- Have lost 37 lbs so far!
- Have kept up with my daily walks - even in the rain! Sometimes I have to force myself out of the house while in my head saying "I'll only take a short walk" which then turns into a longer walk. During the week I walk 30-60 minutes, 2.5 to 5 miles. On the weekend I take longer walks - 5 to 7 miles including hills.
- Along with walking, I've added in additional workouts, including weeding the front flower bed this past weekend. Took two hours but it's nice to see the result of my efforts.
- At least 4 times per week I lift 15 lb dumbells to tone my arms. I can actually see improvement in getting rid of my batwing arms.
- The best news was my recent blood work in preparation for my annual doctors visit this week. All the results were awesome and landed me in the green "normal" zone.
- The healthy diet is starting to grow on me. I stop eating between 4pm to 5pm so I'm not going to bed with a full stomach from evening snacks. My meals revolve around fruit, vegetables, lean meats, and have eliminated processed foods, sugar, butter, pasta, flour, white bread, and even cream for my coffee. It's a good thing I enjoy water as my aqua intake has soared.
- This coming weekend I'm going to clean out my jeans as the majority are too baggy. I picked up some smaller jeans at Goodwill that I figured I would grow into. When I tried them on at home, they already fit!
In a nutshell, so far so good!! Looking forward to hitting my goal where I'm no longer lying about my weight on my driver's license! Should have started this program years ago but there is a time for everything and now is the time.
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