The Good:
**I walked 3 miles and did 100 crunches 3 times this week. Up until now I haven't added in any coordinated exercise routine. It felt good to get out and stretch my muscles again. I figure that since I'm losing weight and also training to trek in the Himalayas every step I take in training is a step in my journey!
**I took my lunch every day this week. I haven't officially started Weight Watchers again but I know that most fruit and vegetables are 'free' points now so I've been trying to get ahead and eat a lot of those with my lunch. They are filling and good for you!
**I have started working in drinking water to my daily routine. I would say three out of five days this week I managed to drink an extra 16-20 ounces of water over what I normally drink. Obviously that needs to go up, but it's a start!
Needs Improvement:
**Well next week my goal is to do for my dinners what I did for my lunches (ie. get them under control). I continue to believe that the last 30-40 lbs. that I have gained are almost all related to my lifestyle. Eating on the go, not cooking for myself, not exercising..etc. So some of this weight will come off just by changing those things (clearly to take off all of it I will have to do more than that, though). My dinners this week were a struggle as I ate out for four of five and the fifth one I cheated and got a ready to eat meal at Wegmans!
Goals for Next Week:
**Eat dinner at home at least 2 nights (with a real home-cooked meal). Hopefully each week I can increase the amount of days I eat at home by one but this week we'll start with two!
**Increase my daily water intake. I'd like to try to double what I am drinking now.
**Work out again 3 times and play tennis with my cousin! I do realize that I can't always rely on walking for my fitness (boring!). Tennis, yoga, fitness classes...something will have to be thrown in to change it up a bit!
All in all a pretty good week. Coincidentally it was also a quiet week at work. We'll see what happens when that starts up in full speed again. I weighed myself on Monday and was down a total of 11.4 lbs. After my disastrous dinners though I gained a pound and a half back by Wednesday (now you know why it wasn't a weigh in Wednesday). But this morning I'm back down again and actually at 11.8 lbs!
Enjoy the weekend everyone!
Absolutely fantastic post! So very excited for your progress! It is really difficult to get into the routine (and really to get motivated) to cook for yourself every night so I understand. But like you said if you start small (just a couple times a week), you'll see it's not only better for you but it actually starts to feel good when you sit down and enjoy something that you put your effort into. It took me awhile to realize that but it is actually true. Best of luck this week! One step at a time!
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