this was meant to be posted last week...oops!
Numbers keep me honest and humble. Somehow, I'm a little discouraged and motivated at the same time. They are not magnificent in the last month but everything is going in the right direction... Do I want this to be more dramatic of a change? Yes. Am I still NOT 100% committed to great food choices? Yes. Was I out of town for almost 2 weeks? Yes. So I have to be grateful for the progress in the face of these challenges.
Numbers keep me honest and humble. Somehow, I'm a little discouraged and motivated at the same time. They are not magnificent in the last month but everything is going in the right direction... Do I want this to be more dramatic of a change? Yes. Am I still NOT 100% committed to great food choices? Yes. Was I out of town for almost 2 weeks? Yes. So I have to be grateful for the progress in the face of these challenges.
Other measures of success--Clothes are much looser, I am MUCH stronger, I ran a 5k and signed up for a 10k on 9/23. |
2 months later (measured 8/29)- The STATS
Tricep - 23 (-3)
Suprailium - 26 (-1)
Patella - 11 (-1)
25% body fat.(-1%)-one little skin fold from another % decrease, next time!
Change in Weight (-12.5 from July 2 & -20.5 from Jan)
Various sources including the CDC, the Mayo Clinic quote the preferred pace to lose weight is 1-2 lbs/week. So lets see where I land in this recommendation:
1.56 lbs/week (12.5 lbs/8 weeks).
What does that mean, what do we have to do to achieve this pace of weight loss?
"To lose 1 to 2 pounds a week, you need to burn 500 to 1,000 calories more than you consume each day, through a lower calorie diet and regular exercise." (Mayo Clinic).
Lets me do a little experiment- I will keep a food and exercise journal for the next month and see if I'm closer to the 2 lbs/week mark. I have never been good at keeping a journal, I know some incredibly wise people who journal and I understand the potential benefits, so here is my chance, at least with food and exercise, to give it an honest shot. My prediction--food and exercise are so intricately linked to emotions for me that I'll end up writing about a BUNCH of other stuff in this journal...
Post comments below if you have any advice for a novice journal keeper....
