So that happened!
The scale says I lost 6 LBS this week! I am not sure if that is really even possible. I could hypothesize about how the scale could make such a sudden jump in a week, and I have already done that, but I am not going to waste your time and my time and talk about that here. Instead, I am going to take the WIN and use the momentum!
I really made a big effort this week to do something different. If you want something different, you need to do something different, so that is what I did. My amazing wife got up with me at 3 times this week to work out. In those workouts, I started with some cardio, then spent most of the workout on weights. In total, I did 4 workouts in the past 7 days where I did some cardio and focused on resistance training for most of the workout. I also did some additional walking of course. Getting out there and just walking has been my bread and butter this time around.
I made some substantial progress on my 1 week goals. I was really successful with my "7 PM Challenge" this week. It is not that I am not eating at all after 7 pm, rather if I need to eat something I am not eating simple carbs.
Instead I am eating:
1) a bit of sliced turkey
or
2) a few almonds
or
3) a bit of fruit
or
4) some veggies with a bit of hummus
or
5) a smidge of something else that is a much better choice than simple carbs.
I'd say that at least 3/4 of the time, I am eating a bit of something after 7 pm, just in line with that list instead of a 2nd dinner.
I am also doing better with water intake, although I did not complete my goal every day this week.
I picked back up on using doTERRA's Slim and Sassy Blend this week too. I had not been using it as often in the past two weeks, but many times this week I put 3-5 drops in a bit of water to make a "weight loss shot"right around my meal times and I can feel a real difference!
So, big progress on my 3 weekly goals! Water, weight training and my "7 PM Challenge."
I hit my 3 week goal a week early since I dropped below 278 and I am sitting at 277. 277 still feels like a lot, because it is, but it is also 44 LBS down from 320!
I have been thinking of something else that is different this round and was missing on the other 2 rounds. I think that I came up with the "secret sauce" difference. This time around, I am not just focused on losing these LBS, although this blog might make it seem like that sometimes. Instead, I am really making many lifestyle changes and I am thinking and living like a fit person (not all the time but most of the time) and my body and my weight is catching up to where my mind already is. In my mind's eye, I have already reached my goal and it feels great! The rest of the year is about living the way I have been living, when I have been on track like this week, and make it reality! That, I am sure, will feel exponentially better!
My 3 week goal is to lose another 8 LBS to drop me into the 260s. Its doable if I am intense for 3 more weeks like I was this last one.
My goals this week are:
1) Drink at least 100 oz of H20 a day.
2) At least 4 workouts with cardio and resistance training.
3) Keep at the "7 PM Challenge."
Have a great week and its about progress, not perfection!
Scuba
P.S. Here are some updated pictures to compare. The pictures on the Left are from 2012 when I was 318 lbs. The ones on the Right are from today and I am weighing in a 277 lbs.
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