(skip ahead to the xmas challenge)
I thought I'd start this note off with my reasoning behind spending 52 week on trying to lose 30 lbs when I should be able to lose it a lot faster. Thing is, I don't really care about losing a lot of the weight. I'll probably be happy at around 130-135. But I want to see if I like being smaller and pretty much just to say I've been down there in my adult life. If I don't like how I look I'll probably gain a little back until I do like it. Although some people may not believe it, I'm happy being bigger. The only problem is that once I reach about 145 I start to have health problems such as high blood pressure (which since I'm already prone to headaches just makes things worse) and I start having asthma attacks after only one flight of stairs (which is worse than when I was smoking, albeit I wasn't smoking a pack a day like some people, but still). I also calculated fuck ups into it. I've planned ahead for binges and cheat days. I also know what my body is like and as I have a hard time getting below 135 (which I was stuck at for 4 years without gaining or losing anything no matter what I ate or how much or how little I ate) I know I will most likely have a hard time getting passed then again (although when I do hit that spot if I can't get passed it I may try the ABC Diet along with the wii, walking, hiking if I go up north around that time and perhaps I'll try a cleanse or 2). But all in all, I don't NEED to be 120 lbs. If I don't get that low, fine, if I do, good for me. I don't need to lose that much to feel good about myself and I don't need to lose that much to get healthy so it really doesn't matter so it's not going to take up a huge part of my life.
Now onto the xmas challenge.
This weigh in (11/27/10) is the last weigh in of the month. That gives 4 weeks before xmas (12/25/10). During those 4 weeks I am going to try to lose 10 lbs. I am going to do this by cutting my calorie intake to about 500 calories a day, go for a 30 minute (minimum) walk a day, burn a minimum of 200 calories on the wii (5 days a week) (300 if I don't go for a walk), and have at least 2 fasting days (which means water, plain tea, black coffee). By the end of the 4 weeks I should lose at least 10 lbs.
Calculations (estimates):
My BMR at 145 lbs is 1487.85 (BMR Calculator) so I will be rounding this down to 1400 calories burned a day.
1 lb=3500
subtract 500 a day for food intake (not counting 2 fasting days)
add 200 5/7 days
add 100 7/7
4weeksx7days=28 days
28daysx1400bmr=39200bmr
39200bmr+(200x5x4)=43200
43200+(100x28)=46000
46000-(500x26)=33000
33000/3500=9.4 lbs
add in a few extra calories from not eating allotted calories and burning extra calories it should equal out to around 10 lbs.
I'm considering doing a challenge for each holiday (even a holiday as pointless as April fools day). I haven't decided yet... I guess it depends on if I feel I need a challenge around that time.
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