It's been a couple of weeks since I took the time to sit down and blog. I guess I kind of lost interest in it for a bit thinking, why when no one is reading it? I think I have decided that I need to do this in order to keep my goal in sight and in a semi public way that isn't embarassing. They say when you try to lose weight you should tell everyone, so others are holding you accountable. Being a closet dieter is not good as you will slack on it more. So this is my way of being more public about something i genereally hold very private and wouldn't normally even discuss with my husband.
I think I have been doing really well over the last two weeks but not great. I have kept up the calorie counting and the portion control. I continue to eat good food that is mostly homemade, I avoid processed food everywhere possible and have made sure veggies consist of the majority of my eating habits. I think the most significant difference is I have NOT been limiting myself to a one meal a day (supper) which I have done for most of my life and have started making sure I eat breakfast on a daily basis - even if it is only a handful of almonds.
The workouts have been a little less consistent. I'm only getting in about 30 minutes a couple of times a week instead of the 4-5 I was doing. Life has gotten so busy with the melting of the snow and the nice weather. I have had acres of yard to rake and garbage that needs picked up, fencing we are doing and we have fallen into cords upon cords of wood. So I have been burning calories with our regular spring time activities, but they have kept me so busy that taking 30-45 minutes to exercise, then shower, then ice my knee for 30 minutes has seemed like something I don't want to "waste" the day doing. I think I have sorted out in my mind now though, that everything else will wait and I need to take that hour a day for me and for what I am trying to accomplish and know that all the rest is going to get done eventually anyway.
Today was Monday and therefore a weigh in day. Even though moving all those heavy trees has been making me sweat, I really wasn't expecting to much in the weight loss department. I was really pleasantly surprised though when I stepped on the scale and noticed I was down 4 pounds since I last weighed in on the 12th....that was only 4 days ago! I was amazed i lost a pound a day without the exercise and just with the diet control and normal living. That took me down to a total of 22 pounds since getting serious back on April 5. I have reached the second goal. 20 pounds down...more to go!
The next goal I am hoping to acheive is to be down to 230 pounds by the end of May. It gives me 2 more weeks to try and burn off about 6 more pounds. I'm thinking at this rate I can do it!
