My weight hovered around 150-154 for most of the year, but in the fall it started going up again. And I was at 160 for my December 1st weigh in. Thankfully I was back down to 154 January 1st, but still. . . that is not my happy place. (Although, I really think my body likes 150-154, as that is where I've hovered for several years now.)
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So where do I really want to be? Weight-wise I would like to be closer to where I was in 2015. I got down to 143 (officially), 140 (unofficially). I felt great about myself at that weight. I liked what I saw in the mirror and I loved my size 6 pants (which I had never worn, not even in high school when I was smaller weight-wise). The thing is, though, I don't want to give up certain things, like wine. I didn't in 2015, but I was 4 years younger, and there really is something about getting older that makes it harder to lose. I feel like as soon as I hit 40 my body said "nope, not gonna."
There were a couple things that happened in 2015 that contributed to my weight loss, mostly, I was marathon training. And while I know that exercise does not completely equal weight loss (look at 2017 when I marathon trained and stayed at 150 or above), but it had a factor in my eating as well. I had read that often people who run a marathon gain weight, and I was super determined not to gain, so I ate very healthily, except for my long run treat on Sundays (usually a donut and wine).
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So what's the point of this post? I don't know. I had decided to try something completely new. Katie at Runsforcookies decided to try a carb intolerance test as part of MAF training (her post, which is linked, explains it so much better than I ever will). I thought it made sense.
Plus, my sister did the 30/10 diet (which is a starvation diet and I don't recommend) and lost a bunch of weight and has kept it off for a year. (She is very careful, but does eat everything, but drinks very little.)
So between hearing about these 2 diets, I thought, I would rather do the MAF carb intolerance test because it's only 2 weeks long and I don't have to buy that plan. Then you go to a low carb way of eating afterwards. I have been kinda waiting to start this "test" till this week because I was going to my sisters house where my brother-in-law was going to make this on Tuesday when I was at their house.
However, with the snow, I didn't go. So now I either have to wait till next week, or tell them I can't eat it (doesn't that look fabulous??).
But . . . I've cut back on my carbs last week and this week, and have been trying to eat better. So I may not do any crazy "diet" fad.
I will say that I like the idea of the MAF training, it's more than a weightloss thing, it's about training your body to burn fat rather than the carbs you ate while you run, hence the carb detox at the beginning. It also is running according to heartrate, not pace, in order to get faster. The idea is that as you train your body to burn fat, and run at your MAF heartrate, your body gets more efficient at running, so you run faster. It's a long term process, the carb intolerance test is 2 weeks, but the low carb diet and heartrate training are permanent, and they say you have to give yourself at least 3 months to see a difference.
Even as I type that, I'm back to thinking I want to try it. I don't know.
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I really find that the only thing that works for me is counting calories. Boring, but it works.
ReplyDeleteI think you look fabulous now...I can see the difference in your face between those two pictures but I think you look better in 2020 (well except for the tan...tans always look better!). But regardless of what I think....do what makes you feel happy for your comfortable weight!
ReplyDeleteAnd the same advice for the food...do what works for your body and your lifestyle!!! But I will say...stay away from the unhealthy fads...food is fuel for our bodies!