Back to Basics

When I started maintenance back in August, I weighed 199. This morning, I was up to 207. It's time to turn that around and get back to watching my calories and exercising regularly. I know it's not fair, but potential employers will see me as a fat woman, and I don't want that when I start job hunting in 2012.

I determined my calories based on the calculators at Fat2Fit Radio. For a sedentary lifestyle, my calorie goal is 1709. For a lightly active lifestyle, it's 1958. I've decided for November, I'm going to aim for somewhere between 1,800-2,000 calories every day. In December, I'll drop it down to 1,700-1,900.

My other non-calorie goals include:

• walking 30 minutes most days of the week
• drinking water instead of diet soda
• cutting back on bread and cereal
• limiting sweets to one a day (Weight Watchers ice cream bar)
• eating more chicken and less red meat
• eating more vegetables

I'm going to allow myself one meal a week (usually on the weekend) where I don't count the calories. There are some restaurants I go to where I can't count calories. I'm starting out a little less strict with myself, but I feel like that will help me ease back into my good habits and be successful.

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