It’s not much but it’s something!

So it hasn’t been a week since I technically started my weight-loss efforts, however I think I’m going to start updating on Monday. Not only is it just convenient because it’s the beginning of the week, but it’s also a good motivation to be good over the weekend. In fact I’ll actually weight myself right smack-dab in the middle of the weekend on Sunday morning. The weekends are my Achilles’s heel of weight loss and I’m hoping that this helps.

So since Wednesday I’ve lost…

1 Pound

One single pound.

Not necessarily what I was hoping for but it’s something. And truth be told I was down 3lbs on Friday morning. But the weekend hit, along with an unexpectedly emotional day on Saturday which lead to ice cream and wine that evening. Which lead to cheating on Sunday. Which lead to this horrible result today. I think I’ve stuck to the diet 70% of the time, but that’s obviously not good enough.

I’m trying not to get discouraged by this. In fact I’m trying to get it to motivate me even further. This is the best evidence that it is my food choices and binging that is keeping this weight on.

So I’m back on the diet today with more focus and commitment. And I started exercising again. Really exercising. Usually I just phone it in at the gym, lazily spending 30 minutes on the elliptical or the treadmill while reading or watching TV. But today I worked out. I spent 30 minutes on the elliptical at a pace at which wasn’t conducive to reading. I took my glasses off so I couldn’t watch TV (which I’ve noticed is full of cooking shows and commercials for really yummy food). I challenged myself and for once just paid attention to my body and the music I was playing. Then I headed to the treadmill and actually ran! Maybe it was just for 3 minutes at a time, and only 6 minutes total, but I pushed myself to my limit both times and was on there for a total for 15 minutes and walked/ran a mile in addition to my harder-than-usual elliptical workout. When I left the Y I was sweaty and hot but I felt great!

So here’s the usual run-down:

Weight lost so far: 1lb

Weight to lose for 1st goal: 14lbs (in 24 days! eek. God that’s 4lbs a week…)

Goals this week:

1. Work on drinking more water (I’m still trying to figure out why this is so hard for me)
2. Keep pushing myself at the gym so by the end of the week I can run 10/20 minutes on the treadmill.
3. Build up enough confidence to go to a class at the gym.
4. STICK TO MY DIET 100%

 

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