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This is the 4th week of the 10-pound challenge and I've lost four pounds, so I feel like I'm on track :)
I haven't done as well with my exercise as I had hoped, but I'm hoping now that I'm in more of a routine with school and everything I'll be able to work it in more. And I am on my feet all day every day, so that probably helps a little.
I'm planning to step up my diet a little this week and really start counting my calories. The past few weeks I've just been trying to eat more fruit and watch my portions, but this week I'm going to start keeping track of what I'm eating.
I'm happy with the rate I'm losing weight, and hopefully I'll be able to keep it up for the next few weeks!
I didn't start off the 10-pound challenge as strong as I hoped I would. I didn't lose any weight...but I didn't gain any either.
I did exercise 5 days this week, so that was good. Wednesday and Friday were my off days because I wasn't feeling too great. I mainly did the 30-Day Shred and a little jogging. It was cold and rainy most of the week so it was hard to get motivated to get outside and jog.
I didn't do as well with my eating. My friend moved to Nashville this weekend, so she came over Monday night to hang out for a little while and we decided to go get ice cream. Horrible decision, I know, but ice cream is kind of our thing. We just had to go one last time! I felt like I spent the rest of the week making up for that decision. I drank two Diet Cokes two days this week, but every other day I just drank one. I'm really working on that. But I did drink at least six glasses of water every day :)
I definitely didn't do as well as I had hoped, but it wasn't a TERRIBLE start. I know what mistakes I made and what I need to correct this week.
My goals for this week are to continue drinking six glasses of water a day, only ONE Diet Coke a day, exercise five days again, and to eat fruit with my sandwich at lunch instead of Chex Mix [I do love my Chex Mix though!]
Today I started the 10-pound Challenge!
I'm not gonna lie, I was not happy when I weighed myself this morning. I was several pounds heavier than what I thought. But at the same time, I'm excited about the challenge. I want to lose one pound a week--that's all! That's so doable. I'm planning on making small, gradual changes in my diet, and get back to exercising consistently.
I should be able to do pretty well on my diet this week since I've started back to school and packing my lunch every day. I'll be taking a sandwich [on 100-calorie sandwich thins--those things are delicious!] and fruit for lunch every day. My main diet goal for this week is to drink at least six glasses of water every day, and only one diet coke a day. I'll allow myself to have one Dr. Pepper or Mr. Pibb a week because I love them and there's no way I'm giving them up completely!
I want to work out for at least 30 minutes five days this week. I already exercised yesterday and today so I'm off to a pretty good start! I started jogging again yesterday and I'm definitely going to have to work my way back up to where I was over the summer, but I'll get there. I've been doing the 30-Day Shred again to try to tone up.
I'll be weighing in and posting updates every Monday!
So...I gained some weight over the holidays.
Not as much as I have in the past, but still.
Now I want to lose that holiday weight and a few more pounds, so I was really excited to see that Erika at Newlyweds on a Budget was hosting a 10-pound Challenge! If I lose 10 pounds in 12 weeks I'll be entered to win a prize! Ten pounds in 12 weeks is a realistic goal, and why not try to win a prize if I want to lose weight anyway?
The contest will officially begin on January 16, and I'll be posting updates every week or so. Maybe I'll do some before and after pictures too. Not sure about that one, but maybe.
If you're wanting to lose some weight you should sign up too! Let me know if you do and we can help keep each other accountable!
