Sherry's weightloss journey

I have came to rare evolution for me.This probably won't work for every one but for me I have been ignoring the plain truth , what works for me , what makes me lose weight is exercise .. the more I do the more I lose ...

 I hate to exercise ! is it that I am fat , depressed ,stressed or  down right lazy.. I know I feel better when I exercise , I have more energy , I even have less of an appetite ..

 I am not saying that everyone should become a fitness trainer but I am saying I think that too much enfaces is put on food and not enough is put on exercise .. I know you have to take in less than you put out ...

I am wondering though if maybe all the diet guru's are missing the point. maybe ( all you couch potatoes don't bail on me now ) we should pick up the exercise before we start cutting back the food .. if you cut your calories down to 1200 calories a day( again talking about myself here ) .. you feel sluggish , tired and cranky ...

 Maybe just maybe we should work on getting more exercise for a couple of weeks like 2 weeks then start , cutting back on the food to match our life style .. if you are active you should eat more than if you are a couch potato or computer chair accessory you should eat less ...

 what do you think , what is more important eating less or exercising ?

I am working on both of them right now , I should be way over all this I know I just seem to keep looking for the shortcuts and getting lazy and slacking or life happens and I have a excuse to slack off ... the problem is every time I slack off it is even harder to get back on track .....

<IMG alt="ththnotanoption1.gif image by LadySherry" src="http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g271/LadySherry/Smileys/Misc%20graphic/th_ththnotanoption1.gif" ?> I know as long as I keep trying failure will never happen , quitting is the only way to fail .. the rest is trial and error ..

So this month we are working on the exercise part of this journey and so far I am doing not as well as I thought I would but I am taking it one day at a time and I am doing better than I was at the first of the month .... so far I have

walked 39 miles I was hoping that I would of reached 50 miles at least by now but there is always tomorrow ..

I hope you all have a great on plan day and remember you are worth it ...

Sherry

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• #21 Comment from sunnyside46 
  7/29/08 8:53 PM | Permalink

  exercising makes me feel so good
  Marti
• #20 Comment from glensfork4 
  7/21/08 9:33 AM | Permalink

  I am new here (linked from Magic Smoke), but I agree....both are very important, but exercise is what will help you most.....I have been losing weight since April of this year, and have found that just cutting back I was not doing great, but when I really started working out it helped me tremendously....physically & mentally....I feel so much better.
  
  Have a great one!!!!
  
  Michele
  
• #19 Comment from pchilcoat1 
  7/17/08 6:54 PM | Permalink

  I love your walking bear above, I lost my mind once!!! LOL. If you find it please return it to it's rightful owner. :)
  
  As Always
  
  Peace
  
  
  http://journals.aol.com/pchilcoat1/chilis-sauce/
• #18 Comment from jblackb566 
  7/16/08 6:42 PM | Permalink

  Hi Sherry! Great entry and I agree that exercising more is better. Yo shouldn't eat less because your body needs fuel when you exercise as well as for everyday activities. But not everyone remembers or even knows that. :)
  
  On reachng my 10% goal - I'm waiting to reward myself at 25% - It will bring me down one dress size the. :) I guess I did a small reward - I got more yarn to knit with. Hehehe
  ~Hugs~Jen
• #17 Comment from coelha 
  7/16/08 11:31 AM | Permalink

  What I do is walk around the neighborhood, leaving Avon brouchures---good excercise.  I've learned not to do this on Sundays though.  People generally think I'm off to sell religion instead of lipsticks!  :)  Julie