September Wrap-up
Well, I weighed in this morning at 266.0, which is 92.2 pounds from where I started this time, and 141.0 from my top known weight. It’s been a pretty good month. The weight lost came out higher than I expected (ie. with the rest/maintenance week), but that could be because I’m down almost 2 pounds from Sunday’s weight. If October 1st had been yesterday the number would have been different. The exercise minutes are low as well because of the rest/maintenance week. Overall though, decent progress.
- calories per day: 2396, hr monitor: 4827 cals total
- mixed cardio: 1h 30m , strength training: 7h 15m
- walking outside: 3h 45m
- avg daily exercise: 25 mins (161 cals per day)
- weight lost: 8.4 pounds
Now I need to think about goals for next month. I don’t set weight lost goals, as I feel I would be disappointed if I didn’t meet them. I try and set goals that will push me, but I can control if they are attainable. Although you can do certain things to help, you can’t force your body to lose weight on a schedule. So, on to the goals for next month.
- Eat within plan every day (2300 lifting days, 2150 cardio days, 2000 rest days)
- Drink water every day (18 cups min.)
- Exercise (60 mins cardio 2 days, ~60 mins strength training 3 days)
From a couple of tests at school I definitely keep my level of activities up during the days I’m at school. This is likely from lugging around books/water/lunch/purse from the back of the parking lot and such. So at the moment I don’t plan to change the calorie levels at all.
The plan is (starting tomorrow) to lift Tues(PM), Thurs(AM), Sun(AM). The cardio will be 2 hours between Wed/Thu/Sat/Sun, with ideally doing 1h15 mins on Wednesday and 45 mins on Thursday (at the college). That will leave Saturday as a completely free day. The other commitment I’ve made is to work on my homework on weeknights, so I don’t have to spend my days off catching up (as I did this last week). On the first day of November I’ll take a look at these and see how I’ve done. Wish me luck!
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Added: technically this is me exactly at the halfway point (assuming that 125 is my final weight). It’s almost sad, having lost so much, that I have so much to go. I’m trying to think of it as a victory or a milestone, but it’s kind of tough to do so.
Wow. I love the details of your plan and it inspires me to have a more detailed plan too. I’ve just begun and everything is new, so I’ll have to learn along the way. It’s fun to read your story and updates. I very much understand your bittersweet emotions of being half way. Wishing you the best of luck with your October plan, including schoolwork!
Thanks
I think it helps me to make a plan for a period of time (a month works) and then review how it’s gone at the end. When I started back to calorie counting I kept changing things around. You never know what’s working (or what isn’t) that way. This way if I try something for a while I have a better feel for it.
How do you drink all that water without having to pee in the middle of the night? I’ve been trying to get my measly 8-9 cups in before 6pm and I still have to get up in the “wee” hours.
Love, love, love what you’re doing and how you are going about it. Look at it as your (gl)ass is half empty ~ a twist on the old optimist saying.
Ummm, I do get up. Since I started taking the 3mg of melatonin though I go back to sleep immediately. I only keep the water levels up because I have a tendency towards kidney stones. I do make a point though to space it out during the day, so it’s not that bad.