Hi,
I just thought I would post a thread to let you know what I'm doing to see if you think it's a good idea or if you can suggest improvements!
I'm 156lb and ideally I'd like to be 140 or under. I'm 5ft 5 and at 140lb I was about size 10-12 American 12-14 UK.
I've been counting calories on excel, I look on packets or the internet and for meals I try to guess a little bit higher than I think just incase! I've been doing 1200-1600 calories a day, averaging about 1400, I don't know if that isn't a bit much for a 16lb loss??
The positive things
are that I've now managed 4 weeks which is the longest I've ever done. I've only gone over seriously once which was a very special event at my college that I helped organise. I put the day down as over 3000 calories which was a guess but my week was still only just over 1500 average. I probably don't drink enough water, I also drink green tea and diet (own brand) coke!
I'm doing worse with exercise, 5 hours then 4 hours then 3 hours and then only about 2 last week. I do dvds, Kate's cardio combat (like boxing)
and now tae bo. I also cycle and walk about a fair amount. I find it hard to get time but hopefully now I have a half hour dvd I can manage it more.
I've lost 5lb in the first 3 weeks and am weighing in on Wed. I think I should have lost another lb at least looking at scales at home.
So I'd like advice on
1. If what I'm doing is OK
2. If you think weight loss is likely to slow down much
3. What kind of a target I should have for meeting my goal
(at the moment I'm aiming to have lost a stone by the end of term on June 28th)
Also, what does DH mean, something ahout husband?
Sorry for the long post
and thanks for all your advice so far
Dill