plan breakdown....and go

What works for you? Is it the shake diets? Extreme calorie counting diet? No carb/gym rat/fasting diet? Have you had success with any of those? Maybe for a little bit but did it ever last?

For me I know the answer, hell no!

Personally I'm sick of everything NOT working, I'd rather complain about how I'm going to decide what bathing suit to show off rather than complain about needing to get in shape.

So this has been my challenge....to see what worked for me and being a 3rd shifter, that wasn't always easy....here's what I've done so far

week one: eat normal then write down everything, add it up. This will give you an idea of what your doing to yourself.

week two: make small changes to your eating style, not calorie counting but just being more conscious of what goes into the body. Also a little exercise, make a vow to do 20 minutes of "something" every other day....to ease into things

Alright now this is week 3 for me and I've done my research, the best and true way to lose is to eat healthy/exercise....duh! We all know this.

So I've decided that instead of cutting my calorie intake to 1200, I would start out by consuming around 1600....this is a completely doable number for me, then after a week or so, gradually deduct 500 calories so my body really doesn't realize the change, until I get to around 1250 a day.

It may take me a long time to get to that calorie intake goal but this way I will never feel like I'm depriving myself and my body might not even know the small change(think, 500 calories could just me limiting soda intake...which I need to do anyway). And really, who cares if it takes a while, this is a permanent change for me, not an overnight "diet".

Being a 3rd shifter I do have to take into consideration, my "daily" schedule. For instance, I wake up at 3pm on tuesday, I may not eat "dinner" until around 3am on wednesday morning, but for me, it's still my tuesday. So instead of looking at days of the week, I'm keeping track from wakeup to bedtime. I'm finding this a little difficult on the app I have in my phone allowing me to write down everything I eat, but if it's 3am "wednesday" morning I can always hit the back button and continue to log my stuff in for my "tuesday".

we'll see how it goes, but also I've been weighing myself only once a week too...even though I've been tempted to weigh more, just to keep a more accurate check....so far, not too shabby....but this weeks weigh in is tomorrow so we'll see if my small changes are making any difference!