#cico method

Things don’t change unless you do and so much can change in just one year.

This picture popped up on my phone as a memory from this day last year.

Lil reminder to myself about how hard I’ve worked, not only on my physical health, but my mental health. I feel better on my worst days now than I did on my best back then.

Good morning from my house! The power went out overnight around 1am but came back on by the time we woke up at 5am. The roads are still icy and unsafe to drive on so I’m working out at home.

Trying an arm workout video and getting steps in around the house.

After not weighing all week, I stepped on the scale this morning and was surprised to see a new LW. My goal as I move towards maintenance is to stay between 140-145 so that just reaffirms that my food and exercise levels are right where I want them to be. I actually lost weight in my first week of adding calories back towards maintenance.

This week I’ll be adding 100-150 to my overall calories per day and then next week will be another 100-150 depending on my weekly weigh in results. It feels so good to be in this next phase and be affirmed that my body is reacting well to moving towards maintenance. I know I’m not going to gain all the weight back as soon as I start eating more but it’s a hard thought process to break away from.

I've always had to mentally prepare myself for the fact that I might look fat (and I always looked fatter than I expected to) and now when I see the pictures my mind goes: "Oh... I look skinnier than I thought"

Under 550 cals, 41g protein and completely delicious. With my lunch & dinner & exercise I’ll still be at net 1400cals for the day :)

Struggling a bit with my only friends into health and fitness being thin. It’s so different if you’re already thin and just trying to gain muscle and endurance vs being fat and having your whole body fight you every step of the way. They talk about it like it’s so easy, and don’t understand that they’re practically doing it on easy mode. I just want a group of friends who gets it, you know? Plus if I have to hear “omg I got this in fourth grade and it still fits” one more time I might actually snap.

I am finally back on my Welbutrin, so we’ll see how that goes - I’m really hoping it doesn’t impact my sleep again.

Good news is that I got two assignments in on time when I thought they were due next week instead of yesterday! Full time work and full time school is proving difficult, but hey, I’m doing it.

The last cinnamon roll 💖✨ they were delicious while they lasted but I might give it a week or two before I make them again. Paired with a cold glass of milk of course.

I’m at 5,251 steps for the day already in conjunction with arm day 💪🏻

It’s really satisfying seeing our fridge empty out as the week comes closer to an end. Clay took the last helping of lo mein for lunch today and finished his quiche.

Today for lunch I’ll be having a breakfast plate. It’s been a while since I made an omelette so I think I’ll use one of my chicken sausages to make an omelette and pair that with the last of my strawberry oat bites.

February Goals:

Lose 5lbs

Read 6 books

More sex

Hit my step goal 14x

Count calories

Eat more fresh foods