Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I'm scheduled for strength training and cardio. Each Wednesday I do my weigh in to see how much I've lost each week. Not only do I track pounds lost, I will be tracking inches on my neck, waist, hips, and calves plus body fat percentage, muscle percentage, and water percentage.
This week I've lost a total of 8.2 pounds, gained 1.1% water, .5% muscle, and lost 1.2% body fat. I don't have any results yet on my inches lost because I just entered them today. I'll let you know my progress on that next week.
For cardio today, I did ten minutes of vigorous step ups (which has gotten easier, by the way) and went for a 20 minute walk with Justice, Carter, and Buddha (my dog). For my strength training, I did crunches with a twist (literally), hip flexor, modified push ups, squats, crunches, standing side bends, and a standing adduction. I did 15 reps and 2 sets of each. I'm pretty sore but it's all good. Progress is what I'm in this for. Pain is only temporary.
My food intake is going really well. I've been staying within my calorie, fat, carb, and protein range. I've noticed a lot more about my body in the past 7 days - I need a big breakfast to feel good all day and to avoid feeling tired as opposed to a small breakfast (or no breakfast) and a big lunch or dinner & a breakfast high in protein makes me feel better than a breakfast high in carbs.
I feel really great about this whole thing. Diet, exercise, and all. I'm already feeling a little better about myself since I'm not giving up and finally taking the REAL steps to a healthy and happy lifestyle. Everytime after I exercise and even at the end of the day, I feel like I've achieved something and it's a really good feeling. I can definitely get used to this...in fact, I already am.
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