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1200 or "How I loose weight"
It's not fancy, it doesn't require powders, a personal trainer or a list of forbidden foods, but it works for me.
1200 is the amount of calories I burn on a non-active day, being small and bird-boned has its disadvantages, apart from not being able to reach the top shelves in supermarkets and libraries.
I'm counting calories again. I have a max. of XX kilos that I will allow myself to weigh. This is the weight were my underwear begins to block off the blood-supply to my legs and where my double chin becomes more prominent than usual, so every time the bathroom scale hits XX kilos; the calorie counting starts.
I also have a minimum of AA kilos that I will allow myself to weigh, but let's face it: That hasn't been a problem so far...hahaha
Counting calories has always worked for me, because:
1. It's not actually dieting and I am allowed to eat whatever I want to eat, as long as I exercise sufficiently to end up with a daily calorie balance or, preferably, a calorie minus. For someone like me who loves food, this is a huge advantage.
2. Because I have to exercise to burn off any extra consumed calories, I'm much less motivated to eat junk. For example a Lion Bar is approx. 250 calories. Is it *really* worth 1 hour and 40 minutes walk with Lia or 18 km on the exercise bike? I don't think so. Yes, I'm using my own laziness to loose weight. ;)
3. On the other hand, I am more motivated to exercise, because this means that I can EAT more.
The XX and the AA also works really well, as the XX is set low enough to prevent yo-yo weight and so that I don't have to struggle for years to loose the extra kilos.
It's not fancy, it doesn't require powders, a personal trainer or a list of forbidden foods, but it works for me.
1200 is the amount of calories I burn on a non-active day, being small and bird-boned has its disadvantages, apart from not being able to reach the top shelves in supermarkets and libraries.
I'm counting calories again. I have a max. of XX kilos that I will allow myself to weigh. This is the weight were my underwear begins to block off the blood-supply to my legs and where my double chin becomes more prominent than usual, so every time the bathroom scale hits XX kilos; the calorie counting starts.
I also have a minimum of AA kilos that I will allow myself to weigh, but let's face it: That hasn't been a problem so far...hahaha
Counting calories has always worked for me, because:
1. It's not actually dieting and I am allowed to eat whatever I want to eat, as long as I exercise sufficiently to end up with a daily calorie balance or, preferably, a calorie minus. For someone like me who loves food, this is a huge advantage.
2. Because I have to exercise to burn off any extra consumed calories, I'm much less motivated to eat junk. For example a Lion Bar is approx. 250 calories. Is it *really* worth 1 hour and 40 minutes walk with Lia or 18 km on the exercise bike? I don't think so. Yes, I'm using my own laziness to loose weight. ;)
3. On the other hand, I am more motivated to exercise, because this means that I can EAT more.
The XX and the AA also works really well, as the XX is set low enough to prevent yo-yo weight and so that I don't have to struggle for years to loose the extra kilos.
