Mid Week 7 Report

Last week I lost another 2 lbs. That brings my total weight loss to 24 lbs. since December 14, 2009. That is a total loss of 5.52%. This also means that I am only 6 lbs. away from matching the record at my doctor's office. (I can't believe I have not written about it!) Ok, so at my last doctor's visit he told me that the record for his office is that a patient of his lost 30 lbs. in two months. I looked at him and told him "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!" So I plan to lose 30 lbs. or more in two months. At the end of Week 6 I am at 24 lbs. lost. That means I have to lose at least 6 lbs. in the next two weeks. I did it before in one week. I'm hoping I can do it again. I KNOW I can do it again.

So once I hit that mark, it's time to keep going for the next challenge: 60 lbs in four months. I am still going for my ultimate short term goal of losing 100 lbs. by June 15, 2010. If I keep this up, I am definitely heading in the right direction.

So how am I going to accomplish this?
Well, for starters I started keeping track of my calorie intake. I started keeping a food journal of everything I eat. I already have a food counter book I bought a while back.

  

It is Corinne T. Netzer's The Complete Book of Food Counts. This book has just about everything I need. I did realize that it was published in 2003, so it may be time to get a new one. I'll check the next time I'm at work.

What is your calorie budget?
According to The Biggest Loser book I've been reading, for individuals over 300 lbs. they need to stick to a daily calorie budget of 2100 cals. Basically, it's your current weight x 7. So for me, in order to lose weight I need to stick to 2100 cals. or less. So far I have been on track. I did go over on Tuesday by 126, but I was still under the rest of the days. To be honest, it's been kind of fun trying to keep track of the nutritional value of everything that's out there.  I love to learn and this is definitely a learning experience. More on calorie counting later.

RECAP:
Week 7 is looking pretty good. I've been working out really hard. I've been doing cardio every day so far. I did some work on the heavy bag in the garage. After four 3-min. rounds my arms felt like jelly! I've been drinking plenty of water, so I'm not worried about that. All my meals have been homecooked, except for the one time I had Subway for lunch. (Once my tax refund comes in, I'm hoping to get myself a $50 gift card over there so I KNOW I can have Subway from time to time.) My clothes are feelng looser. Everything is looking like I'm going to have a big number come the next weigh-in. I don't want to get my hopes up but I have a good feeling about it.