Under 75 pounds to go!
Definitely a happy weigh-in day... I'm under 225 pounds, and LESS than 75 pounds to go to my "stop and see how I look" goal of 150 pounds. I've added a new button from Traineo to show progress as I whittle away at the rest of my goo. OK, it HAS taken me three months to get rid of 10 pounds... but slow progress is still progress, nonetheless.Past week's eats & exercise
Pretty good. I ended up taking four 10% meals... but that's still 90% compliance. Water... close to a gallon on the days I missed, just not quite there. I feel it too, when I don't get that gallon of water. Exercise... took two rest days, but worked hard otherwise. Water aerobics M/W/F, usually followed either by swimming or water walking. Tuesday some Nordic Track. Saturday, TRX trainer.
I changed my Joe's Goals page to drop the 6th meal, since I only rarely eat one and to add exercise instead. I'm putting a check in for each 30 minutes I do. I'm also starting it off on Mondays, my weigh-in day.
BMI progress
I'm also approaching another small victory. My BMI (body mass index) is at 35.1 today... and I don't think it will be long before I will see that slip to 35.0 or below! When I started this journey in October 2006... my BMI was 41.0 (the morbidly obese category).
I'm not morbid... YAY!
Body fat %
On the body fat percentage front... a month ago I was seeing figures like 40.0, 39.8, 41.1, 39.7... lately, I've been seeing some 39.0s, 39.3, 39.7 and today's 39.4. It's definitely a downward trend going on there.
Strength Benchmark
I haven't been doing formal weight training... but with the TRX trainer, I am adding body weight training back in. I'm still at the point of learning and getting used to the various exercises, though Saturday's workout was quite good! I was still feeling that this morning, especially in my core!
I can hold a kneeling plank for a minute. So I guess that can be a strength benchmark I can work on increasing.
I've got three stars on the President's Challenge site!
Just had my 5th meal of the day over an hour ago... and still have a few calories left. So once I'm done here, I'll grab a quick yogurt or cottage cheese/protein powder snack and head for bed.
Way to go Cynthia. These milestones are important to celebrate I think.
Andrew stole my comment. Although he was here first. Absolutely, well done. I know how important it is to break through these milestone markers we set ourselves, Keep up the good work.
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After my little binge yesterday, my aim is to keep it under 75 pounds to go. My weight bounced back to 225.2 today, thanks to the carbs. Not a good feeling AT ALL.
What I really want to see soon, is a 38.something on my Omron body fat monitor. Saw a 39.0 again... and I just am itching, itching to see something lower than that.
It's time to do the dread girth measures again.