I definitely have something anger worthy.
For the first time in my life, I need to lose some weight. Forty pounds would be good, which would actually leave me heavier then I've ever been, but since I was always underweight, it would be good.
I'm not very good at losing weight. I'm trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. (apparently chocolate cake is on the doesn't list....who knew!)
Anyway, today I weighed myself, then did about 30 minutes of exercise, then weighed myself again. And I was up a pound. That can't be right.
BH and I are both big people--tall and sturdy--and so are 3 of our 4 kids (youngest is just 7 and scrawny ), and we all tend to gain if we don't exercise or eat right. It was a struggle for years, but what we find works best is following Michael Pollan's 3 rules: 1) eat real food (nothing your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food) most of the time, 2) mostly veggies, 3) not too much. Going by this guideline, in the last year we've almost completely cut out packaged food and make nearly everything from scratch, and guess what? Every single one of us (aside from LilMan) has lost weight (& BH's HBP is controlled) without ever feeling hungry. Why? I think it's because real food is more filling than crap food, so you eat less (even of goodies). If we really want something that we can't make, we have some of it--SOME. Meals are generally 30-45 mins (tops) to make on week days; weekends are for more time consuming dishes. Worked for us!