"I've been on Laura's no sugar - no soda diet. One of the benefits may be that I have more energy and don't need to sleep as much. I'll keep going to see if this continues. As far as the weight goes, I am going to have to count calories. Even though I'm not eating sugar and drinking soda, I am eating too much. I've been replacing the sugar with other carbohydrates instead of vegetables and fruits. I guess I have to keep track of everything I eat in order to lose weight."By the way Kathy has done great with the No Sugar, No Soda, even with a hubby we all love who tempts her!!! Way to go Kathy!! And if you have never read her blog, you should take a peak at it!! She does a great job and has been my inspiration and encouraged me to share my story. Which I have benn able to do more and more thanks to her.
Anyway, when I moved from Utah to Texas I sold everything including my bathroom scale that I loved!!! Sometimes it was so discouraging to get on the stupid thing and see the same 40 lbs lost over and over again. So last year when the weight started to come off I could tell it in my clothes. I could see it in the pictures. Some of my pants actually fall off me now. I knew by the way my clothes fit I easily lost in the neighborhood of 70 lbs and I was okay with that. I wanted to make sure I was not just tooting my horn so I wanted a way to measure this progress. So today I decided to take the plunge and use up a Christmas Gift card and buy another scale. I got the scale home and got on it and wanted to CRY!!! Wahhhh!!! The scale did not go high enough to weigh me. Sad but true. I look in the mirror and saw my little cheeks begin to flush red. It was the same story again and again. I felt like a failure and yet I knew I wasn't. So yeah my bubble busted today!
I have contemplated all day as to what I was going to do with the scales. Take them back? Or keep them and use as a goal to get to. I know there are other things I could do to measure my progress but I really wanted some numbers in pounds. Kathy mentioned how she had been substituting her no sugar and no soda with other things and they were not fruits and veggies. When she said that, I took a good look at what I Had been eating as well. I see all the things I need to do, write down what I am eating, and exercise. For writing things down, I don't have a phone app where I can just put it on my phone (I know a louse excuse). My friend Lisa told me about My Fitness Pal, I glanced at it maybe I need to look a bit harder at it. As for exercise it is hard when you can't walk very far. Yet I know there are chair exercises I can do and need to start doing them.
So I am curious what do you all do to track your progress? Do you go by the scales? Count calories? I would be interested to know.
