Another month has come and gone, and I find myself at the verge of the end of Phase 1! Where did time go!? It seems like just yesterday I started PRISM, and now here I am at the end of my first 6 weeks!
Friday is weigh-in day, and I'm super excited and yet completely apprehensive about it. I know I've lost several inches around my hips, and likely around my waist and thighs as well, but I want to know where I'm at on the scale. I'm worried because in my head I'm thinking, "Wouldn't it be amazing if I stepped on the scale and I was like 240 lbs, or even in the 230s!?!?!" And the thing is, I might only be 4 lbs down (at a rate of 1 lb/week), which would still leave me at 256 lbs. I don't want to set myself up for disappointment, but I'm getting really excited to see where I'm at and set new goals for the future.
My clothes are fitting a lot looser - especially my pants around the hips. My belt is now consistently staying on the 7th notch, but I noticed that even that was getting too loose for where I needed it to be. I see a new belt in my future!! Additionally, I tried on some dresses in my closet that fit WAY better than they ever did when I first bought them. I tried on that piece of lingerie that Andrea and Kristen bought me for my bachelorette party, the one that I was never able to fit into, and LO! It actually semi-fits now!! I could stand to lose a few more pounds, but I'm incredibly proud of my progress thus far.
On a separate note, I found out that I exercised 24/31 days in March, which comes out to about 77%. I'm not disappointed, but I do see some areas I could improve upon. First off, I think that 3 of the days I exercised were only pilates. Granted, I did hurt my ankle and needed to find another outlet to utilize when I couldn't do cardio, but ideally, I want to mainly focus on cardio. That being said, I want to be exercising 30/31 days of the month. I understand a day or two off here or there, but honestly, at most I'd like to allot for 4-5 days of allowed absences in a month. Even if it's just 5 minutes on the elliptical, I want to be exercising EVERY DAY.
I'm a little bummed out today because we ran out of groceries and we don't have time to go get new ones. So Josh said he'd go out tomorrow morning and get groceries for me. I feel super bad letting him do that, but I do need some things to cook here. Besides, I'm all out of bananas and apples and those are like... staples in my diet at the moment. The whole 'not-having-groceries' thing was a huge sore spot for me today, so I was a huge grumpsicle when we got home from work. Feeling better now, but still...
I'm a little disappointed in my willingness to use the 'Quick Add' section of MFP to add calories for things I don't know, or using random items to put in caloric values for foods I eat. I really want to be as accurate as possible, and I can't do that when I'm guessing what I'm eating or guessing how many calories that 1/2 stick of pepperoni actually is. It also doesn't give me a very accurate picture of what my other nutritional values (protein, sodium, etc.) were for the day.
This weekend I got A TON of compliments from family and friends regarding how I'm looking, and I must say it's really a boost for my self-esteem. I feel really encouraged and happy that other people are noticing all my hard work. It's excellent!
So ya, that's my life at the moment. I have a couple of people to email back and I need to get my bum on the elliptical for some working out :) Woo hoo!
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