I beat my first challenge: 30 lbs. in 2 months (8 weeks)!! On February 9, 2010, my weight was 403 lbs. That is a loss of 32 lbs.!! For week 8, I lost 4 lbs. That is a weekly percentage loss of .98%. After 8 weeks, that is a TOTAL percentage loss of 7.36%.
I can't explain how great that feels to beat a challenge like this. It really hasn't sunk in yet that I lost 32 lbs. I know I beat my short term goal, but I still have a long road ahead. I just need to keep on going if I'm going to lose 100 lbs. by June. My goal for next week is to lose another four pounds so I can once again be under 400. I no longer want to see a "4" in front of my weight. So I set small challenges for myself on a daily and weekly basis. During my workouts I try to push myself just a little bit more each time. With my meals, I try and find a healthy alternative for different items.
So what is the next challenge?
I want to keep going with this. I set small challenges for myself on a daily and weekly basis. During my workouts I try to push myself just a little bit more each time. With my meals, I try and find a healthy alternative for different items. For instance, in my salads, I've cut back on just iceberg lettuce and throw in some romaine and spinach. I want to lose another 30 lbs. in eight weeks. The past eight weeks, I have been averaging about 4 lbs. a weeks. These past two weeks I've lost exactly 4 lbs. each week. That is my weekly goal, to lose at least four a week. If I can do that, I will be golden. I am shooting for a total loss of 64 lbs. in 16 weeks. That will be a loss of over 14% of my starting weight, and only 36 lbs. away from my 100 lbs. goal. That is really something to strive for.
I am trying to change it up a bit this week. I read that you should only eat pasta maybe once or twice a week, and not after 3:00 p.m. It takes a while for the body to digest all those carbs. I have been eating wheat past for the past couple of weeks about five times a week. It's the simplest and easiest thing to make for my lunches at work. I can make a lot of it and I am set for four days of work. This week I made a meatloaf. I cut it up into four serving and am saving them for work. I also have some veggies on the side, corn and green beans. I also have been having a salad with every meal. I am hoping that cutting out all those carbs will give me a bigger number next week.
As for my workouts, I am trying to step it up. I am trying to push myself to go harder and longer each time. When I did my Last Chance workout the day before my weigh-in, I kept the weights in hand the entire time. I usually have to drop them for a second to catch my breath, but not this time. My reps may have been a bit slower than the pace, but I did not give up and did not drop the weights. When I did my "running" on the elliptical Tuesday, I ran for two minute sprints with a two minute rest. I did several sprints during the 30-minute run. Today, I increased the RPMs to stay above 63. That is a pretty fast pace for me right now. I may need to do some more maintenace on the machine because I've been hearing some bad squeaking from the gears. It also felt like the left pedal may be slipping off its groove. I just fixed the right pedal the other day and it was running smoothly again. I also need to get new batteries. I JUST bought some about a week or so ago and they are already giving out on me. Friday is time for another DVD workout. I think I will go with the bootcamp workout again, followed by my usual 30-minute run on the machine.
I am not happy with my workouts unless I see a shirt completely drenched in sweat. Only then will I know it was a great workout.
