I have never been on a diet and I likely will never be on one. I know that some people suffer from the yo yo dieting cycle, but that's just not my vice. I have always believed and experienced that to make it sustainable it has to be a new habit of eating and activity. Back in Nov. 2006, after having 3 babies in 4 years, I wanted to lose that baby weight. My family joined the YMCA and began making changes nutritionally. I took a class at the Y called "Weight Sense" and learned lots of ways to cut the calories. I found a love hate relationship with the elliptical at the Y and by June 2007 I was 36 pounds lighter! It was a slow and steady weight loss of 1 lb. to 1 1/2 pounds each week and I was thrilled with the results.
In late November of 2012 after my first few weeks back at the Y, I decided to give running a try. So I did my first run on the inside track, eight laps equals one mile. I could only run one lap without stopping. So lets see that was 1/8 of a mile or approximately 660 steps. My body ached, my heart ached too! I wondered if my body would ever recover from my run in with PA. However as with many things in life, you have to start somewhere. So I did just that. I began attending group fitness classes again and running, even if it was just one lap before I had to stop and walk. Between November and late January I had lost a total of four pounds. All that added activity and only four pounds...what was I missing?
Knowing that I eat pretty well and I am intentionally active, what could I be missing? I was about to find out...
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