining muscle. I gain muscle very easily which is why I am afraid to exercise on this diet. Hopefully now this won't happen.
I am also giving up diet pop. This is the only thing I can think of that is screwing up my weight loss. I will try it for a week and see how much better my numbers do.
This is my first crappy entry since I started in January. I am hoping for some motivation and inspiration from my fellow readers as I am feeling pretty sad today. I know I just have to keep going but its hard to hear from the doctor that you are not doing that great when I thought I was doing fine!
Here are my latest numbers:
Current weight as of April 9th/10: 174.0
Starting weight as of Jan 5th/10: 218.4
Total lbs lost as of today's date: 44.4lbs
Lbs to go to maintanence plan: 44 lbs
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