Feeling better - weigh in this week

This week has been a very interesting week.  I have been doing really well with my eating (except super bowl night).  I thought for sure I still lost some weight.

I went to Dr Bishops office the other day and weighed myself and I was exactly the same weight was I was the week earlier.  To be honest with you, I was a bit in shock.

Dr explained to me a few things that made a lot of sense and made me feel a bit better.  I weighed in at 498 which is 12 pounds from my original weigh in when i started the blog.  Dr Bishop explained to me that I was most liked having water shift around in my body and that the food i was eating was most likely firming up my body as i was losing body fat.  So instead of losing weight in number I am actually toning up somewhat.  To prove this theory the Doctor took my measurments in the office that day and I was overall 2 inches smaller than when i first started...which is equivelant to about 20 pounds lost..which is exactly where I want to be.

This did make me feel a bit better only cause I agreed it to be true. 

I still need to keep going and step it up cause I do want the weight to drop and I am finding it really hard.

I have started and I have been keeping up with the treadmill.  I try and do it each day or at least every other day. 

Not too sure how many more posts I will do, as I will be away for a month starting next week.  I will try and get a final weigh before I leave and post it.

Weigh in Day - Creation of Power of Five Meal Plan

Not a nice day out there today, but luckily I had a few appointments this morning and was able to swing  by Dr. Bishop's office and weigh in. 

Today I weighed in at 498 pounds.  Another 5 pounds this week.  The 500's are gone and good riddance.  500 club is in the rear view mirror now.  I am never wanting to enter that territory again.  If I continue on the path I am on now, and up my exercise every week, as my weight drops, I will soon put the 400's in my rear view mirror as well.  I may sound confident, but deep down I am not.  I know this is going to take hard word, lots of will power and the help from family and friends to help me stay on course.

I appreciate all my close friends who are guding me through this each day whether its my asking me how my day is going or just sitting there and listening to me babble on about healthy lifestyle I am trying to maintain.

I am happy with the way things are going and what is really impressing me is that each day I am trying to figure out more effective ways of dropping the weight, and all by doing this naturally by eating and exercise.

Our body's are made to move.  So thats what I am trying to do more.  I even moved my bedroom down to the basement of my house, which allows me to go up and down the stairs at last 10 times a day more.  Each bit helps and I know this now.

For fun, I created a healthy lifestyle meal plan that has been working for me.  I call is the Power of Five Meal and Exercise Plan.   It's catchy to me cause everything evolves around the the number 5.

5 meals a day
5 sources of protein a day, basically some protein with each meal
5 fruits and vegetebales a day, minimum, more veggies if you would like
5 bottles of water a day, minimum
5 exercise sessions per week, minimum
5 cheat meals a month, but only if you have too...no more than that though, and remember its 5 meals, not 5 days of cheating per month.

This is just a base of course, there are plenty of other things that are involved in eating such as good fats and calcium.

This little plan I try and follow is not sponsored by any doctor or anything, but it seems to be working for me.  Each person is different of course.  I am trying to consume at least 2500 Calories a day.  So basically I am eating between 400 and 600 calories per meal.  Which for now is ok, for me.

Thanks for reading my blog...I am enjoying writing them and I appreciate the support.