Its time to talk numbers. Yeah numbers. I always hated math in school, i was always better at the practical than the critical. When your trying to lose weight, its easy to get caught up in numbers. It can feel like a constant battle with the scale. Its hard to listen to some who say "Don't worry about the numbers" or "Don't weigh yourself too often". When you are working hard you want to see results in hopes it will inspire you to continue your hard work. Well i for one hate weighing in for the fear of not seeing what i want. So this in turn brings me back to being practical. I plan to keep my expectations at a practical level. I am not going to expect a miracle weight loss, for those of you who have tried things like this you know they don't exist. I would like to set the bar at "Healthy, slow paced, life changing weight loss".
I am not a doctor or nurse, nor am i a nutritionist or weight loss expert. But in my experience with nutrition, weight loss and exercise i have learned that combining a low calorie, protein rich diet with a lifestyle fitting exercise plan is the best thing for anyone to do to achieve a healthy weight loss.
Only you can make the choice of which diet to follow, but for me i will be using the MyFitnessPal website and android app. I have already been using it and for me, it has been an easy tool to use with my crazy mom of two lifestyle. It basically applies the basic "calorie counting" concept. It gives you the amount of calories you should eat to successfully lose weight at a healthy rate.
It also helps remind you that if you don't take in enough calories to satisfy your BMR (Basic Metabolic Rate- The number of calories your body burns daily regardless, even if you stayed in bed all day) you can actually reverse weight loss be slowing down your metabolism, and sending your body into survival mode. Which in turn will cause the opposite of weight loss. Now obviously if you increase your activity, you should take in more calories than your BMR. With MyFitnessPal, when you exercise, you get to eat more, but no more than you are burning. Make since? Hope so. Here's a BMR calculator if your curious.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
So i said we would talk numbers, so here it goes.
My weight. I feel like in order to prove my success and inspire others the only thing that makes since is to share my weight, so here it goes.
I Jordan, at 23 years old weigh 219 pounds.
This is not my heaviest weight either. I am aware that everyone's weight issues are different. Some need to lose more, some people need to lose less. But for the sake of numbers lets break it down.
Here is a chart mapping where i fall according to my height and weight when it comes to obesity.
The red dot is where i need to be to get to an "Overweight" Range.
The green dot, which is obviously my long term goal, is where i would need to be to be at a "Normal" Range.
My first goal is to remove myself from the obese range. 170 lbs.
That means i want to lose 49 lbs.
Back to numbers.
49 pounds is a lot of weight.
If i stick to my diet and exercise plan, and lose 2 lbs a week..
I can weigh 199 lbs by April 5.
I can weigh 179 lbs by June 7.
I can weigh 169 lbs by July 5.
I can weigh 159 lbs by my sons 1st birthday.
I can weigh 147lbs by my best friend Cat's wedding in September.
And before my other best friend's wedding in October i can weigh a perfectly healthy weight of 140 lbs.
How about that for perspective?
Before the Holidays of THIS year i could be at a normal weight. How amazing would that be?
Now these are not expectations, this is inspiration.
With that in mind, On February 2, 2012. My journey begins. I plan to keep everyone posted every step of the way. With pictures, recipes, trials and tribulations. This will be my year!
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