Calorie count is the key to success.
With the summer coming along, I’m starting up my eat-right-diet again, hoping to sustain it through the year. A couple of years ago, I was at my biggest. A whopping 160 pounds for my small ass frame.
160?!? That’s overweight? No. But I wasn’t feeling good either physically or mentally. I hated getting up in the morning, I didn’t have any energy nor the motivation for life. I was a walking FML ball.
I’m not gonna lie, it was hard starting the whole calorie counting system + exercise and activity. But that’s the hardest part of it. I swear. Luckily, I had planned a Hawaii trip and had 2.5 months to shape up. I wasn’t look to be buff, or even cut… I was just looking to feel good and fit. After all, I didn’t want to mope around the beautiful island feeling sorry for myself.
Scientifically speaking, a person has to burn 3,500 calories to lose ONE pound. Of course it varies depending on metabolism and the way your body is built… but that’s what it is in theory.
You might be thinking, DAMN… how can I burn that many calories working out? First of all, you don’t burn ALL of those calories by working out… you also have to change the way you live… and by live, I mean eat. It’s a simple equation.
Our body alone, to survive, burns about 2,000 – 2,500 calories per day. So let’s say you calorie count your meals and you have a daily calorie consumption of 2,000. Hey, you’re breaking even. You aren’t gaining nor losing any weight. Now add an activity in there and say you burn 500 calories. You keep this up for a week and that’s you’re pound right there.
A pound a week might not sound like much, but it’s a very healthy way to lose weight. And how does 52 pounds in a year sound? Or even just 20-30 pounds in 6 months? Sounds fucking awesome to me.
I lost about 2 pounds a week calorie counting and doing something active everyday. I ate roughly 1,500 – 2,000 calories a day and burned about 500 of that through exercise and activity. Find something fun to do that burns calories like tennis, biking, walk around town, swimming, etc. Don’t burn yourself out physically and mentally by dragging yourself to the gym everyday. Clean the house, your car, do something productive that also burns calories.
I’m tellin you, this helped me a lot. I hated my life… moreso than I do now lol, but losing that weight gave me a liberating feeling. It’s always good to accomplish something you didn’t think you could. I KNOW YOU CAN. Positive vibes your way. Let’s do this! or as Diddy would say, LOCK IN!!
Anyway, here is a pic of me at 160 pounds vs. 140 pounds.
Summer is almost here, so put down that bag of cheetos, get off your couch and do something!!
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