I started last week at 255. This morning I weighed in at 252. A grand three pound weight loss! That's exactly what I was hoping for this week, I am so excited!
That's a screen shot of my progress report from Sparkpeople. The red goal line is my pre-pregnancy weight of 244. That's my first mini-goal and it's only eight pounds away! According to Sparkpeople, if I continue losing at a healthy rate of 2.5lbs/week, I'll reach that goal by June 9. And I will. Oh, I will!
This week, I learned something about myself that I never knew before, too. I LOVE LOVE LOVE walking. I've always wanted to be a runner, but at 250+ my knees simply can't handle it. Believe me, I've tried. There was this one time I tried to do a 5k. It was before I was pregnant, but hovering around 230lbs and it took me an hour and 45 minutes to complete. SO disappointing. I came in last. A guy on crutches finished before me!
I never thought that walking would really be effective, but I seriously work up a sweat and it's wonderful!
I'm proud to say that I literally walked every single day last week, finishing at a total of 9.88 miles for the week. I plan to continue that this week! Walking is such a release. It's something I CAN do, something I LOVE to do, and it gives me some of that valuable "me" time to collect my thoughts and de-stress. Plus, maybe I'll graduate to running...someday.
By the end of the week, I had crafted a playlist to listen to while walking as well. Music is a motivator for me and I found songs that keep me focused and connected to my purpose:
Warm-Up:
1. Be Good Until Then: Butch Walker (a song that makes me think about some of the life lessons I want to pass on to my daughter)
2. Emergency - Paramore
Workout period:
3. I've Got a Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
4. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas (these two are just high-energy songs that get my adrenaline going. Plus, I have a girl crush on Fergie.)
5. Touchdown Turnaround - Hellogoodbye (reminds me of that fateful 5K I mentioned earlier, because I "trained" to this album all the time)
6. In My Arms (Kaskade remix) - Plumb (also makes me think of my little girl)
7. Tidal Wave - Owl City (A song that gives me hope.)
8. Break Out, Break Out - All Time Low (Same as above.)
Cool-Down:
10. Lucky - Jason Mraz and Colbie Callait (makes me think of my wonderful hubby, who seriously is my best friend. I am lucky to have a fairy-tale relationship!)
11. All-American Girl - Carrie Underwood (A song I used to listen to all the time when Angelica was a teeny tiny baby.)
Tune in next week for more exciting results!
3 comments:
Congratulations Andrea! I can sense your excitement through your post and I know you are going to be very successful with your weight loss! I think it is great that you have set up mini-goals because you will get to feel that sense of accomplishment along the way. You're doing great!
Awesome job! I just started McFM this week. I was thinking of signing up for Sparkpeople - do you like it? I tried to join Nutrisystem for their free tools but it was going nuts on me!
Good luck with next week!
Hi Karma-Dee! I absolutely love Sparkpeople. I find it really easy to use. Their points system (where you get points for doing various things on the site) can get to be time-consuming, so I just collect the "points" casually and don't stress about it, and just worry about using the nutrition/exercise trackers. Good luck with McFM!
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