Week 5
So I guess this is where things get tough.
I'm feeling slightly discouraged lately, I really shouldn't be but I know that this is one of the many challenges that I'm going to face in this process.
SW: 226
CW: 215
TL: 11
I am down another pound this week, and for 11 pounds gone in 5 weeks I guess I shouldn't complain. But I'm working a lot and feeling like it doesn't really show and that it's taking so long that it's hard to feel encouraged to continue. I can talk myself out of these feelings most of the time and know that I'm just hitting that point where most people would quit, but I'm going to keep going.
I'm going to set a mini short-term goal for myself to hit my 10% goal by my birthday. My birthday is April 13th and I need to lose 11 more pounds to make that happen. I think it's neither realistic nor unrealistic, but it's something to focus on. I'm going to increase my water and start with 15 minutes of activity a day, on the elliptical machine or something low-impact.
Many forget that I have been instructed not to participate in intentional exercise (anything beyond walking to and from my car or walking through a shopping center) to prevent from aggravating my enlarged heart. In order to really be able to start exercising again I have to lose enough weight to do so, and even then I have to keep it very low-impact. I never used to be the low-impact type. I always took kickboxing and step classes, formerly was a tap dancer and always used running as a backup. It's not in my programming to want to perform low-impact exercise. I always want to keep pushing myself. I think it'd be wonderful if I could have a personal trainer for pilates and use machines and floor work. Not in the budget right now but that would be ideal.
Anyway where I was going with that was... people seem to ask me more about what kind of exercise I'm doing rather than asking me about the program in terms of what I'm eating. It frustrates the hell out of me that I have to either explain my heart condition or just say, "They don't push exercise as much as they encourage changing your lifestyle and how you eat". Ugh.
Not to mention some girl at work thought I was pregnant. That's always a favorite. It just makes me lose it. I've come this far but I still look pregnant. Awesome.
But I know that is all part of this. And no one did this to me, it's all my fault. So I deserve a few knocks here and there to remind me of why I'm doing this.
Another 11 pounds in another 5 weeks? I'm ready for it.
I'm feeling slightly discouraged lately, I really shouldn't be but I know that this is one of the many challenges that I'm going to face in this process.
SW: 226
CW: 215
TL: 11
I am down another pound this week, and for 11 pounds gone in 5 weeks I guess I shouldn't complain. But I'm working a lot and feeling like it doesn't really show and that it's taking so long that it's hard to feel encouraged to continue. I can talk myself out of these feelings most of the time and know that I'm just hitting that point where most people would quit, but I'm going to keep going.
I'm going to set a mini short-term goal for myself to hit my 10% goal by my birthday. My birthday is April 13th and I need to lose 11 more pounds to make that happen. I think it's neither realistic nor unrealistic, but it's something to focus on. I'm going to increase my water and start with 15 minutes of activity a day, on the elliptical machine or something low-impact.
Many forget that I have been instructed not to participate in intentional exercise (anything beyond walking to and from my car or walking through a shopping center) to prevent from aggravating my enlarged heart. In order to really be able to start exercising again I have to lose enough weight to do so, and even then I have to keep it very low-impact. I never used to be the low-impact type. I always took kickboxing and step classes, formerly was a tap dancer and always used running as a backup. It's not in my programming to want to perform low-impact exercise. I always want to keep pushing myself. I think it'd be wonderful if I could have a personal trainer for pilates and use machines and floor work. Not in the budget right now but that would be ideal.
Anyway where I was going with that was... people seem to ask me more about what kind of exercise I'm doing rather than asking me about the program in terms of what I'm eating. It frustrates the hell out of me that I have to either explain my heart condition or just say, "They don't push exercise as much as they encourage changing your lifestyle and how you eat". Ugh.
Not to mention some girl at work thought I was pregnant. That's always a favorite. It just makes me lose it. I've come this far but I still look pregnant. Awesome.
But I know that is all part of this. And no one did this to me, it's all my fault. So I deserve a few knocks here and there to remind me of why I'm doing this.
Another 11 pounds in another 5 weeks? I'm ready for it.