Making Progress

Well....hit the gym on Monday as planned and actually worked out harder than I expected. Kimber is great at encouraging me and pushing me to the next level. I actually made it to a slow jog on the treadmill....not too fast...for most people, it probably would have been a brisk walk. However, I do not want to discount the work I put in. Everything is relative and when you weigh more than 200 lbs., movement is difficult.

Did you notice I said more than 200 lbs and my last post said I weighed more than 250 lbs? Yep, I did it!! I hit my first mini-goal which was to get back below 250. Now of course, that is only after a couple of days and I realize that we lose water initially, so I do not expect this pace to keep up, but I did a good job of tracking my food and keeping my commitment to exercise so I am going to give myself credit for doing my part. 248.2 this morning on the scale...I am pleased.

Eating right at work is a little easier than doing well at home, but last night was a little easier. After working out, I just couldn't even consider doing badly...especially after Kimber called me within a few minutes of leaving the gym and suggested that we get Subway for dinner. It was an easy sell to my husband, so we stopped at Subway on the way and my choice was easy.

This morning, Kimber said she couldn't work out tonight so we changed our workout night to Wednesday instead of Tuesday. Reduced fat PB&J for dinner since I lost the keys to my car in Dillards and had to get someone to come from Arlington to pick me up in N. Dallas...didn't get home til 10....and cooking was not an option. Easy & quick and within my calorie range...so all is good. Grilled Chick-fil-A sammy for lunch and all is well with the calorie lines.

I am a little worried about not working out tonight. I was pretty pumped up after Monday evening and was not dreading the gym the next night. Taking a break in between is probably going to be fine, but I am a little worried that tomorrow evening my steam will be gone. Hopefully, I'll be up for the challenge. Mike and I have a hockey game tomorrow evening so it will be a quick workout and hopefully a shower before the game. Dinner will be easy since they've opened a Chili's inside AAC and I can eat off of the guiltless grill menu. I think tomorrow will be OK food wise and I will still get my workout in.

I have set another mini goal...it might be a bit aggressive, but I have a Dr. appointment on Jan. 8, 2009 and I'd like to be below 240 for that weigh in... more than that, I NEVER want to see Two-Fifty-ANYTHING on the scale again...am keeping fingers crossed. It's been a pretty long while since I've seen 230...so this is a great goal to focus on for a while.

Have a great night!

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