If you read my opening post on the subject of my weight loss goals then you will know a little background already. If not let me just fill you in briefly or you can visit the opening article to read the full story. Basically I’ve been exercising and eating healthy for quite a few weeks now and I’ve reached a plateau in my weight loss, so I decided to start to journal my progress as a way to start. So this is my first weekly weigh in to see how I’m doing so far. So lets jump right into the measurements.
Starting Statistics
- Height: 5 Foot 7 Inches
- Weight: 182 Pounds (13 Stone)
- Chest: 39.5 Inches
- Waist: 38.5 Inches
- Thighs: 38.5 Inches
Statistics On Wednesday 30th June 2011
- Weight: 180.5 Pounds (12 Stone & 12.5 Pounds)
- Chest: 39.5 Inches
- Waist: 38.5 Inches
- Thighs: 38.5 Inches
Overview
I didn’t post an update last week, I don’t really have an excuse, I think psychologically I made excuses to myself at the time because I just knew I hadn’t done really well on the exercise that week. I can’t really say this have been much better this week but I’m forcing myself to write regardless as that’s what the whole point of this was.
Food
Foodwise I think I’ve done pretty well these last two weeks, I’ve pretty much stuck to salads for lunch during the week, eaten lots of fruit and yoghurt and haven’t done anything too naughty when it comes to food. I did start drinking again after almost a month dry but I’ve limited myself to one bottle of wine on the weekend which seems pretty low to me.
Exercise
I’m really not sure what’s going on in my head when it comes to my running. Even though I love doing it, I love the feeling I get from it and the freedom of having those early mornings to myself, I’m just struggling with the motivation to get out there. I am still running but not nearly as often as I should. All I can think of to do is to keep plugging away and try and get over whatever this mental barrier is.
In Summary
I feel bad that I went two weeks without an update and I’m a little concerned about my own mental apathy to the exercise at times. I’m not really concerned right now about the very slow weight loss, I know I’d already lost a lot and now the rate of loss is going to slow down. Lots of people have commented to me about the weight I’ve lost already and how much better I look, so I know that it’s pretty clear in my physical shape. The thing now is to just keep it up and not lose interest.
