I hope everyone had a safe and fabulous new year's eve last night. For the most part I did... except the headache that kept me out of the pool tournement. Oh well there I still had fun spending time with family and watching Ava and her cousin Lily dance the night away. Ava actually stayed awake past midnight so she got to ring in the new year by getting a kiss on the cheek from her Grandpa Phil!
This morning when I weighed in I got extremely frustrated since Saturday I gained 2 lbs I blame it on having to eat some things that had protein and salt in them last night to get rid of my headache... I'm also going to say that it is water weight because I drank over a gallon and a 1/2 of water yesterday. However my weight today was... 199.0... so I met my goal of reaching 200 lbs by January 1st!!! I'm so excited. I now actually weigh less then what my driver's license says... that hasn't happened for over 2 years... yes it is only a pound less but still it is less. So now I'm down 26 lbs from the very start of this journey... 20.4 lbs since the second start of my journey... pretty good for a 46 days. My next goal is 195 by February 1st... why so long?... I know that since I'm not doing the cleanse anymore my weight loss is going to slow down considerably so I'm setting a realistic goal. If I reach it by the 15th of this month I will change it but for now I will just be happy with losing 4 pounds in a month. This is when I normally give up and let the weight come back I haven't been under 200 lbs for more then a month in over 4 years. I don't plan on letting that happen this time. This time I'm deteremined to get the weight off. Besides I have to keep this Blog going and reading about me packing the pounds back on isn't very inspirational.
Today I went to the gym... starting next week I think I will make Sunday's my rest days... I don't want to get burned out and think that one rest day a week will really help me keep going. At the gym today I did kind of a short workout... I did the elliptical and the bike. 10 minutes on the elliptical bouncing back and forth between level 17 and 16... my legs felt like they were on fire... plus I was getting dizzy. Then I did 40 minutes on the bike set to random on level 7. Pretty good workout. I still plan on starting strength training again just don't know when... I'm thinking that when I start I will go to the gym to do my cardio then come home and lift in the garage... that is until I get comfortable enough to lift in public... my form isn't the best. Plus we have a pretty nice set up in the garage that I should take advantage of.
I tried reading The Hunger Games again not sure if I will be able to read this book... it is making me depressed and that isn't a good thing while working out. I will give it one more try and if it still makes me depressed I will have to save it for when I'm not working out. I have other books I want to read so that won't be a problem... just need something to read while working out... otherwise I get bored.
So today and tomorrow I'm taking a break from healthy eating and giving into my cravings that I will get back into it on Tuesday. I've just been doing this cleanse for so long that I really need a break and I feel like since I have been doing so well with my weight loss that I deserve a few days of just giving in. I'm really looking forward to my reward for reaching 200 lbs... shrimp alfreado from Romio's... one of my favorite foods. Ben and I are going to split a dish so I won't be eating it all by myself but I will still satisfy my craving. Tonight I think I will have a smoked turkey sandwich with some veggies. I've been snacking on chocolate covered almonds, cashews and caramel corn all day so I think something healthy is in order for dinner... plus it really does sound good.
Here's to a great year!!! Hope everyone has a wonderful year and thanks again for all the support and kind words.
Let the lbs melt!!!
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