It’s been a challenge, but I have completed my first week on my goal towards having a beach body and losing weight for this summer. I have been mostly sticking to my diet except for on Monday when I went overboard and the turkey meat and spaghetti. I sort of lost track of counting calories and went back for seconds and thirds. I think that I waited too long to eat or something. For the most part I have been eating about 4 meals per day. I realized that serving sizes are important, to lose weight, and I bought a scale to weigh my food!
Morning: Yogurt
Snack: More Yogurt or fruit
Lunch: Chicken salad
Dinner: Grilled meat on a George Foreman grill with vegetables
I make my yogurt using my new yogurt maker. I had the idea of buying one, but when I saw the delicious yogurt at Financial Tip, I bought one right away!
I had a cheat day on Saturday and ate a burger from Sonic. I meant to order a #1 for breakfast which was an egg wrap. They gave me the lunch #1, a regular burger, tater tots and sweet tea. Oh well! I wasn’t going to let that go to waste. I ate light the rest of the day, so I don’t think that I did too much damage.
Exercise
I ran five days a week. I started running on Saturday by running a quarter of a mile. A week later, on Sunday, April 28, I ran a half mile. I run a quarter of a mile, walk a quarter of a mile and run another quarter of a mile. I’m taking baby steps. I feel great! I can feel my stamina improving. I also feel as though I am handling stress much better. After running, which I hate because I am not the running type, I feel as though I can conquer the world. I will run to lose weight!
I know that losing weight for the summer will be a slow and steady process, but it will be worth it. I’m hoping to lose about 15 pounds by the end of August. I’m basically trying to give up being a couch potato and get moving and get healthy.
My starting weight was 131 pounds. My current weight is still at 131 pounds.
