Weight Loss Week 2

It's Friday!! Weigh in day, yipee.

I am happy to report that since last Friday I have lost 4.5 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To say I was excited is an understatement. It has made all the difference in the world to focus less on calories burned and more on getting my heart rate up. The treadmill is used every.single.day. I have not skipped a day in 10 days. I walk at 3.6 for a total of 30 minutes with the exception of my 2 min. warm up getting to 3.6 and the 2 min. cool down working down from 3.6 to 2.0. I also have found a 30 minute step aerobic DVD called Basic Step that I found at Wal Mart. I have only done it once but I highly recommend it. All the moves were simple in the aspect that lately doesn't it seem like you have to be a professional dancer to follow an aerobic video? Well, this one is very basic in the moves, hence "Basic Step". I tell ya, I didn't know how good it was going to be as a workout because it was only 30 minutes but after 17 minutes my heart was in my throat it felt like & I literally had to turn off the DVD. It wasn't that the workout was TOO hard, I am just that out of shape. But, I will say the workout was a great one and no matter what shape you are in this will definitely make you sweat, burn fat and tone. I really liked it and recommend it from Wal Mart. I think I paid $9.99 for it in the sports section.

I also have had the strength to stay away from sweets. Only two times this week did I indulge in anything sweet. One time I had 2 large chocolate covered graham cookies and one time I had 4 low fat Vanilla Wafers. My portion sizes are still way down and maybe it is the exercising but I don't want more food. I pray a lot for God to help me overcome the obstacles that would keep me from becoming fit and thin. I pray for him to help me overcome my desire to eat sweets. I pray for his strength to fill me and not food. I truly believe this has helped tremendously because so far, I am doing really well. I have only had one day that I was really cranky and wanted to eat all day. It was a tough day and it was an emotional eating response but I didn't do it and that made me all the more crankier but I'd rather be a little cranky than gain back some weight. Thank you Lord! Please, let me encourage you to pray and ask God not to take anything from you or do anything for you. Ask him to help you overcome. Overcome whatever obstacles are in your way from becoming a fit and healthy person.

I also have purchased some steam veggie bags from the freezer section to cook with each meal. I hate cooking and I have a very large family so I use 3 burners regularly when I cook. 2 to cook the meat and one for our rice or whatever else. Veggies usually got left out 'cause there was no room on the stove so now I buy what is on sale and put the veggies in the microwave to steam. Eating veggies now too!

The cardio has been huge in my weight loss and doing it every single day instead of the 3 days I would have normally done it. Every day. I also do crunches every day and assorted leg exercises. I can't wait to get the first 25 lbs behind me as I know I will finally feel much better when I hit around the 174 mark.

So, week 1 = 0 lbs lost. (due to not enough cardio!)
week 2 = 4.5 lbs lost for a weight of 194.

How was your week?

Jenn