Yesterday was day 15 of my year long journey to lose 80 pounds. I have been stepping on the scale almost every morning and noticing small changes in my clothes, my food choices and my exercise habits. Officially, though the scales did not tell me the numbers I wanted to hear and I admit it was a little disheartening. According to the official scale and BMI gadget at the gym, I have lost a net 3 lbs and my BMI has gone down by a whole percent. Translated into English for the PT (Personal Trainer) challenged, down 4lbs of fat and up 1 lb of muscle....... that sounds a little better. The scale at home is telling me a different story; as of this morning it says I am down 5 lbs.........I like what the home scale is telling me, but I do live with a bunch of story tellers!
As for the food choices, I am controlling my portions better, choosing the lower calorie and less fat items on the menu when we go out for dinner, but I still want the occasional sweet. It has been challenging since over the past two weeks, I have made cupcakes for Ben's soccer team four times. I really enjoy licking the bowl, but not this time. Did you know that a serving of peanut butter is 2 tbs and a serving of jelly is 1 tbs......... believe it or not that is enough to make a decent sandwich.
I have been to the gym every week, 3 times a week and worked with Gene the Trainer. He seems to be a nice guy and I am beginning to notice that during my Cardio workouts I can do more. The first week 10 minutes on the treadmill was difficult, but now it is getting easier......good thing the machine is smart enough to measure your heart rate and realize that it needs to adjust the incline to make the heart work harder. I have also been a little more conscience of where I park the car, rather thank park as close to the entrance of where ever I am going, I am not as concerned about that anymore. I am adding little steps here and there.
As for the other changes I am seeing, my feet are not as swollen, my body is liking the fact that I am putting more water in and it is reacting with taking more water out.....my skin is less dry, hopefully that will continue. I have been motivated to do other things that I have been putting off, such as refinance the house, clean up my desk, shampoo the carpets and clean up part of the garage. My jeans are fitting better and so are those tighter t-shirts.
Keep it up El! You are doing a great job!............Only 77 more lbs to go! Hey, stop that! You are doing great! You could have said 87 lbs to go, from your 80 lb goal, but you didn't! 77 lbs is less than 80 lbs. Go get 'em!
