Finding Me: How Am I Doing It?

Today I am going to dig deeper into the HOW of my Weight Loss Journey...  You all have to have a HOW in your own journey.  Did you know that?  Just floundering around won't work.  Just "eating more healthy!!" Doesn't get you anywhere!  You have to have an actual decided on HOW!

Here is my HOW:

• I am following a Low Carb/ High Fat diet.  I thought that I pretty much knew all there was to know about Low Carb, because I have done it several times over the years.  But recently I was in my local library and found a new book that caught my eye, so I grabbed it and brought it home.  Low and behold I found some great tidbits in there that have truly helped this month get my new eating plan off to a ROARING start! 
  
  The Book was The 30 Day Low Carb Diet Solution.  In it I found how many grams of carbs I could eat at each meal for my body size, as well as how much protein I NEEDED.  I also found several nice recipes to try.
  
  
  
   
  

  
  
  I have many Pinterest boards for Low carb recipes.  If you are on Pinterest and you decide that your HOW involves Low Carb, then follow my Pinterest boards and get some ideas!  LC- Desserts,  LC- Food, LC- Baking, and more!!
  
  About 2 years ago I had a very expensive test done by my doctor, because she was not convinced that my Low Carb diet was the healthy way to go...  They took a blood sample and sent it off.  They compared my blood type and decided that the very best diet plan for me was..... TAH! DAH!  LOW CARB!  Yep, that's right!  The same one that I had been on and losing weight successfully!  SO many people, and many doctor's included, just can't get the "fat is bad" mindset changed!  Ok, more on that one later.... Let's move on!
  
  
• I am drinking a LOT of water.  (I mean a L.O.T.)
  As part of one of our Support Group's challenges we began drinking 1/2 our body weight in ounces of water each day.  (So, if you weighed 250, you would drink 125 ounces.  200 lbs and you'd drink 100 ounces.)  I had 124 ounces to drink every day for weeks!  I met my goal most days! 
  Yes, in the beginning you are in the bathroom every hour or so.  But, your body does adjust and after awhile you realize that even tho you drank20 ounces right before bed, you are no longer up in the middle of the night JUST because you need to pee!  (Now, if something else wakes me like the cat or the dog or I'm hot, then I get up and go and drink even more water!)
  
  Drinking that much water takes effort.  It takes discipline.  Drinking that much water each day means that I drink my morning coffee (And totally savor it!!!) and then nothing else except water all day.  BUT, it is flushing my system daily!  It is helping me to feel full and not get the munchies!  I LIKE WATER!  I like what it is doing for me now!
  
  
• I am also doing some exercise 4-5 times a week.  We have a dog that has to be walked each morning, so Hubs and I get up early and walk for 30 minutes before getting ready for the day/work.  This gets us both some exercise, as well as getting the dog his exercise and potty break. 
  I try to take as many steps in my day as possible, as well.  I park farther way from doors if I can so I can walk a bit further.  While doing housework, I make multiple trips to put things away even tho it totally goes against my nature!   (I am a one trip gal!  I will carry all 8 bags of groceries in just so I don't have to go out again!)  BUT, I have realized that doing that is not so helpful.  I can get more steps into my day if I make multiple trips.  I do it while putting away laundry; while carrying groceries inside; loading the car for a trip; etc...

Have you decided on your HOW?  How are you going to go about your own personal weight loss journey?  Ambling along will never get you there.  Please make a plan!  Set some goals.  Decide on a lifestyle and eating plan today! (And it doesn't have to be Low Carb to be a part of Finding me!)