Slow Moving

I am slowly losing weight. At this pace I will not meet my goal of being back to 20lbs lost by the New Year, but at least I am losing weight again. I have had a few upsets to my plans, as always, but have tried to keep going as much as possible. I need to up my exercise intensity more, but have been having a hard time with working and working out - though I have been doing it. C and I set up our regular days and that has really helped me do something on those days. It may not be as intense as I want right now, but it is far better than nothing at all. I want to move our weekends workouts to earlier in the day as I have a tendency to get tired and find it easier to make excuses the later in the day it is.
My food is going well, I am slowly eating less calories. But I am just not sure what I am supposed to be eating. Weight Watchers says one thing and then other decent websites say other things and television shows say another. Once I get my benefits here at work I want to see if I can get to a dietician and get some professional advice on the matter. I looked into this last year sometime, but couldn't afford it then. I believe I could afford it now and definitely know I could if it was partially covered by my health benefits. Fingers crossed on that one.

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Figuring it Out

I have been trying to exerise each and every day to no avail. I have determined that I just can't make myself go that hard every night - I don't have the energy to workout every morning, go to work and bust my butt doing everything as well as I can and then come home and bust my butt on my exercise equipment. I have instead decided to concentrate my efforts in a couple nights rather than every night. I will end up working out for the same amount of time per week.

With that said, C has nailed down a schedule for us to workout. Tuesdays and Thursdays after she is done work she is going to come over to the house and we will work out for an hour or so. We will do the same on Saturdays, possibly with J joining in - if her work schedule allows for it of course. I am looking forward to the workouts and not having to do them by myself. I am also looking forward to spending more time with C on a regular basis.

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November 4, 2008

Weight loss: 3.4 lbs
Mood: thankful
I started using the weight as it appears on my new scale and therefore have basically started over again with my weight loss. I think my initial weight may have been higher than I previously thought, but as that is a pretty painful thought, I am going with starting over with the actual number. I have also just started the latest challenge on my weight loss forum called the Biggest Chooser – modelled after the Biggest Loser television show as I previously mentioned. I am really excited about this challenge and have my plan all set up. I am starting this week with 30 minutes of exercise after work (probably at about 7pm or so) excluding Wednesdays when I have class and then double that on the weekends. Next week I will be starting morning exercise as D stops working then and I will have more time in the mornings. I will start with 10 minutes and then add another 10 every week until I get to 30 minutes. I will also be adding and then increasing weight training as well. I will eventually get to 1 hour 30 minutes of exercise every day (excluding Wednesdays) and then double that on the weekends. Hopefully I will be able to set up a workout session with some friends as C mentioned that she is interested in it this past weekend when I showed you the most recent addition to our home gym (a full weight bench). I have already lost 1.4lbs since starting the challenge and plan to keep going as hard as I can until I reach my next goal of 20lbs lost.

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