March Update

Well, it's the 2nd week of March and I figured that it was a good time to put a quick update of how my progress is going.  I am still going to the gym basically every second day and walking the dogs almost every day.  I've been using Fitlinxx regularly to track my workouts outside of the gym.

Last week, I went to the gym Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.  This week, I went to the gym Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday again.  We walked the dogs every day for the last two weeks, except for Thursday and Friday of this week (due to weather).  I've been feeling pretty good about my workouts at the gym; I do 30 mins of cardio, weight machines (4 in total - Fitlinxx tells you how much weight you've lifted in total and I'm at 5,000 lbs every time I workout!) and then I do some ab crunches and stretches.  Usually it takes me a little over an hour to get all of that done. 

For our walks with the dogs, depending on if we have plans on the weekend, we usually take them for an hour walk for between 2 - 3 miles.  Using Fitlinxx, it tells me that I am burning between 500 - 700 calories each walk. 

Weigh-in results:
Friday, March 4th: lost 1 pound
Friday, March 11th: lost 1 pound

Total weight loss since January 1st: 8 pounds

I'm not losing a lot of weight, but I'm hoping that I will keep this off and continue to lose at a steady pace.  I believe that you have to burn 3,500 calories to burn 1 pound of fat; so, I figure if I can burn that many calories in a week; I should be losing at least 1 pound a week. 

I haven't been keeping a food diary, but my roommate and I plan out our dinners for the week.  We have been eating pretty healthy with 1 night we order food in/go out.  If I end up not losing weight but still working out regularly, I will have to start a food diary.  I am determined to lose weight, and if I have to keep a food diary, I guess I will have to.  Right now, I am just trying to get into a routine of working out, and then I'm hoping that the food will be the next step.  I'm not really craving anything so that means that I'm not snacking or over-eating.  I know that I have to control my portion size a little more, but I'm not too concerned at this point.  As long as I don't get too stressed, I'm hoping that this will continue for a while.

I'm going to try to update this blog every two weeks.  My life isn't that exciting right now anyways!  Haha.

Scratch that -- I am going to be an Auntie again any day now.  My sister-in-law was due on March 6th and is still waiting for the baby.  If no baby comes by this Monday, she will be induced.  I have offered my Auntie services to my brother and sister-in-law to help out.  So, the week after next, I will be in Owen Sound helping them out.  I will be bringing my dog with me, so I'm hoping that I will be able to continue with my workouts.  I think that I can also access the Y in Owen Sound with my membership that I paid here.  I will have to look into that.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to spring ahead tonight - turn your clocks up 1 hour!  Daylight Savings Time starts again!  I'm looking forward to light longer in the evenings, but it's going to be hard to get up Monday morning when it's dark at 7 am!  Oh well, it won't last too long.  :-)

D.