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I Get A Do-Over

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I Get a Do-Over

Sometimes it’s great to have a do-over. For example, The Farmer and I went to a tractor pull a couple of weeks ago, and historically, the first guy that pulls, not only wins the right to pull 1st, but he also wins the right to choose to re-do his 1st pull, which is a great advantage if your 1st pull isn’t very good.

  • Ron and Cindra

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case in one of the participants that we witnessed. The 1st guy that decided to re-pull a 2nd time, did worse on the 2nd pull than on his 1st pull. Oops.

Well, I’m claiming a do-over on my journey to losing weight, but after that 1st example I’m now 2nd guessing my 1st decision.

The Do-Over

But this isn’t really my 1st do-over, I had dabbled with the keto way-of-eating a few years back. It is so doable, but I just wasn’t committed.

In January, I decided to reorganize a lot of different areas in my life and I’m pretty excited that it’s July and I’m still talking about achieving my goals … For me, that’s quite an accomplishment. (as I pat myself on the back)

So, from January to middle of June, I averaged a loss of 1 lb. per week. Not a great number (there were a couple of weeks in March that I fell off the wagon), but definitely better than I had done the year (or months) before.

After I stopped the 28-Day Keto Challenge, I’ve just been flip-flopping back and forth, on and off, trying and not caring, until now. Now I’ve decided to commit.

I’m keeping track here on my blog and will be posting important and not so important stuff concerning my journey. Maybe you’ll find something that will interest you.

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The Plan

  • To keep track of my meals, I’ll be posting my meals on Instagram to keep myself accountable. Just quick meal pics throughout the day. If you want to follow along, you can find me on Instagram.com @cindraenloe
  • I’ll be loosely following a meal plan designed by Drew Manning (fit2fat2thin)
  • Keeping my macros at 75% healthy fats, 20% protein, and 5% carbs, and under 1200 calories
  • I’m narrowing my eating window to 8 hrs.—12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, but will eventually decrease that as I begin intermittent fasting
  • Increasing my water intake
  • And only weighing myself 1x/week (well, only recording it 1x/wk)

They say that slow and steady is the best way to lose weight; 1-2 lbs. per week. I’m of course hoping for more, but we’ll see, I guess. I may get started and be thankful for 3 lbs./month!

Not gaining weight is losing weight

Too Much Information

If this is too much (boring) information for you, I’m sorry. If you stick around, you’ll see this is not all I’m going to be posting.

There are a lot of people out there that have proven that the keto way-of-eating is beneficial for weight loss and health benefits, so I’m excited to share my story.

And I figure there is no better accountability like telling everyone you know what your plans are. But connecting with you guys during my 28-Day Keto Challenge helped me to stay on track better than if I had done it alone. (Thanks!)

I hope to share some of the recipes that I’ve come across and some of the products that I hope will make this journey easier.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Lao Tzu

So, it begins…

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