One Short, and One Long Term Goal Reached Today!

Yes folks, another successful week weight wise, and also with the way that I feel. I must admit that I was hoping for a bit more than a drop of a kilo this week, but I am taking heart from the fact that it is a safe drop, and that I am feeling really good physically. Even just walking around the place now is not as much effort as it used to be, and I don't constantly think about food all the time and stuff my face with McDonalds at every opportunity. The only thing that I have been craving the last couple of days in KFC. They have released a boneless version over here and they are really pumping the advertising for it. I have not given in, and I wont! That stuff was a weakness for me, and I'll make sure I stay well away from it. Fortunately there isn't a KFC anywhere near our home.

I must remember to stay positive about my weight loss, and about things in general as getting bummed out about losing a kilo is really just silly. It is also likely to lead to temptation to binge eat or drink and I really must avoid that. Also, I should start to prepare mentally for my weight decreases to start to slow down as I believe that this will happen in the not too distant future. I have to be in this for the long haul, and I have accepted that I need to change my lifestyle permanently, not just while I am on a health kick, to get to where I want to be, and to be healthy again.

On a positive note I have achieved the short term goal of 135kg (297lbs) that I set for myself, and now I have set the next short term goal at 130kg (286lbs). I have also realised that I have reached the goal neck measurement that I set for myself at the beginning of this battle. I will revise the goal downward as clearly there is still a fair bit of fat that can be taken off my neck! It would be good to get to 42 as I last remember getting into shirts with that neck size when I was in my 20s. 42 cm for my neck will be the new goal measurement and you will see that this now features in the tables to the left.

Aside from the weigh in, the workout this morning went well. My legs were sore from the workout yesterday. I think that the lunges up and down the gym would have done most of it, and aside from the legs and some muscle pain in the lower back (nothing to worry about though) I felt pretty good. Initially I thought that I would have to go slower today, but then the good tracks on my MP3 player kicked in and I was off, in the zone, and walking hard today. I felt good at the end, but I am really looking forward to being able to run. I think that I would rather run than try to walk as fast as I can as I remember running felt better. If I keep with it, the running should be only another 10 weeks away (at a loss of 1kg per week)! I really hope that it doesn't take that long.

I ended up doing a slightly less varied workout today. The first 25 minute session ranged between 6.0km/ph and 7.5km/ph for two minutes per speed setting. That was quite tough, however after experiementing with a "weight loss" setting on the machine and finding it no good at all, I reverted to another 25 minute block and did 14 minutes straight on 7.0km/ph, which was the longest sustained time I have done at that speed. It was actually quite good, and I am settling in to that pace and no longer finding it the absolute limit of my ability.

So, I feel I have been rewarded for my efforts this week and am feeling good about the coming week. I think that my diet could stand a bit more emphasis now and so this coming week, and the weekend, I will make sure that I stick with it and integrate a bit more of what the trainer is wanting me to do in that area. This round of the fight against fat is in my favour!