Harley - I think you are doing great...you've actually lost. I'm stuck on 231, and the darn scale won't budge...seems the needle got superglued in place or something. Someone, I think it was Alan, suggested I check my caloric intake...I haven't done that yet by journaling, but I have been watching what I eat even closer, as well as how much I exercise.
Yesterday, for example, I ran on the treadmill for 4.5 miles...I had to break it up a bit because I still can't run that far without a breather, but 1-2 miles at a whack anyway. Then I walked nearly 3 more miles. Total exercise expenditure was over 1100 cal. Breakfast was an Atkins bar (170 cal), lunch was a couple small pieces of boneless chicken, didn't have time to make lunch and buying it around here means no veggies. No rice. Dinner was a small piece of leftover roast, about a cup of cooked spinach, and about 1/2 cup of rice. Thats it.
Today was endurance day for me at the gym, ran 3.5 miles at about a 10:30 pace (slow, I know...but faster and further than I could have gone two months ago). Walked another three miles...900 cal tallied to the exercise column. Breakfast was about 300 cal worth of fiber crackers, lunch was fat free ham and a slice of Kraft cheese on part-wheat bread with a thin scrape of mayo and mustard. We'll see what dinner brings, but usually its a small piece of chicken or meat, a nice pile of veggies, usually 1/2 cup of some kind of legume and sugar-free punch.
These are more or less normal exercise days, and I am trying to push faster and further (want to get up to 6 miles running at about a 9-9:30 pace...doing it by alternating higher speed/shorter consecutive miles and repeat, then a day of slower/longer distance. I do this usually five days a week, sometimes four, sometimes six...try to keep it to five though because I have found that I need the rest/recovery to be able to perform to my most recent standard.
Anyway, I'm just going to keep plugging away at it. I may go on Nazi Atkins for a couple weeks (in about 2 weeks after a trip I have to take) to see if I can jump start the loss part. With all the pain in the market lately, the exercise has helped me keep my mind focused on losing something other than money
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And, I'm trying to: Find Joy in the Journey!
R