- Diet starting weight: 295
- Week starting weight: 293
- Today’s weight: 290
- Week weight lost: 3 lbs
- Total weight lost: 5 lbs
I was hoping to get into the 280s this week, but I’ll have to settle for wiping out last weeks gain and moving the chart back in the right direction.
Things I did well this week:
- Followed my strength training program every day for the second straight week despite having to go out of town for a couple of days. I got one workout in the morning that I left (had to get up at 3:30am to do it!) and yesterday I combined my Friday and Saturday workout.
- Did not have any binge episodes
- I stuck pretty close to my eating plan - but I am beginning to think I need to start reducing even more the calories I’m taking in.
Things I did not so well this week:
- Still have not articulated weight loss goals and milestones.
- Still no cardio (although I’m ready to start that tomorrow having bought a new pair of shoes).
- I’m not drinking enough water.
While I am really happy with my dedication to my strength training program and I am happy with my ability to reduce my consumption of food at restaurants, I am disappointed to have only lost a total of 5 pounds in almost a month on my program. On the one hand, my long term goal is a pound a week for a couple of years, so I am technically on track for that so far. On the other hand in my previous experiences with dieting I always saw much more dramatic results in the first few weeks of dieting. So this is either a good thing that I am not seeing that, or a bad thing, and I don’t know yet which.
I believe this week is going to be a key week for me as my expectation is that I will continue following my strength training program as well as adding cardio workouts. If I can watch my diet for the week and add good cardio workouts every day I have high expectations for my results next Sunday.
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