(I seem to blog more often if i keep it short)
I write about my health because it might inspire you. Besides, your body isn’t your own.
Since December I have lost 30 pounds! I think the last time I weighed as much as I do now was probably my freshman year of high school. I have a lot more energy these days which helps for any kind of contribution to the Kingdom (does that inspire you?)
What helped me the most with my weight loss was keeping a journal of my calorie in-take. In order to lose weight you must be burning more energy than you take in calories (or something like that.) So I got a journal and recorded all the calories of foods that I normally eat throughout the week. Lenny wasn’t a big fan of my practice, because I would record all the calories of his precious sweets. I even went online and recorded most fast food nutirion charts. Then, throughout the day, I would add up my calories after every meal. I’m guessing at my age I should take in about 2,000 calories a day. So I brought it down to about 1,700 calories a day (which is still a good amount of food.) I would lose weight every week. Now that I reached my goal, I eat about 2,000 calories and work out.
The fitness instructor who gave me my orientation for the gym, here at Southern, told me that we control about 70% of our weight just by how much we eat. “Now I’m a believer.”
Here are some other things to consider:
1. Cardio AND lifting weights is the next best thing for losing weight. I would recommend doing cardio at least 30 minutes everyday. If you don’t like running (like me) try walking on a treadmill (3.5mph) with the incline up to 10% (it is equivalent to running.) Lifting weights tones your muscle which will help you burn calories faster.
2. Not getting enough sleep could (will) easily cause you to overeat. I recommend 8 hours of sleep. The average American got 10 hours of sleep before the light bulb was invented.
3. Supposedly eating protein in the morning will make you not as hungry throughout the day.
4.Be Patient. If you follow the above examples, then you will lose about 3 pounds a week. Just keep focused on your goal. Get on the scale once every two weeks. I use a scale that measures weight and body fat seperatly which is helpful.
My example helped some other people lose weight so I figured if I wrote it down, then it might encourage you.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Yeah! What a great post! Tiffany and I have been attempting to become more health conscious in the past few months. We've been looking at eating healthier foods according to the mypramid.gov site. It's pretty tough. Who the heck eats 3 cups of veggies a day?
As for working out, Tiffany does the treadmill thing, but I tend to bust a move with Dance Dance Revolution. =)
Congrats on the weight loss John! And just in time for summer lifeguard season!
Thanks Jim. I decided to leave out the food I ate because it might discourage some people. Let's just say my diet consisted of a lot of tuna and spinach and many other healthy foods. But if one wanted to just lose weight and not care about eating healthy food the above routine still works. Though I recommend eating healthy food of course and maybe pick one day of the week where you can eat whatever.
I look forward to seeing you sometime this summer as well.
Thanks Gwen and Chris for your encouraging words.
Seriously, long time no see, dude!! Yay for losing weight, gaining energy & the ability to do more for His kingdom! Hope you're doing well.....
Janiece
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