MS13: Week 5 Check-In

I seemed to have survived Thanksgiving with only a few nicks and bruises. According to the scale, I'm up .8 from last week. I guess with Thanksgiving in there, and being away from my home and my routine for 5 days (I was dog sitting for my sister), being up less than 1 pound is pretty respectable. Sadly, I didn't make my 11/28 goal. I missed it by 2.8 pounds. Which, even more sadly, makes reaching my 100 pound mark by the end of the year a Herculean feat (7.8 pounds in 33 days).

Oh well. It's all about persistence, dedication, and long-term commitment. Since the overall downward trend is going in the right direction, I guess ultimately I'm still "on track". On an up note. I met with my trainer last night. We started a new routine which means I also got weighed and measured. It's only been four weeks since my last measurements. In that 4 weeks, I lost 4.5 pounds and reduced my overall body fat from 27.5 to 26.5. A decrease of 1% in 4 weeks and now I'm only 1.5% away from the top of the healthy range. My goal, as ambitious as it is, is to get to 25% by our next measurement, assuming it's the standard 6 weeks out rather than 4. If it's 4 weeks, then I guess I'll target 25.5 (another 1% in 4 weeks).

I'm still doing the cardio-boxing classes and I really enjoy them. The 60 minutes goes so fast and it's such a good workout. I also bought a new cardio-interval training step aerobic DVD. This DVD is lead and produced by the same person (Gin Miller) as the other endurance step DVD that I have and like a lot. The reviews say it's really hard. But, interval training is what my trainer wants me to do when I'm doing cardio (the cardio-boxing class is an interval training class). So, I'll give it a whirl and try not to keel-over, trip, or fall! =)

This week:
+.8 pounds for the week;
-5.4 pounds for the milestone;
-92.2 total

As far as "official" exercise goes (lifting and aerobics/cardio), I got in my 5 days totalling 285 minutes. My goal is 5 days and 270 minutes. "Unofficially", I technically exercised every day. On the two days I didn't hit the gym, and even on a couple of days when I did hit the gym, I took my sister's dogs for walks. Usually the walk was at least 60 minutes. But, since they're dogs, they of course need to stop and smell stuff. I was technically "moving more". But, I didn't log it as exercise as I really couldn't control the exertion. I burned more calories than if I was sitting on the couch. But how much more, I don't know.

Until later . . .

Think Smart. Eat Well. Move More.