It's due time to dust off the ol' blog and put it to use!
So when you listen to this week’s episode of Low-Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore & Friends, you will hear me announce that I am giving myself a Six Pound Summer Challenge! My goal is to lose 6 pounds by Labor Day.
I have been at the same weight with minor fluctuations for a lonnnggg time. I would like to lose another 20 or maybe even 30 pounds in total, so that’s not going to happen unless I lose the first six!
Why six, why not 10? 8? 15? There is a method to my madness in this regard. I think a pound a week is a nice steady weight to lose. It *should* be doable for a lowish-carb-Paleo eater even if she is getting old and struggles with adrenal, cortisol, and thyroid issues. So I should be shooting for 8 pounds, right? Yeah, but I know this about me…my body will NOT let go of that pound during, you know, THAT week each month. It just won’t! So I won’t fight it. I’ll play along and make six pounds my goal.
How do I plan to do this, when I’ve been at status quo for so long, you might ask? I have a few ideas:
Stop eating so much! I’ll be keeping my macro-nutrient level pretty close to what it is now, but I know I need to eat less of it. The Paleo rule-of-thumb is to eat when you want to eat but to avoid weighing and measuring and counting. I will NOT be logging my food. I’ve gotten away from that and I think I’m more mentally healthy for it. But I know when I’m eating because I want to eat and when I’m eating because I’m hungry and plan to pay much more attention to the latter. I also plan to make my 3 meals smaller. Maybe subtract an egg at breakfast, make my lunch look more like a snack, and make sure dinner includes a big salad with my meat.
Don’t eat after dinner! We eat dinner at around 6 PM at night. I go to bed at about 9 PM. There is no reason to eat in this short window and when I do eat then, it’s the SF ice cream, the excessive dark chocolate or even the occasional corn tortilla chip! None of it is needed, nor nutrient-rich. I’ll still have my square of 85% cacao Ghirardelli or Green & Black but I’ll do it right after dinner and be done with it.
Keep walking! I am a cool-weather exerciser. I HATE to sweat. And it’s July! We do not have central air conditioning. So, with my dear husband’s cooperation, I’ll continue to dog-walk each night but may even need to switch that to later in the evening when the sun’s gone down. I will continue to do some strength training, which is probably even more important.
So that’s the plan! It’s not earth-shattering, by any means. It’s basically to keep doing what I’m doing but tightening up the loose ends. Be sure to listen to our of Low-Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore & Friends on September 2nd to see how I make out! So what do you say? Will you join me?
What is your summer challenge to yourself? What can you do to change where you are in the next 8 weeks? Are you stuck, too? Do you want to change your fitness plan or set a new goal for your workouts? Maybe you haven’t started eating low-carb or Paleo/Primal yet and want to give that a try to see how you feel….if so, JOIN ME! Go to the Facebook page for the podcast and tell us what your goal is and we’ll all support each other! C’mon! It’ll be fun!
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