It’s summertime! Which means that life is a lot easier – my schedule is free, healthy fruits and veggies are plentiful, and I have nothing but time to work on this goal. Success is practically guaranteed – all I need to do is follow through with my actions. My re-assessment meeting with my surgeon was on Friday, June 8th, which just so happened to also be my last day of school before summer vacation, making Fridays the perfect day to weigh-in. So throughout the summer, I’ll be giving Friday progress updates called Successful Summer Weigh-Ins.
This week my main goal was to remain consistent in my efforts that I put in place last week, because that’s the area in which I need the most improvement. The one hurdle I faced this week was Father’s Day. I hosted a BBQ at my house, and even though I had healthy choices and ate in moderation, I did have a planned indulgence in two Blue Moon summer wheat beers. Monday the scale had me up a bit, but I didn’t freak out and just kept with the program. I am proud of the workouts I’ve been getting in because I’m not only burning serious calories, but I’m enjoying myself. It’s been so fun to be able to keep busy and workout at the same time.
{Okay, Bella, that’s all good and well, but what we really want to know is how you did on the scale}. Right?!
Today I weighed in at 306.2, which means I lost 0.4 pounds this week, meaning I have just slightly over 25 lbs to go to reach my pre-surgery goal. Now, losing 0.4 isn’t awesome, but it is a loss. And since the scale had been up the first few days of the week in response to the aforementioned BBQ, I’m happy with this. The total for two weeks is 8.8 lbs lost, which is a wonderful average. I can’t complain about that.
The plan for the coming week is to do more of the same. My workouts/fitness have been excellent, and I want to continue swimming, walking, and taking Zumba class, but I’m also going to add in riding my beach cruiser. It’s been far too long since I’ve gone out and had a long bike ride, so that’s one of the main goals for next week. In terms of food, I had a great week, but I am going to cut down on my carbs a bit at dinner. So instead of eating 3/4 of a cup of quinoa or brown rice, I’m going to have a 1/2 cup or skip the grain completely at dinner.
The idea limiting the carbs at dinner isn’t new, but it got reinforced when I saw this pin about Bob Harper’s The Skinny Rules:
Source:Pinterest
Most of these are rules that I’ve already incorporated into my lifestyle, but #7 is something that I want to try out this next week. I’m going to take this as no grains after lunch, because the carbs found in veggies are perfectly fine, to me. It’s an easy thing to do, and I want to see how cutting some of the carbs later in the day affects my weight loss. My guess is that it will improve. I’m not going to be militant and say absolutely no carbs at dinner, but I think I’ll try this 4-5 out of the 7 days. What do you think of The Skinny Rules?
Until next week, my friends. I hope the scale treats you well, and that you have a wonderful weekend!
Congratulations on your loss this week! I had a .4 loss a couple of weeks ago and was a bit disappointed but my Weight Watcher’s leader reminded me that slow and steady wins the race.
Like you said I’ve already incorporated most of Bob’s rules into my life. I think the one I’m least agreeable to is the no carbs after lunch. Whole grains and fruits in reasonable quantities are important to our diets. I think you are going about it the right way, reduce but don’t necessarily eliminate.
Have a wonderful weekend!!
I think there are some good and some bad ones on the list. I don’t see how going to bed hungry should help – if you are prone to binges at night, that will only make it worse. And I don’t believe that there is anything wrong with white potatoes. Or carbs after lunch. The thing about the fiber and fruit everyday should also be considered – some people don’t react well to big amounts of fiber or fructose in large quantities.
Do you really have three month off for summer? Do you still get paid? Sorry if that’s nosy, but I am curious how that works. Especially about what people do with their children for such a long time, I am sure they can’t all have the time off too.
Have you thought about getting Bob’s book? It keeps crossing my mind, but I’m scared that I’ll be disappointed and will get more out of the Pin you posted (in this post) than the actual book.
I think you’re taking the rule in stride. Not being militant about it is what will help you get to goal. It’s the being militant about “rules” that in my mind lead to winding up feeling like a failure because one time you eat a carb a dinner. Aimee said it well 🙂 Reduce but do not eliminate.
Agreed about not being too militant about anything – it’s all about balance and moderation.
I don’t feel like I need Bob’s book because I think most of the important info is right in that pin. The rest is probably just elaboration. You and I should write a book, missy!!
Seriously…we could SO write a book. Luckily one of us has a strong master of the English language (NOT me, ha!) Between the two of us, I’m guessing there aren’t any diets that we haven’t at least tried.
I see a project!!! Who knows, we might be successful enough as authors that we could quit our day jobs! No? Ok, just fantasizing there for a second. 🙂