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success story
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Lindsey White
How much weight have you lost, Lindsey? Overall, about 120 pounds. Wow, that’s really impressive. How did you do it? At first it was calorie counting. From 2006 to 2007, I lost 90, and then I gained about 35 back between then and 2011. I fell off the wagon. I wasn’t happy. So last Boxing Day I just decided... What was it that made you decide ”okay, today’s the day”? A group of friends and I started a bet online. I continued to calorie count, but I let myself go. We all agreed to stay on task, started a Facebook group, and agreed to record what we ate and to check in daily. By the end of April, I was the only one still keeping track, so I just kept going on my own. By October, I hit my goal weight. What calorie program do you use? I use livestrong.com. If I’m not near a computer, I just write down what I eat and then go home and track it. I understand you walked a lot last summer? At the time I wasn’t working, and I don’t drive, so I just decided if I wanted to go somewhere, I’d walk there. I usually got in about 10-20 kilometres a day. I’d walk from Brighton to Trenton. Wow, really? You might walk 6 hours in a day? Yes, if I walk 10 kilometres I’d reward myself. What would you use for a reward, obviously not food...? A drink, maybe an iced coffee or lemonade.
I wouldn’t offset the calories I’d burned, The treat just became part of my regular calorie count. When the summer was over, I knew I wouldn’t exercise as much, so I bought an elliptical machine, and used that through the winter. What did you weigh when you started? Maybe about 230 pounds. I had stopped weighing myself, I didn’t want to know. As a teenager, I had a bad summer, where I stopped caring, stopped going outside. I probably gained 80 pounds that summer. I didn’t think I could lose the weight, until one day I’d just had enough. But really, I’d been looking at that big number, and when I started counting calories, I started to look at it one day at a time. Some days I’d fail, but I’d remind myself that tomorrow’s a new day. Plus, it’s easier when you’re exercising because instead of feeling down when I’d eat badly, I’d think “I can work that off!” Lindsey has kept her weight off with the help of her elliptical, her love of walking and calorie counting. She is currently a svelte 115 pounds!
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