Today my mother and father came to visit, indulging their desire to celebrate my birthday by coming to NYC and sitting inside my apartment. All day. My mother brought with her pork tenderloin, butter-slathered carrots, butter-slathered green beans, mashed potatoes, creamed corn and a gluten-free chocolate chip cookie cake. I wanted to cry because it was a heavy midday meal that I wasn't prepared to eat. Not to mention the fact that I hadn't cleaned the house, taken out my Christmas Tree (yes, it's a month after Christmas, I know.....), nor had I showered or had my first cup of coffee when they arrived.
My mother recently went on a gluten-free and low histamine diet and lost 40+ lbs. Now, many would say, "Wow, that's great!", but to me it's been frightening. It's only been since September. 40 lbs in 5 months. For someone who wasn't obese, that's a great deal to lose without incorporating any exercise. I don't want to go about my own weight loss in the same way. Small adjustments, with exercise, so I can feel healthy and keep the healthy going for the rest of my life.
What's the best ratio of exercise to diet to lose and maintain? Well I'll just start with my Basel metabolic rate and work back from there:
1475. Just to put that in perspective, I work from about 10:30AM-8PM. But I wake up at 7:30 and probably go to bed at 12AM. That's about 16.5 waking hours. And a Caesar salad with chicken is already 430 calories. About 1/3 of my day. Lesson here? No more Chicken Caesar salads?
Maybe just a modified version without store-bought dressing?
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