Successes

Today marks the 45th day in a row that I have logged my food and exercise with MyFitnessPal.  :)

I have spent my summer creating healthy habits.  I started by taking Bessie out to the trail and making bike riding a habit.  Today I logged my 424th mile!!!

Secondly, I got back into the habit of tracking my food.  I started with the Weight Watchers app that I was paying for and eventually switched over to the *FREE* MyFitnessPal app.  There are so many things I LOVE about MyFitnessPal!  I will try to list them here.

• I love how quickly I can add foods.  I need not even type in the complete name and it comes up in the database.  If I eat the same thing from a previous day, I can easily copy my entry from a prior day.  
• I love the scan function!  This was something I was super excited WW had on their app, but with WW it only worked for some products.  On MyFitnessPal I have only had ONE TIME when the scanner did not work.  I find that AMAZING!
• I love that I can have friends who share a similar journey to health!  My friends encourage me by either liking my posts or making positive comments.  This has really helped me continue my journey.
• I also love that MyFitnessPal posts our successes. When I see that my friend has burned x amount of calories by completing some activity, it motivates me to keep up!
• At the end of the day, when I hit the button that says "complete today's food diary", it tells me if I ate every day like today how much I would weigh in 5 weeks.  This motivates me like you wouldn't believe!!!
• I also love that I can see the percentage of fats, carbs, and protein I am eating.
• I love that I can look at a week, month or even a year of staying within my calorie budget.  I can even see the amount of calories I spent each day.  This app is AMAZING!!!!

I am also starting to do other forms of exercise...trying out more DVDs in my basement.  :)  I still have plenty left to try, but I am proud that I am working on this.

Riding with Bessie has given me an endurance I didn't know was possible!  I jogged an entire mile last week!!!  Without stopping!!!

Today's weigh in revealed that since May 31st, 2014 I have lost 17.2 pounds!!  I am about 1/3 of the way to goal.  Feeling good about this!  :)

Weight Watchers ActiveLink

I have been wearing my Weight Watcher's ActiveLink since the day I got it (almost 2 years ago)!  If you are unfamiliar with the ActiveLink, it is similar to a Fitbit in that you wear it and it tracks your activity.  In my opinion, the ActiveLink is better because it tracks the intensity of your movement and it tells you how many Weight Watchers points you earned through your activity.  It syncs with the Weight Watchers app and shows you charts on your activity by the hour, day, week, month, 6 week period, or year.

Of course, you have to have an online subscription to Weight Watchers for this to work.  I will say, that is why I have kept my subscription going.

Today has not been the best day as far as weight watching goes.  It started out with a good breakfast, a bottle of water, and even my daily multivitamin.  

Because I have faith in my ability to succeed at losing weight, I am going to concentrate on the positives, not the negatives.  So...my post is short today, but I am still working for a more positive me!  :)