- If you would like to add me on the Loseit app my email is heatherdevoremusic (at) gmail.com
- Loseit is also available with out an iPhone on their website at loseit.com
- The makers of the Loseit! app released a book in December 2010.
Day 1: size 16 pants, rings size 7.
178 pounds, this doesn't sound horrible until you realize that I am 5' tall, okay so maybe I'm 4' 11" but still, the point is that I am really short. I was miserable. I have made a habit of never making myself a priority. Something happened to me over the Christmas ’09 break, something snapped. One thing that I realized is that the first thing people tell me when they see me, the mom, is that my girls look exactly like me. This is all too true, but I was not happy looking at my self in the mirror and I didn't want them thinking that they were not beautiful in my eyes too. The other thing that I realized, I was not important to myself. I was not taking my own needs serious and I was not a priority. I had made many attempts at losing weight only to fall harder and more disappointed in myself. I was determined and just the Monday after Christmas I started keeping a food log again, but this time I had a new tool in my belt, science. In my studies I had read 2 formulas that made good sense to me.
the first was this, it takes 3500 calories to make one pound, gain or lose. In theory, you can divide that up over a 7 day period and lose 1 pound a week, or 1000 calories per day to lose 2 pounds a week. Everything I had heard and read told me 2 pounds a week average was safe and healthy weight loss.
The second formula was the Mifflin equation used to calculate your BMR (basal metabolic rate: minimum number of calories your body needs to maintain your weight).
So I started day 1 of taking care of me by tracking my calories intake on an app I had found when I looked up more information on the mifflin equation. The LoseIt! app for the iPhone helps to calculate the Mifflin equation for you and is also a food log for tracking your caloric intake. With my calorie needs understood I went in search of a good running program and I found the couch to 5k program and decided this would be a good option for me.
Through the process of losing weight I have learned several tricks and tips that have helped me to stay on track but the mostly just keeping a food log on the LoseIt! App for iPhone has been the most important element. Keeping myself accountable for what I am putting into my body has been crucial to my success. I no longer feel guilty when I eat a piece of cake at a birthday party because I have learned to budget for such indulgences. I do not worry about going over my calorie budget because the budget actually calculates 2 pounds of loss per week for me. Even if I went over my budget by 500 calories per day that would just mean that I would lose 1 pound instead of 2, 1000 over my budget daily would mean maintaining my weight. I eat what I want within my budget and I am not ever hungry, bitter or resenting not eating something because it is not “diet food”.
I have learned to love myself and use food as a source of nutrition instead of comfort. I have changed my relationship with food and clothing and I no longer dread walking by mirrors and seeing my reflection staring back at me. I am a much happier person because I finally put myself back on my priority list and I think my family respects me for it. I had been so worried about everyone else in my life not having their needs met because I was so focused on what I needed but I am of no use to anyone when I am slowed down by my weight, my lack of energy and my self worth being so low. I have to keep myself in top shape to be able to do my job as a mother and wife.
I am a changed person. I have changed the way I think about myself, the way I love food and the way I think about exercise. If you want to know more about me and what I am doing, just ask. I will answer honestly and to the best of my ability. If you send me a friend request, please tell me about yourself and your goals. People send me messages all the time telling me that I have inspired them to get started but you have to be your own motivator daily to keep going. I look for little victories on a daily basis to help keep me going, and I suggest you do the same.
Now that you have read my story go write your own story!
Below are some of the highlights from my journey so far.
week number 1 01/01/10 175 -3
week number 2 01/08/10 175 -0
week number 3 01/15/10 170 -5
week number 4 01/22/10 168.5 -1.5
week number 5 01/29/10 168.5 -0
week number 6 02/05/10 165.5 -3
week number 7 02/12/10 162.5 -3
week number 8 02/19/10 161 -1.5
had to get my rings resized :)
week number 9 02/26/10 160 -1
end of the couch to 5k program
February 25th: 18 lbs left behind
week number 10 03/05/10 160.5 -0.5
week number 11 03/12/10 155.5 -5
week number 12 03/19/10 155 -0.5
This week I got hurt and stopped running
week number 13 03/26/10 153 -2
March 15th: 23 lbs left behind
week number 14 04/02/10 151.4 -1.6
week number 15 04/09/10 147 -4.4
week number 16 04/16/10 147 -0
week number 17 04/23/10 144.5 -2.5
week number 18 04/30/10 144.5 -0
Started the couch to 5k program a second time
week number 19 05/07/10 141 -3.5
week number 20 05/14/10 139.5 -1.5
week number 21 05/21/10 139.5 -0
week number 22 05/28/10 138.5 -1
May 26th: 39 lbs left behind
week number 23 06/04/10 138.5 -0
week number 24 06/11/10 139 +0.5
week number 25 06/18/10 137 -2
week number 27 06/25/10 136 -1
June 28th: 42 lbs left behind
Ran my first 5k with my dad on July 3rd, finished in 34:35
week number 28 07/02/10 136 -0
week number 29 07/09/10 135.5 -0.5
week number 30 07/16/10 135 -0.5
week number 31 07/23/10 134 -1
week number 32 07/30/10 134 -0
July 28th: 44 lbs left behind
week number 33 08/06/10 134 -0
week number 34 08/13/10 134.5 +0.5
week number 35 08/20/10 134.5 -0
week number 36 08/27/10 136.5 +2
August 31st: 42 lbs left behind
week number 37 09/03/10 134.5 -2
week number 38 09/10/10 133.5 -1
week number 39 09/17/10 132 -1.5
week number 40 09/24/10 134 +2
September 27th: 48lbs left behind
ran in the Race for the Cure, October 2nd, finished in 33 minutes
week number 41 10/01/10 130 -4
week number 42 10/08/10 130 -0
week number 43 10/15/10 130 -0
week number 44 10/22/10 133 +3
week number 45 10/29/10 131.5 -1.5
November 8th: 49 lbs left behind
ran my first 10k race, finished in 1 hour 7 minutes
week number 46 11/05/10 129 -2.5
week number 47 11/12/10 129 -0
week number 48 11/19/10 129.5 -0.5
week number 49 11/25/10 131 +1.5 Thanksgiving week
December 8th: 47lbs left behind
Week number 50 12/02/10 132 +1
week number 51 12/09/10 131.5 -.5
week number 52 12/16/10 131 -.5
January 11: 47lbs left behind
One year total loss: 47 lbs.
All of my weightloss photos are here.
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