I started this journey as a 48 year old woman that was ready to take her life back... I a now 50 and I have my life back !!!!
And I owe that to my family for their never ending support and the help of this website. I have learned that to lose or maintain, I must diligently track my food intake.
I recently got an IPhone and I use the Live Strong Application on my phone to track daily. It is simply WONDERFUL !!
Started Tracking on Live Strong on 7/22/2009, Just prior to starting Live Strong I had lost 11.5 pounds.
SW: 239
CW: 132
GW: 132
Total Lost ----------------------: 107
Oh, another important fact.... I am 5' 2" tall, so relatively short especially for my starting weight.
Loss Statistics:
Week 00 – June 2009 - Lost 11.5 ------- 11.50 – Month Prior to Live Strong
Week 01 - 2009/07/29 - Lost 4.75 ------- 16.25 – Joined Live Strong
Week 02 - 2009/08/05 - Lost 2.25 ------- 18.50
Week 03 - 2009/08/12 - Lost 4.00 ------- 22.50
Week 04 - 2009/08/21 - Lost 2.25 ------- 24.75
Week 05 - 2009/08/28 - Lost 1.75 ------- 26.50
Week 06 - 2009/09/04 - Lost 1.50 ------- 28.00
Week 07 - 2009/09/11 - Lost 3.75 ------- 31.75
Week 08 - 2009/09/18 - Lost 2.75 ------- 34.50
Week 09 - 2009/09/25 - Lost 2.50 ------- 37.00
Week 10 - 2009/10/02 - Lost 0.25 ------- 37.25
Week 11 - 2009/10/09 - Lost 2.75 ------- 41.00
Week 12 - 2009/10/16 - Gain 0.50 ------ 40.50
Week 13 - 2009/10/23 - Lost 1.50 ------- 42.00
Week 14 - 2009/10/30 - Lost 2.50 ------- 44.50
Week 15 - 2009/11/06 - Lost 1.00 ------- 45.50
Week 16 - 2009/11/13 - Lost 0.50 ------- 46.00
Week 17 - 2009/11/20 - Lost 0.25 ------- 46.25
Week 18 - 2009/11/25 - Lost 1.75 ------- 48.00
Week 19 - 2009/12/04 - Lost 3.00 ------- 51.00
Week 20 - 2009/12/11 - Lost 2.00 ------- 53.00
Week 21 - 2009/12/18 - Lost 0.50 ------- 53.50
Week 22 - 2009/12/25 - Lost 1.00 ------- 54.50
Week 23 - 2010/01/01 - Lost 1.75 ------- 56.25
Week 24 - 2010/01/08 - Lost 0.50 ------- 56.75
Week 25 - 2010/01/15 - Lost 2.00 ------- 58.75
Week 26 - 2010/01/22 - Lost 1.00 ------- 59.75
Week 27 - 2010/01/29 - Lost 2.75 ------- 62.50
Week 28 - 2010/02/05 - Lost 1.00 ------- 63.50
Week 29 - 2010/02/12 - Lost 2.00 ------- 65.50
Week 30 - 2010/02/19 - Lost 1.00 ------- 66.50
Week 31 - 2010/02/26 - Lost 2.00 ------- 68.50
Week 32 - 2010/03/05 - Lost 1.50 ------- 70.00
Week 33 - 2010/03/12 - Lost 0.50 ------- 70.50
Week 34 - 2010/03/19 - Lost 0.50 ------- 71.00
Week 35 - 2010/03/26 - Lost 1.00 ------- 72.00
Week 36 - 2010/04/02 - Lost 1.50 ------- 73.50
Week 37 - 2010/04/09 - Lost 0.00 ------- 73.50
Week 38 - 2010/04/16 - Lost 0.00 ------- 73.50
Week 39 - 2010/04/23 - Lost 1.50 ------- 75.00
Week 40 - 2010/04/30 - Lost 2.00 ------- 77.00
Week 41 - 2010/05/07 - Lost 1.00 ------- 78.00
Week 42 - 2010/05/14 - Lost 0.00 ------- 78.00
Week 43 - 2010/05/21 - Lost 1.00 ------- 79.00
Week 44 - 2010/05/28 - Lost 1.50 ------- 80.50
Week 45 - 2010/06/04 - Lost 0.00 ------- 80.50
Week 46 - 2010/06/14 - Lost 0.50 ------- 81.00
Week 47 - 2010/06/21 - Lost 1.75 ------- 82.75
Week 48 - 2010/06/28 - Lost 1.25 ------- 84.00
Week 49 - 2010/07/05 - Lost 0.00 ------- 84.00
Week 50 - 2010/07/12 - Lost 0.50 ------- 84.50
Week 51 - 2010/07/19 - Lost 2.00 ------- 86.50
Week 52 - 2010/07/26 - Lost 1.50 ------- 88.00 -- ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY !!!!!!!!!
Week 53 - 2010/08/02 - Lost 1.25 ------- 89.25
Week 54 - 2010/08/09 - Lost 0.00 ------- 89.25
Week 55 - 2010/08/16 - Lost 0.50 ------- 89.75
Week 56 - 2010/08/23 - Lost 1.50 ------- 91.25
Week 57 - 2010/08/30 - Lost 0.00 ------- 91.25
Week 58 - 2010/09/06 - Lost 1.25 ------- 92.50
Week 59 - 2010/09/13 - Lost 0.50 ------- 93.00
Week 60 - 2010/09/20 - Lost 1.00 ------- 94.00
Week 61 - 2010/09/27 - Lost 0.75 ------- 94.75
Week 62 - 2010/10/01 - Lost 0.00 ------- 94.75
Week 63 - 2010/10/11 - Lost 0.00 ------- 94.75
Week 64 - 2010/10/18 - Lost 0.75 ------- 95.50
Week 65 - 2010/10/25 - Lost 0.00 ------- 95.50
Week 66 - 2010/11/02 - Lost 0.00 ------- 95.50
Week 67 - 2010/11/09 - Lost 0.00 ------- 95.50
Week 68 - 2010/11/16 - Lost 0.00 ------- 95.50
Week 69 - 2010/11/22 - Lost 0.00 ------- 95.50
Week 70 - 2010/11/29 - Gain 1.50 ------- 94.00
Week 71 - 2010/12/06 - Lost 0.00 ------- 94.00
Week 72 - 2010/12/13 - Lost 4.00 ------- 98.00
Week 73 - 2010/12/20 - Lost 1.00 ------- 99.00
Week 74 - 2010/12/27 - Lost 0.00 ------- 99.00
Week 75 - 2011/01/03 - Lost 0.00 ------- 99.00
Week 76 - 2011/01/10 - Lost 0.50 ------- 99.50
Week 77 - 2011/01/17 - Lost 1.50 ------- 101.00 – Over 100 pounds lost !!
Week 78 - 2011/01/24 - Lost 1.00 ------- 102.00
Week 79 - 2011/01/28 - Lost 1.00 ------- 103.00
Week 80 - 2011/02/04 - Lost 1.00 ------- 104.00
Week 81 - 2011/02/11 - Lost 0.00 ------- 104.00
Week 82 - 2011/02/18 - Lost 0.00 ------- 104.00
Week 83 - 2011/02/25 - Lost 0.00 ------- 104.00
Week 84 - 2011/03/04 - Lost 1.00 ------- 105.00
Week 85 - 2011/03/11 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 86 - 2011/03/18 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 87 - 2011/03/25 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 88 - 2011/04/01 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 89 - 2011/04/08 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 90 - 2011/04/15 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 91 - 2011/04/22 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 92 - 2011/04/29 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 93 - 2011/05/06 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 94 - 2011/05/13 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 95 - 2011/05/20 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 96 - 2011/05/27 - Lost 0.00 ------- 105.00
Week 97 - 2011/06/03 - Lost 1.00 ------- 106.00
Week 98 - 2011/06/10 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 99 - 2011/06/17 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 100 - 2011/06/24 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 101 - 2011/07/01 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 102 - 2011/07/08 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 103 - 2011/07/15 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 104 - 2011/07/22 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00 -- TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY !!!!!!!!!
Week 105 - 2011/07/29 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 106 - 2011/08/05 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 107 - 2011/08/12 - Lost 0.00 ------- 106.00
Week 108 - 2011/08/19 - Lost 1.00 ------- 107.00
Things I am doing to help me on this journey:
1. I have a great support system.
2. I track my food daily on LIVE STRONG and the DAILY PLATE -- I track everything I eat, even if I have days where I "go over".
3. I learn from my mistakes and I move forward.
4. Exercise... I walk as many days as I can. My goal is to get in 8,000 steps per day. I have a 2.4 mile route and a 3.5 mile route I try to walk. I also have a Wii and will play it for fun. I do not excercise every single day, but that is my goal and I do the best I can.
5. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.... and I WILL NEVER STOP TRACKING my food intake.
6. I know this is all a matter of "Calories IN.... versus Calories OUT...." and tracking my CALORIES IN... is the KEY for me.
7. I have lost ALL my weight once before (on Weight Watchers), but when I was done, I thought I could maintain on my own without tracking daily,,,, I have learned from that mistake, I now know that DAILY tracking is a Life Long MUST for me, so that is what I will do.
8. That about sums it up..... L8R My Friends....
