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Operation Phase Two: Day 1.0
As I wrote yesterday, the honeymoon period is over, and I'm ready to begin again. Ok, so here's the plan.
1) I'd like to think of my entire weight loss process as a three-phase deal.
Phase 1= 20 pounds lost+ a long period of maintenance, with up and down fluctuations teaching me about maintenance;
Phase 2: another 20 pounds more to lose (from 160 to 140 pounds, starting today). First phase has taken 7 months because of the learning curve, summer socializing, vacations etc. But I'm hoping to reach end goal in Phase 2 in no more than three months --that's totally do-able without any major sacrifices, diets etc. (So by October, I want to get to 140 pounds).
Phase 3: This will be the hardest phase as I try to shed the final 10 pounds, tone up all over, work those abs etc., So, I'll give myself at least two months (possibly longer). Thus, Oct-Dec should get to my goal (130 pounds), and thus, 2008 will end on the grandest of all notes!!!!!
2) In order to implement this plan and keep it going on a daily basis, I'm going to keep a countdown of these 158 days to the end of the year. Thus, here's the math:
Starting today, each day is going to be a numbered day with decimal points. Decimal points will be zero, unless I miss a workout or have a bad day food-wise. Example, today has been perfect so, it'll be Day 1.0, whereas if it had been bad, it'd be Day 1.1. Thus, I'll be able to track the total no. of days, and also the no. of days I messed up.
So,here's the tally from today:
Weight this morning: 160.6 (lost the 4 pounds from yesterday!!! And didn't accumulate further damages despite the big picnic yesterday--couple of glasses of wine, some dessert cheese cake, tortilla chips, mucho CHEESE, fruits, pasta etc.)
Meals:
11 am: coffee with ff half and half
1.30 pm: black bean soup (2) with ½ whole wheat pita (2), 2 carrots, 1 beet
5 pm: 8 almonds (pre workout) (1.5)
7 pm: remaining soup (2) with 1/2 pita (2) and 1 carrot, brocolli...
7.30 pm: 4 almonds (0.5) and my protein mix/soy milk (2)
Total pts: 12 pts (AND I Feel full!!!)
Already had 3 liters of water so far.
Workout: Evening, but walk/ran on treadmill and burned more calories than before (244 k), and raised the incline to 3 and the speed to 4.7-5. Did 3 sets each of weights (bicep curls, shoulders lateral raise, and tricep lifts).
All in all, a very good day. Oh! And wore my new running shoes (finally!). THANKS TO MY SPECIAL BUDDIES HERE!! You guys have helped me stay on for this long, and have helped me come back and get started again!! I know we can all do this--we will do this--THIS YEAR!!!!
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