Weight control planning – Day 1/7 #weightcontrol

Friends and colleagues still ask me how I lost weight and maintained my new weight.  I have some short answers, but after careful consideration, I realized that my planning is somewhat complex.  Therefore, I decided to illustrate a week’s worth of my planning process and what I really do. The planning for today and this week started a couple of days ago.  Each day and each week I plan two things – exercise and eating.  Let’s consider exercise first. Sundays are usually a golf day.  Golf provides modest exercise, and some golf days do not have additional strenuous exercise.  I originally planned to attend an Orange Theory workout after golf.  Then the weather forecast suggested strongly that rain would interfere with golf.  So I changed my workout time to an early time. I have already planned my workouts for the remainder of the week, with a backup plan for each day. The key here is scheduling one’s exercise.  Some weeks afternoons are better, but this week mornings will work best.  I am already thinking about the following week, which will probably be an afternoon workout week. Food has more complexity.  For me the key involves considering each day as a whole.  For example, last night I knew that I would eat a lot at a party.  So I worked to eat a bit less during the day.  Tonight I will eat light, so I made lunch the main meal of the day. I try to eat smarter than I once did.  For example I had a cheeseburger for lunch, but without the ...
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