Day 22, January 22nd, 2010
Weight: 141.6
Loss from Last week: 2.5lbs.
Total Weight Lost: 9.1lbs
Woo Hoo! Feeling good this week about the overall numbers! Seems too good to be true, although I can feel the same feeling that I always do when I start this journey creeping up on me. It's really hard not to get frustrated when looking at the big picture. Yes, I'm right on track and right where I should be, but when I look at how far I have to go still it's hard. But, I must stand firm and just take it day by day and remember that it's all in preparation for the future and le bebe.
I don't think that you can tell that I've lost any weight because I think a lot of it has been water weight. I've read several articles that say that usually the first 5-8 lbs is water weight, but the number is certainly encouraging. I made a super nerdy spreadsheet yesterday that projects weight lost based on a lose of 2lbs per week so I know approximately when I'll hit different milestones. Again, difficult when you look at how long it will take, but in the big picture of life, what's a couple of months? Plus, my measly 30 lbs seems easy compared to someone that has say, 100 lbs to lose.
Pros for this week:
Total success on eating well! I'm averaging around 1350 calories per day, which is what is recommended on the Livestrong site for 2lbs per week weight loss. I've been drinking a ridiculous amount of water and I think that's really helping! As a treat when I hit 140, I'm going to have my friend Breanne cut and color my hair, so hopefully my next weekend, I'll have a mini-makeover.
Cons for this week:
I didn't exercise last night because we had a church meeting, so we didn't get home until 10, but I ate a diet meal for dinner so I think things evened out.
Goals for next week:
I haven't had a chance to go through the exercise DVDs that Kathi lent me, so I need to go through those this weekend and pick a couple for the weight training. Also, I'm wondering if I can do more on the treadmill than what I've been doing. The walking is pretty easy and I barely break a sweat, so I wonder if I should switch it up to a different workout I found. Maybe in two weeks I'll try out this version. It's the couch to 5k program that trains you to be able to run a 5k over a 3-month period. We shall see. Running is good, but hard on the body.
Until next week...
