Start of Week Two: This Week’s Goal
Well, My Weight Loss Plan has been in progress for one week. I weighed myself this morning and I weighed in at 194 pounds; since I started last week at 196 pounds, that means I dropped two pounds in the first week.
That may not sound like much, but I consider it a success. I didn’t starve myself; I didn’t drastically alter my diet, or spend eight hours a day exercising.
I took a few simple steps, as described in My Weight Loss Plan, and had fun doing it.
This week, I plan to leave my diet where it is (healthy foods only, no junk) but I want to try something new: Since I know that a pound of fat is the equivalent of about 3,500 calories, I want to try to burn 3,500 calories through exercise in one week. You can read more about it in the 3,500 Calorie Exercise Weight Loss Challenge.
I started the day with a 2.4km walk/run on my treadmill. It took 25 minutes, and burned 200 calories; I also did some calesthenics (push-ups, sit-ups, and stretching) so I probably burned a total of 300 calories this morning, which means I need to exercise off another 200 tonight to get to my 500 calories per day exercising target. We will see how I do.