I can has weight loss.

And thus begins the time of loss.

Weight loss, that is.

I haven't been doing terribly, despite plenty of opportunities. I'm currently at 173, during that particular time of the month and after a weekend full of bridal showers and bachelorette parties and cookouts and things...so I'm not incredibly unhappy with that. I'm not thrilled...but that could all come off in another day or two, so it's not a huge deal.

I'm still a little sniffly...last week was a non-workout week, first because of being sick and then because of a tragedy at my office that required a few days of communal grieving and drinking, followed by a weekend chock-full of social obligations. So...there's that.

But this week is a whole new week, and the routine starts today without fail. I will be walking this afternoon...this week looks to be a fairly rainy one, which means that I'll need to take my outside time where I can get it. If it ends up raining today, I'll do the Slim-in-6 and the Wii for a bit when I get home. Tomorrow is definitely a walking day, since it's scheduled to be clearish tomorrow, and then Wednesday and Friday will likely entail more inside stuff.

My goal right this minute is to have 8 weeks of pretty much non-stop working out. I don't plan to alter my routine too much during that time...mostly just the same stuff as before, because I'm basically starting over. But I did 8 weeks of it before, and it worked wonders, so that's what I'm aiming for right now. After that time, I will likely commit myself to 8 more weeks of the same, with maybe a few changes...maybe bump up my miles walked, maybe add some biking in there, stuff like that.

This means that, by the end of March, I should be well on my way to losing another 10 pounds. If I then commit myself to another 8 weeks...then I should be doing pretty well on my goals. We'll see.

Ok...GO! : )

Back to it, again.

Well, hopefully.

I got home from Seattle yesterday. After a week of massive amounts of coffee and beer, lots of AMAZING food, and a pretty healthy amount of walking, I'm happy to say that I'm right at 170.5 pounds. This is only 1.5 pounds more than the low I hit in November right after my surgery. I know I lost a bit of water weight while I was there, but I'm working on replenishing that now.

I'm supposed to be starting back on my workout plan tomorrow. My plan is still to do that, provided I'm not actually getting sick like it feels like I might be. A week full of grimy handrails, coughing people on planes, and cold rain can do that to you. I woke up this morning with a sore throat, and immediately took some vitamin C, and I've been drinking tea and trying to take it easy...so maybe it won't happen. We'll see.

If I am sick, I'll just start my new routine next week. I would really hate to delay it again, but if I'm sick there's no helping it.

Ok, off to do some chores. As crappy as I feel today, I could feel worse tomorrow, so I want to get as much done as I can. Later!

A whole new year of kicking my own ass.

Sigh.

Well, the holidays are over. I did gain 3 pounds back, ultimately...but that was as of this morning, and it is right at the time in my cycle when I always gain a few pounds. So, those 3 pounds might be no pounds at all.

Overall, I feel I did fairly well in weight maintenance over the holidays. I've still lost, at the least, 7 pounds, which is definitely a good thing. My food intake has stayed relatively low, and my activity level is higher than it was before I started working out in earnest. I just need to get back into working out for real again...it's been SO difficult to do that, when I knew that just around the corner was another disruption.

Next week should start my last real disruption for a while, though. I'm going to Seattle next Thursday, and as I've said before that's kind of a "reset" for me. I sort of detox from a lot of the sugar I get in my normal life, and I tend to move around a bit more. I'll be back from Seattle on Saturday, January 22...I intend to maybe walk a bit on that Sunday, just to get back into the swing, and then Monday the 24th will start my real workouts again.

My plan is to get in at LEAST 3 good walking days per week to start, increasing to 4 eventually. I also plan to get back into the Slim-in-6 and the Wii, although I'm not sure yet about how many days per week I want to do those. I need to have a nice balance between those and walking, and I'd like to throw another couple of activities in there as well. My awesome boyfriend got me a bike rack for Christmas, so biking should be WAY easier.

I feel the need to set up a schedule for working out, after I get back from Seattle. So:

Sunday: Slim-in-6.
Monday: Walking, Wii Fit.
Tuesday: Walking.
Wednesday: Slim-in-6, Wii Fit.
Friday: Walking
Saturday: Some other activity. Biking, swimming, hiking...something different.

I think this will work. It starts me off with the one thing that KILLS me, has 3 days of walking, has another activity in there, and has Wednesday as my really hard day...which is fine, because Thursday is my day off. We'll see how this works when I start.

Ok, I feel a bit better. I'm just anxious to get started. My motivation has been SO nonexistent, and I'm tired of feeling vaguely like I should be moving more.

As far as eating, my resolutions for the new year include eating at least one serving of fruit per day...like one apple, one orange, a small bowl of grapes, etc. That's harder to do with vegetables, since they need to be cooked usually, but I want to start eating more veggies too. And post-Seattle is going to be a non-meat time...I've been eating a lot of meat lately, with holidays and such, and I don't like it.

Ok, that's it for now. : )