Week 5 Weigh-In

I've been at this new lifestyle for 5 weeks now. The first two weeks I didn't even tell my husband I'd started back. I needed to make sure I was going to stick with it and quite honestly I didn't want the pressure of being accountable to someone else. How quickly I'd forgotten what a support he is! As soon as I told him what I was up to he was my biggest cheerleader and jumped right in along side me. So the past three weeks we've been working together to eat better, log our food, read the labels and consistently weigh in. Some days I could scream because men lose so much faster than women, but I'll hang in there with him.

Most days around here are crazy. The oldest three are in school- TWO different schools on THREE different schedules.. So I spend a great deal of my day sitting and driving all over town. When I began the first week I thought I'd just change my eating because I didn't see where I could fit in exercise with our schedule. Week two I began 10 minutes on the elliptical, 5 days a week- I could carve out 10 minutes. By week 3 I was doing 20 minutes as soon as I dropped the oldest off at school , six days a week. I had finally found a few minutes for myself and now it was almost a necessity. By week 4 I was up to 25 minutes on the elliptical and alternating with Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred.

I know the exercise is helping not only with the weight loss but also with my mood and energy levels. Every day is not easy. It's not easy to weigh, measure or count everything that crosses my lips. It's not easy with a baby that needs to eat and a screaming toddler and 3 arguing kids to find the time, the strength or the desire to exercise everyday. When I'm finished working out for the day, things run more smoothly, I have more energy and I'm more likely to make better food choices the rest of the day. (Don't want all that hard work to be for nothing!)

Jump in and get started. Losing weight is a marathon, not a sprint. I have not ended every week with a loss. As a matter of fact, every other week I've had a small gain. It's perseverance that matters as I've seen my body adjust and begin to lose again.

 I wish I'd done measurements when I began but I didn't.. I'll see about getting some this weekend. Here are my weigh-in's from the past 5 weeks:
Beginning March 6:     227.8
Week 1    March 13:    215.0
Week 2    March 20:    216.4 (I could've gotten discouraged here and given up... I didn't)
Week 3    March 27:    211.8
Week 4        April 3:    212.8
Week 5      April 10:    209.0

Down a total of 18.2 pounds

You can do it too. Make the choice to begin today. Download LoseIt! and add me as a friend (Brandilina@hotmail.com) and I'll be your cheerleader as we take this journey to better health together.