Well this is my first attempt at Blogging. I am not sure how it is going to go exactly, but I will give it my best effort!
So why Blogging you ask. Well it is part of my goal in some weight loss and eating better. So my thought is, if I blog about it I will stick to it better. My thoughts don’t always go my way, but it is a start.
I have owned and cooked from quite often, the “Cook Yourself Thin” cookbooks. I have them both and have used them both a lot. In fact some of our favorite and common dinners have come from these books. I also like Ellie Krieger a lot too.
The “Cook Yourself Thin” philosophy is that once you set your goal weight (goal weight multiplied by 10 will give you the total calories you should intake each day) and stick to it for 6 weeks you will drop a dress size.
Since my husband will be having surgery next week and will be out of work for at least a month, I thought this is a perfect time to take this on. Not to mention we live in the Sunshine State now and I want to be able to wear a swimsuit and feel confident about it!
Now the kicker is, if you calculate my BMI I am exactly where I should be for my height. I am 5’4″ and currently weigh 134 pounds. According to the BMI calculator I should weigh anywhere from 111-140 pounds. I can bounce anywhere from 137 to 132 pounds depending on what we eat and how much activity we have going on.
So why weight loss than you ask??? Well because the darn BMI calculator doesn’t see my belly fat or gut if you will and my big booty – aka Junk in the Trunk! And if I don’t cover up the gut and butt with a good pair of jeans and a long T-shirt, you can forget it. There is no way in heck I would be caught dead in a tucked in shirt, a sheath cut dress and don’t even get me started on a swimsuit!
I used to be really good about planning out our meals and shopping accordingly. I have allowed the move, getting settled, and life get in the way and getting way from this practice. The plan now is to get back into the planning and shopping accordingly.
So here is the plan. For the 6 weeks recommended by “Cook Yourself Thin” I will do the following:
1. Plan out meals for each day using the recommended calorie allowance. Me 1200 calories My husband 1850 calories
2. Eliminate all processed foods.
3. Prepare snacks ready to eat to keep us on track. Such as carrots, fruits, salad fixings, etc.
4. Get out and get some exercise in the form of walking and jogging. I hate running, but hope that the beautiful weather will make it easier!
5. Blog each week as to where I am on my goals, with posting weight, gut and butt measurements, calorie intakes, and calories burned through exercise.
What do I hope to gain? Well I hope to drop down a size, lose some of my gut and butt, feel better, have more energy and last but not least……….buy a swimsuit that doesn’t look like something my mother would wear!!
Wish me luck!
