Week Twenty One

Down two lbs, I don't know if that's normal fluctuation or actual loss.  I won't really know until I string together 4 or 5 consistent weeks in a row.  I worked out 3 times last week, my goal this week is to lift 3 days and do the stationary bike 3 to 4 days also.  I'm continuing to do great through lunch, then do not as well at dinner.  I'm not going off the rails, but I'm not staying strict either.  I'm finding it hard to be gung-ho about it like I was the first 4 months.  Part of me wishes I'd never taken a break.   I've decided that even though my overall goal is 185, I'm resetting my October goal to 200.  Here is my new progress chart with the new goal of 1.52 lbs a week instead of 2 lbs per week.  I have a little catching up to do but this is a lot more achievable.

2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

5-31  230 lbs week fifteen

6-7   226 lbs week sixteen

6-14  --------------------

6-23  227 lbs week eighteen 

6-29  --------------------

7-6   229 lbs week twenty

7-12  227 lbs week Twenty One

Week Twenty

I've been floundering.  For the last month I've only half way been watching my diet, and I've been inconsistent with my exercise.  I't's pretty easy too look at the numbers below and see the effect of trying to half ass the weight loss.  I've lost a full month.  The lesson I've learned with this are 1, it's a waste of time to do this half way, and 2, anything less than full commitment leads to me slacking off a LOT.  It's Monday morning.  I started my morning with a protein shake.  I'm going in the next hour to get a salad for lunch.  I'm working out tonight and pre making my lunches for the rest of the week.

It's time to get serious again.  It's time to do it for long enough that it becomes a habit again and not a struggle.  I was doing so well that I thought I could ease off.
I'm down more than 20 lbs, but I still have almost 50 to go.  I saw this picture of myself from this weekend and was shocked at how fat I look.  I shouldn't be shocked.  several times I've started weight loss programs while I was way below my current weight.  I'm also going to start posting on my blog twice a week.  I'll only do weight updates once a week, but I need to keep myself thinking about what I'm doing so I'm also going to do mid week updates.









2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight

2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

5-31  230 lbs week fifteen

6-7   226 lbs week sixteen

6-14  --------------------

6-23  227 lbs week eighteen 

6-29  --------------------

7-6   229 lbs week twenty

My workouts are working

When I lift my arms my man boobs are gone now.  Another few week and they'll be gone when my arms are down too.  After that, the gut...