Week 7 - Lost 37.4 lbs. -  WOW!! What a week! I lost 5.4 pounds this week!   I've also reached a couple of milestones.  

  1. I'm under 300 pounds!

  2. I now have less than 100 pounds to lose to reach my goal!

Today was a good weigh day and it's giving the incentive to continue down this road.  I've lost the weight before and gained it back.  This time, It WILL BE PERMANENT!!  I'm kinda into this new lifestyle of a calorie deficit diet. I pay attention to every calorie I get.  It's simple.  You eat more than you burn, you'll gain weight.  If you eat less calories than you burn, you'll lose weight.   Nutrisystem is still a main staple of this diet as their food is very low calorie, but I've introduced a lot of my own food and keeping it low calorie.

Onward and downward!

Keep smiling!

Week 6 - Down 1.4 lbs.

 Week 6 - February 18, 2021 - This was lowest week loss since I've started my diet. I only loss 1.4 pounds.  Meh.  I guess it's better than that a gain, though, right?  Total weight lost is 32 pounds in 6 weeks.  So in 42 days, I lost 32 pounds.   Of course I want it to be faster, but slow and steady wins the race, right?  

Keep Smiling.. 

Week 5 - February 11, 2021

Week 5 - February 11, 2021 - Woohoo!  I had a great week this week.  I lost another 4.2 lbs for a total of 30.6 pounds in 5 weeks!  I'm so happy with the results.  What did I do different this week?  I'm running out of NutriSystem food, so I've been adding my own.  I'm still staying within my Calorie limits, but cooking more of my food.  I'm getting a lot of tips from my daughter who runs this Tik Tok account, CassieBFitness.  She follows a calorie deficit diet strategy. A calorie deficit diet is basically you eat less calories that your body burns, thus your body has to use your fat as fuel to make up the extra calories.  This is basically what NutriSystem is, a calorie restrictive diet. 

If you're interested, go to THIS SITE, to see how much you body burns daily.  It will show you how many calories to eat to lose 1, 2 or more pounds a week.  So, if I stay under this number of calories a day, I should lose weight.  And it seems to be working.  I'm buying low calorie foods and cooking more healthy with these foods.  I'm trying to find a good app to track my calorie intake.  That's one downfall of not eating pre-packaged food is that I have to weigh and count everything I eat to get the calorie count. No biggie.  The apps I use have a bar code scanner that helps tremendously. 

Until next week!  Smile everyday. You will feel better, I promise. 

WEEK 4 and 26.4 Pounds GONE!

Week 4 - February 4, 2021 -  4 Weeks down and 26.4 pounds gone!!  I took this week's pictures in the same clothes I was wearing when I started my diet.  I'm pleased to see the differences.  

This past week I had a couple of days of cravings and temptations. I came through unscathed. The weather here has been cold and snowy, so I didn't get a lot of walking in.  

I'm also running out of Nutri-System food.  I think I have less than 2 weeks left.  I'm not going to buy more food from them.  I can't afford their program anymore.  So, when my food runs out, I'm going to switch my diet to Atkins - Low Carb.   I actually think it will be good to switch.  I've heard once you diet for a month or so, your body gets accustomed to the diet and decreases the weight loss.  So, switching it up to a completely new diet strategy may give my body a jolt to keep losing!  Time will tell.  I will let y'all know when I switch.