25% done

I am amazed that it just 4 months I am down one quarter of the weight I want to lose. I know that a big chunk of the battle has been simply getting my fitness level up. So far I have lost every week but I know those flat and up weeks will happen.

It is so different to think about what I want to wear. Yeah I better plan to up that clothing budget STAT. Well I am down to 2 pair of pants so it is will be a laundry filled week but I am so close to the next one I can not spend money on the larger ones.

This week I will walk 10 miles on the treadmill and hit 500,000 steps since 8/1/11.

7 bags of clothes donated. Yeah

Well I have lots of empty hangers I donated 90 gallons of cloths to the salvation army today!!!

It is a little scary to see how empty the closet is now, granted it is huge and not normally full so getting rid of 60% or more is a lot of empty hangers.

Lacing up new shoes 50 miles

Couple of things from this week I hit the 50 mile mark on the treadmill. So I thought new walking shoes would be an appropriate purchase. But the best part was just bending over to tie them. Wow I am surprised every week or so by things I was doing to accommodate my girth without really thinking about it. Slowly getting out of the car to hopping out. Tying my shoes then putting them on and walking carefully because they were not tight on my foot. Thinking about going up and down stairs. Planning trips to the store to minimize walking to wandering to increase step count. Hitting a couple 10,0000 step days without my knees protesting.
My other struggle this week has been having more clothes that are to big to wear rather than too small. Donation day is coming the great closet cleanout is almost done. Yesterday I added four more shirts to the too big pile before I found one I could wear to work. Of course as soon as it is clean it is headed out the door too. I bought four shirts yesterday that gives me 7 to wear until I am down another size. I have pants in 4 sizes now i am not thrilled with the fit but I can get by with 2 pair. I have to remember that I had 6 pairs of the same black pants that I wore everyday for 4-5 years.

Another great thing having my glasses refit so they do not fall off my nose now that my temples are not holding them in place. Just a few of the random new developments.

47,130 steps in just 7 days

Yes I finally made it to an average of more than 7,000 steps a day. This week I should hit 350,000 steps since August 1.

40 miles and what is working

Tonight I will finally hit 40 miles on the treadmill. I have not been walking as much as I should. But this week is much better. I can only do so much and as long as there is less of me each week it is working. It took many couch potato years to get here and I am back to 2004 already.

Limiting calories is working at this point but I have to get moving to accelerate the losses through the plateaus as my metabolism adjusts to the new more normal calorie intake. I am really liking the feedback on fitbit. Seeing that I am hitting steps and activity goals. Yes I did walk around the house at 11 last night to break the 8000 mark. Netdiary.com is a great tool I have it set in autopilot mode so it calculates the calories and excersie needed to hit my next goal. It is these week to week adjustments to make from a basal metabolic rate standpoint that help to see what impact each week has on my overall health. I am intentionally using both to decided which will be the better tool for 2012. It is strange to double log food and activities but from not logging to logging everything was already a difficult change. I use netdiary then replicate it in to the fitbit log at night. They both are good tools. I may keep using both since they have unique features. I like the reports from fitbit.


Headed home to get 1.4 miles logged on the treadmill....

PS limiting calories is not extreme 1700-1900 daily----lots to lose at this point

It is strange to think that I am 20% done with the weight loss.