"I'm going to go back there someday"

Exercise this week:
I walked 11 miles over 5 days, I only swam 2 times, and did not kayak. I spent some time helping friends move. I did complete Day 5 thru 11 on the 28 Day Yoga Exercise Plan (7 half-hour yoga sessions).

My average calories per day this week were 1596,
with a range of 1549 - 1630. With some significant WAG-estimates on Sunday.

My weight last week was 167 lbs. (76 kilograms)
My weight today is 167 lbs. (76 kilograms)

I'm not suprised that I simply "held" for a week. I'm actually rounding to the nearest pound, so I went from 167.4 last week to 166.8 this week. As I lose weight, I get closer to my target calories per day. I'm not going to lower my daily calorie intake, so that means either I increase my activity, or accept slower weight loss. While I did more Yoga, I did less swimming, so I didn't really increase my activity last week.

Today we went to the storage unit to get a small bookshelf for my mother. While we were there my mother said "Do you see anything else that you need?" So I looked and found a bin with my clothes in it. Specifically the bin with my 32 waist pants.

( Cut for those tired of hearing about my Ex )

One of the reasons I decided to pay attention to my diet and exercise is to fit into my 32 waist pants again. I brought them home from storage today. I tried a couple of pairs on. I was able to fit into them. Admitedly they fit better standing up than sitting down, but I am making progress. I even made the effort to sew the buttons back on three pairs of pants.

Exercise this week:
I walked 10 miles over 5 days, swam 5 times, did yoga twice, and kayaked twice.

My average calories per day this week were 1587,
with a range of 1520 - 1632.

My waist is now down to a full 34

My weight last week was 170 lbs. (77 kilograms)
My weight today is 169 lbs. (77 kilograms)

I am Sooo happy to be out of the 170's, I can't remember the last time I was down to 169. My body has adjusted to the increased activity, I was afraid that this week would be the same weight as last week (it wouldn't have stopped me, but plateauing for a week is frustrating).

Exercise this week:
I walked 11 miles over 5 days, swam twice, did yoga once, and kayaked once.

My average calories per day this week were 1609,
with a range of 1572 - 1639. I was generous with myself keeping the average on the upper side of 1600.

My weight last week was 173 lbs. (78 kilograms)
My weight today is 170 lbs. (77 kilograms)

This means I am over half way to my weight loss goal (I have lost 13 lbs.so far, I have 11 lbs.to go.)
I really think it was the swimming that made the difference this week.

On Friday I went for my 2 mile walk, but with a detour.

Down at the bottom of the hill I went for a 20 minute swim in Purity Lake. Air temp was about 80^o F (26.6^o C) and the water temp was not bad. Of course I had forgotten that how draining lake swimming is. In addition to the physical exertion, the effort of maintaining body temp in water uses a lot of energy. I went to bed early, and slept well.

The physical activity of today was: searching for stuff in the storage unit. I mentioned to my parents that I needed to visit the storage unit to find the bin with my "swap-books" (I got a request for one). They mentioned that there were some things they would like to find as well, so the three of us headed over.

In addition to my "swap-books" bin (which was at the bottom of a stack) I found the box with my games in it (Zombie Fluxx, Race for the Galaxy, ect.) and a box of CDs & DVDs. I am so glad to have my games back. I have missed them soo.

In the past six days I walked 2 miles 3 times, and 2.5 miles once

My average callories per day this week were 1588

My weight last week was 175 lbs. (79 kilograms)
My weight today is 174 lbs. (79 kilograms)

I am not surprised that my weight loss has slowed down, I could tell my metabolism shifted gears this week with more frequent impulses to eat and resistance to exercise.

It will be interesting to see how I do at Duckon this weekend.

In the past seven days I walked 2 miles 5 times, twice when it was raining (turns out there are fewer bugs when it is raining)

In spite of going over on calories on Saturday I was able to keep my bring my average calories for the week down to 1612 per day. I appreciate those who were concerned about my cutting down my daily target to 1500. I promise I did not starve myself, I typically just cut out my afternoon snack, or desert.

My weight last week was 177 lbs. (80 kilograms)
My weight today is 175 lbs. (79 kilograms)

Next weeks weigh in will be on Thursday because Friday morning I'll be flying to Duckon

In the past seven days I walked 2 miles 4 times, 1.5 miles 1 time, and was a paulbearer on Saturday.

I was well under my calories for the week (I wasn't as hungry the days of the wake & funeral)

My 34 waist pants are fitting better, although there is still a bit of "muffintop"

My weight last week was 179 lbs. (81 kilograms)
My weight today is 177 lbs. (80 kilograms)

This means I have lost 25% of my 24 lbs. goal

I walked on Wed, Thurs, Fri, & Sat
On Sunday I went swimming instead, probably not as active as walking, but the lake was cold.

On Monday I went with my mother to put flowers on family graves in advance of Memorial Day. We went to cemetaries in 5 different towns in Eastern Massachusetts (Milford, Natick, Westwood, West Roxbury, & Avon).

However since we were on the road most of the day, we ate out. I went 230 calories over for the day yesterday, although I was under calories in the previous days, so that I am still on track for my calories per week.

Time to get back on that horse/wagon

I am unhappy with my weight.

I know that I weigh less than some of my friends, and I don't judge my friends based on their weight, but I think I weigh more than is healthy for me. Since moving back East I have been been less active, but I am still eating just as much, if not worse.

I have decided to start publicly posting my activity, my eating habits and my statistics to encourage me to make the effort to get off my but. If any of you would like to join me, or just to comment, I would appreciate the company and support.

I am 5'7" tall, my current weight is 183 lbs. which is a BMI of 28.7 "Overweight"
My goal is to get down to 159 lbs. which would be a BMI of 24.9 "Normal"

I am not setting a time limit, but to loose 24 lbs safely should take me at least 3 to 6 months.

My current waist size is 35 inches. My goal is to get back down to 33 inches. This is probably more important to me than the weight.

Wish me luck.