Yesterday officially made a week since beginning my new resolve to lose weight and get into shape. Yesterday I weighed myself and I was at 284.8 lbs. That means I lost 3.2 lbs my first week. To be honest, I hoped for more. You see, I've done some dieting in the past and it'd not uncommon to lost more your first week and then to settle into the 2-2.5 lbs a week standard. But despite hoping for more, I'll be happy with it. It's a start. And as far as losing weight goes, slow and steady may not win the race, but it'll definitely get me to the finish line.
Last night, I decided to finally take some measurements as well. I'll just take these once a month so I can hopefully get soem change between measurements. Here they are right now.
Waist (1/2 inch above the belly button): 50.5
Hips: 51
Thigh: 30.5
Upper Arm: 16
Neck: 18
Calf: 19
Body Fat (according to my scale) : 37.4%
So there's my baseline. I'm hoping that a month from now I can see some noticeable difference on at least some of these numbers. The next step in my weight loss plan will be to continue counting calories (1,780 - 2,130 per day for me) and to start getting more active. Last week I played some soccer on wednesday and did some gardening and outdoor work on Thursday and Saturday. This week, I need to be a little more deliberate in my exercising and make sure I put in the time. 90 minutes of actual cardio exercise this week will be my goal. That's 30 minutes, 3 different days.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
It's Begun
Over the last couple of days I have made an attempt to eat better. Basically, I've tried to cut the calories and eat more protein and less fat. I have been mostly successful. Not a lot of change so far but then again, it's only been a couple of days.
I have decided that I'm only going to weigh myself once a week. There's too much variability in daily weighing, and if I weight myself every day, then when I have a bad day it'll really get me down. It'll get me down even more if I have a good day and just don't see much of a change in my weight. So I think that spreading it out to a week will allow sufficient time between weighings to get a significant enough change. So there it is, every Monday morning I'll weigh myself first thing.
The next thing I need to consider is measurements. I think I'll measure myself monthly for the same reason that I'll weight myself weekly. I haven't decided yet which measurements to take but I'll get that worked out.
My sister just recommended a site to me called Sparkpeople. I went ahead and set up an account. It looks like that will help me track my progress as well as offer diet and exercise plans. I'll use it for a while and post what I think. One of my goals on Sparkpeople over the next two weeks is to keep a journal of my efforts. So here it is, I have committed again to keep this blog updated with my actions, plans, and progress.
I have decided that I'm only going to weigh myself once a week. There's too much variability in daily weighing, and if I weight myself every day, then when I have a bad day it'll really get me down. It'll get me down even more if I have a good day and just don't see much of a change in my weight. So I think that spreading it out to a week will allow sufficient time between weighings to get a significant enough change. So there it is, every Monday morning I'll weigh myself first thing.
The next thing I need to consider is measurements. I think I'll measure myself monthly for the same reason that I'll weight myself weekly. I haven't decided yet which measurements to take but I'll get that worked out.
My sister just recommended a site to me called Sparkpeople. I went ahead and set up an account. It looks like that will help me track my progress as well as offer diet and exercise plans. I'll use it for a while and post what I think. One of my goals on Sparkpeople over the next two weeks is to keep a journal of my efforts. So here it is, I have committed again to keep this blog updated with my actions, plans, and progress.
Monday, February 27, 2012
The Start of Something Good!
Lao-Tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Here is my first step. Over the course of my life, I have fought a battle with my weight. At some points I had it fairly under control, but most of the time, I didn't. Today, that all starts to change. My journey of 100 pounds has begun.
You see, I don't think that a journey of a thousand miles only starts with a single step. Rather, a journey of a thousand miles is made up of single steps. It starts today, continues tomorrow, and will eventually end. Along the way, some of my steps may not be in the direction I want. Sometimes I might stumble or backtrack a little. But as long as I get back up, face my goal, and keep walking I'll get there. And once I'm there, a new journey begins. That journey will include maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
So there it is. I begin today at 288.0 lbs. I don't know if my goal is 100 lbs or not. To be honest, it'll depend a lot on when I feel healthy and look how I want to look. And really, it doesn't matter. That goal is too far away and too big for me to concern myself with it now. What matters is that I start with a goal that I can attain through steps that I can take now. So for now, my goal will be 10 lbs. And my other goal, will be to make myself accountable here, to you. As I work toward my final weight goal, I commit myself to updating this blog regularly with weight info, plans, weekly goals, actions and so on.
My journey of 100 lbs has begun.
Here is my first step. Over the course of my life, I have fought a battle with my weight. At some points I had it fairly under control, but most of the time, I didn't. Today, that all starts to change. My journey of 100 pounds has begun.
You see, I don't think that a journey of a thousand miles only starts with a single step. Rather, a journey of a thousand miles is made up of single steps. It starts today, continues tomorrow, and will eventually end. Along the way, some of my steps may not be in the direction I want. Sometimes I might stumble or backtrack a little. But as long as I get back up, face my goal, and keep walking I'll get there. And once I'm there, a new journey begins. That journey will include maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
So there it is. I begin today at 288.0 lbs. I don't know if my goal is 100 lbs or not. To be honest, it'll depend a lot on when I feel healthy and look how I want to look. And really, it doesn't matter. That goal is too far away and too big for me to concern myself with it now. What matters is that I start with a goal that I can attain through steps that I can take now. So for now, my goal will be 10 lbs. And my other goal, will be to make myself accountable here, to you. As I work toward my final weight goal, I commit myself to updating this blog regularly with weight info, plans, weekly goals, actions and so on.
My journey of 100 lbs has begun.
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