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I'm going to look at today with a new attitude. I just began reading this highly recommended fitness book called 'Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle' by Tom Venuto. You can get it in eBook form on ebay for like $5 and I've been absorbing the information like a sponge! I've heard this from multiple sources (including my doctor), but the major point Tom makes in his book is that you have to eat a LOT (closer to 1700 to 2000 calories a day!) in order to achieve permanent FAT loss, not WEIGHT loss. This is because when we starve the body, we get rid of lean muscle weight in addition to our fat, and since muscle is what burns fat, when we eventually go off our low calorie diet (people can't maintain 1000 cal a day forever!), we end up gaining back all of the fat and end up with less muscle than we started with!
But more importantly, the book advocates that weight loss is a MENTAL game too. I didn't realize how often I think negatively about myself until I really sat down and thought about it. Here's to repeatedly telling myself how awesome I am to lift my spirits and make myself believe how truly awesome I am!
Even more importantly (to me, anyway), I weighed myself this morning and found that I'm back down to where I was a week ago! Eating right again after the move helped the pounds just melt back away. Today, I'm going to work out again, and I'm looking forward to it!
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201.8 lb
Lost so far: 4.2 lb.
Still to go: 11.8 lb.
Diet followed poorly.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 14 June 2013:
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1999 kcal
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Fat: 57.39g | Prot: 148.66g | Carb: 222.79g.
Breakfast: Kroger Unsweetened Original Almond Milk, Beachbody Chocolate Shakeology 2012. Lunch: Zone Perfect Classic Nutrition Bar - Cinnamon Roll, Chobani Nonfat Strawberry Greek Yogurt (Container). Dinner: Pepperidge Farm Lemon Homestyle Cookies, Chobani Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt (Container), White Potatoes (Flesh and Skin, Baked), Cooked Green Peppers and Onions (Fat Added in Cooking), Laura's Lean Beef 96% Lean Ground Beef, Kroger Traditional Salsa (Mild), Kroger Sharp Cheddar Reduced Fat Cheese, Earthbound Farm Romaine. Snacks/Other: Dove Dark Chocolate Miniatures, Unsalted Butter Stick, Thomas' Whole Wheat English Muffin, Pineapple, Zone Perfect Sweet & Salty Nutrition Bar - Cashew Pretzel, Peach, Pepperidge Farm Light Style Soft Wheat Bread, Cos or Romaine Lettuce, Private Selection Honey Smoked Turkey Breast, Kroger Mozzarella Cheese Slices. more...
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3274 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Bicycling (fast) - 15/mph - 40 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 1 hour, Desk Work - 5 hours, Resting - 10 hours, Sleeping - 7 hours and 20 minutes. more...
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gaining 0.2 lb a week
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