When I signed up for the biggest loser contest a month ago, I set a goal of 2 pounds of weight loss per week. I lost 3.1 pounds this week, which adds up to 12.2 pounds (or almost 6%) overall! The thing about losing weight is, each week I am rewarded with another reduction in my calorie allowance. By the last few weeks, I'll be restricted on under 1300 calories! The good news is, once I'm in maintenance mode, it's back up to 2200. I may actually have trouble eating that many. That's a good problem to have.
What's different about this past month as opposed to other diets I've been on is that it's actually been a month. I think previously I may have stuck with a plan for 2 weeks or so. Supposedly, it takes about 21 days to form a habit. By now, I am starting to automatically think before I eat something. In fact, one day last week I forgot to log any foods at all at The Daily Plate, and I came in right around the target when I entered my foods later. Good eating habits are starting to become a habit. It also doesn't hurt having the motivation of not looking like a dang fool on weigh-in day. :)
I will learn my ranking on Wednesday after everyone has weighed in. There was no one biggest loser last week: it was a tie between about five of us.
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