Weight Check in: Week 1

So, as of today I’ve been on the new living plan a week. I was feeling a bit bummed about things because I wasn’t able to do the first “Couch to 5K” work out. It overextended me because well, I’m hideously out of shape, even more so than I thought and so after last Wednesday I wasn’t able to do anything else exercise wise until yesterday when Mum, munchkin and I took Mum’s rambunctious dog for a walk, something which is going to be a more or less daily event, depending on my work schedule.

My eating habits have been pretty crappy too, if I’m being honest. There have been a few good meals in there, tuna salad and grilled salmon with asparagus and wild rice, but then there’s been a lot of crappy meals in there that involved cookies, candy and scones with jam and cream, and the five days of being sedentary other than the 7 hours at work.

However, despite all that and the fact that I wasn’t using even safe diet pills or unsafe ones. I did stick to my NO SODA and NO CAFFEINE rules, and I’ve lost 4.4lbs, so something good is going on.

That’s my weighing scale from this morning. I was very surprised, because I expected to have not lost, or even put on a pound or two. This does not mean I’m going to continue eating badly. In fact this has spurred me with great passion to fix that portion of my diet as well.

We had another walk with Mum and Dee (the dog) this morning, and depending on my work schedule that’s going to continue every day that we can, weather pending and appointments and all that. Until my stamina is built up, then I’m going to slowly integrate Couch to 5K back in until I can do week 1 of that properly and then move on with that.