Watching the scale move from 212lbs to 204lbs in a week provides some great motivation!

I’ve been getting frustrated the past couple of weeks with my weight loss… Actually, weight stalemate may be a better term to describe my weight loss over the last month.
This week, I decided this week to buckle down, restrict my diet, and hit the gym EVERY day.

It wasn’t easy… It reminded me a lot of when I first started this diet: The urges were there, the hunger was there, but, just like the first time around, after the first two day, the urges and pains faded away.

I reduced my caloric intake back down to 600-700 calories/day and decided to drink my shakes on a more regular basis… about 2-3 times per day.

For my regular meals, my diet usually consisted of 3-4oz of chicken breast and some veggies. It takes a lot for me to get tired of something if I like it, so that’s all I’ve pretty much eaten for the last week (I’ve had a few days of variation).

As far as exercise is concerned, I decided to fight it out with the students and go back to the Rec Center.

The weather’s been so inconsistent here lately, I decided to start running on the treadmills at the Rec… I’ve never really run on a treadmill for any length of time before, but I wanted to incorporate weights back into my daily exercise, and it’s a lot easier to do that when they’re 20 feet away instead of 2 miles away.

I learned two things very quickly about running on a treadmill:

1. If you listen to the TV while running, don’t listen to comedy: I learned that I’m not nearly coordinated enough to laugh and run at the same time. The difference on the treadmill opposed to running outside is if my legs stop running, the ground still keeps moving… not a good equation.

2. When running on the treadmill, don’t get too wrapped up in football: I may be the only person that does this, but I found myself watching football on TV and I would gradually run to the left or right in the same direction the person with the ball was running… obviously, I’m only working with a foot of distance on either side of me and not an entire football field, so it doesn’t take long for me to step on the side of the treadmill and stumble all over myself… only to have everyone turn around and look at me because I just made a huge racket.

Overall, my typical day in the gym this past week was about a 30-35 minute run and about 20 minutes with the weights.

It was good to see all my hard work pay off this week… I weighed in yesterday at 204 pounds, for a total of 8 pounds lost!

I’ve set a goal for myself to get down to 200 pounds by Thanksgiving… hopefully that’ll happen. I’m actually taking today off from the Rec because I am completely worn out… my plan is to get in bed early and pick everything back up tomorrow.

You might have noticed a new tab at the top of the site called “Favorite Things.” You’re more than welcome to click around, but there’s nothing really in there right now… I’m still working on my lists. Definitely feel free to email me with suggestions for the pages.

I guess that’s about all I’ve got for right now. I’ll try to update again either later this week or this weekend.