MS17: Week 6 Check-In

Well, it's as I expected. I'm up for this milestone. In the grand scheme of things, 1.6 pounds really isn't much. It's pretty much within that 3-4 pound range I'm been hovering in since January. I'm thinking that that I must be where my body wants me to be. Seems like no matter what (within reason - can't throw food completely aside), as long as I keep to my exercise routine, I stick around this weight or return to it pretty quickly after a small increase.

Having said that, I think I'm going to (re)state my final goal. After meeting with the RD in January, I had set a goal to get to lose an additional 6 pounds. I never once got there. I think I dropped, at one point for a couple of days, 2 of that 6. I don't want to obsess about a handful of pounds when I'm at a healthy weight.

So, I'm going to state my final goal. I'm going to call the weight I was at in January my goal weight, with a 1 pound "buffer" on either side. That means I need to lose about 3 pounds to get back to that January weight. I think that's doable since I was around that number for ever. I'm up about 2 pounds now and I think that's completely attributable to my eating patterns over those two weeks when I was traveling. My plan is to drop those 3-4 pounds by the end of milestone 18. Sounds easy. But, it will be a challenge since I have a business trip (2 days) and a 10 day vacation at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico within that period. Hopefully I can drop a pound or two before I leave for Mexico. Then that gives me about 2 weeks to lose anything that I may gain while in Mexico. Yikes! I'll give it my best.

This week:
+3 pounds for the week (well, since 4/30 actually)
+1.6 pounds for the milestone
-98.8 pounds total

I exercised 6 days totalling 355 minutes (goal was 345). Got all of my lifting and cardio days in. One of my cardio days included walking/running out side. I got about 4 miles done in about 45 minutes. That's a pretty good clip! I think I jogged (not quickly) about the first 2.5 miles. Then I walked for 3 minutes, jogged another .75 miles, then walked the rest of the way as my cool down. I'm pretty darn pleased with that for my 3rd time running outside. I still don't like it by I got a great work out; both cardio and muscle wise. My glutes and thighs were sore the next day.

Until later . . .

Think Smart. East Well. Move More.