This week: 216.8
Loss: -1.2
Total: -33.2
Huzzah!
I made it to the gym all five days last week, for the full amount of time each time. I feel much better about that. Also spent more time just moving in general. I've started a carpentry class with my sister, which teaches us basic carpentry and a primer on both the power and hand tools that are commonly used and we went to the Wonderful Wedding Show on Saturday, which worked out to a couple hours of wading through crazy numbers of people to look at over the top displays on everything from flowers to tables to formal wear. I had fun, but it was a very overwhelming experience.
I've been at this now for a total of three months, and a lot of the things that were ridiculously hard in the beginning have become much easier/more ingrained. They're turning into habits, which is what I hoped would happen.
When I first started this weight loss thing in October, I went to the gym every day after work, and spent 25 minutes on the treadmill. My speed was between 2.5 and 2.8 mph, and I'd spike my heartrate up to 150bpm by the time I was done my walk. On top of that, I was absolutely wrecked when I got home, and it was a huge challenge to get in and get enough brain power happening to get a healthy supper started. We'd eat, I'd collapse on the couch for the evening and read a book or watch tv and be exhausted, then go to bed at 9pm.
Now, I still go to the gym every day after work, but there's some changes. I spend 40 minutes on the treadmill, and my 'beginning/stretch' speed is 3mph, and this isn't enough to get my heartrate over 110. I move the speed up every couple minutes until I'm at 3.5mph, then I do the next 30 minutes at that rate. Thanks to wee stubby legs I can't actually get much above 3.5 without starting to jog so I've been playing with the incline settings and slowly increasing them to keep my heartrate between 130 and 150 for most of the time. Jogging starts in another 17lbs, I'd like to drop below 200 before I begin putting extra stress on my knees. I've had them give out on me before, and I cannot overstate how much I don't want that to happen again.
When I'm done with the gym, I head home, get supper going and head upstairs to shower while it cooks. I'm a little tired from the workout, but I'm no longer an exhausted wreck who can't do anything but lie still. (I admit, I still DO three days out of five once I get home and read or play video games, but it's not because I have to, its because Dragon Age Inquisition is a damnably addictive game with lots of content to explore.) But things like housework, laundry, wedding planning etc can now be handled as well.
It's nice to look back at the progress made, and not necessarily the numbers on the scale. I will own up to the fact that I still don't particularly like the gym, but I miss it when I don't go and I'm willing to take that.
The last thing I'm going to mention this week, is I've been carefully taking pictures of myself every week in a full length mirror at work, and lets see what 33.2 lbs missing actually looks like.
There we go. Green shirt is October 20, 2014 at my maximum weight of 250. Turquoise shirt was taken this morning January 20, 2015 at 216.8
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