It has been a while since I have written some good hearty advice here, so here it goes.
I have learned a lot in the last little while about fitness. Allow me to share. :)
After reaching my weight loss goal, I changed my lifestyle to a maintaining lifestyle i.e. eating more calories and less working out. Its funny how easy you can think certain things are ok, like eating too much and not working it off. Weight fluctuates constantly, normally between 2-4 lbs. My weight started fluctuating, which I knew was normal, but then it got above 5 lbs, then above 8 lbs and then I was like holy crap this is ridiculous. What I really found amazing though, that as soon as I realized I had gained 8 lbs, I knew exactly how to take it off, and I took it off. Once you know how to do it, you can do it. I don't want to say it was easy, but it was. Its like learning anything new, while you are learning it, its hard, tough, frustrating. But once you know how to do it, its like riding a bike. I instantly changed my eating, and worked out more. 3 weeks later, 8 lbs gone. You can do it too. Once you have the knowledge, you can do it.
next topic, excessive eating. We all know how hard it is to keep your calories under control when you go out to eat, its a holiday or a family party. Its almost impossible. and thats fine. But you need to know what to do to make sure that does mean gaining weight. First, know when you are going to eat more. If you have a family party that night, eat less calories during the day. Second, chances are if there is junk food, you are going to go over your calorie intake anyway, work it off. I recently over heard someone talking about how much they ate over memorial day weekend, but they were planning on working it off this weekend. I laughed hysterically in my head. YOU CAN'T DO THAT! When you eat over your calorie intake, you only have about 36 hours before those calories are converted into fat, which means, you need to burn those calories within 36 hours. NOT this weekend. It is MUCH MUCH hard to burn fat, then to burn excess calories from that day.
You can't cheat on weight loss. You can't figure out a way around hard work. You can't say you did 30 minutes of cardio, when you only did 28:42. Your body knows the truth, and you won't get results, so stop trying to cut corners.
I promise its worth it.
