Week One Summary

I started this week with small goals in mind. You can find those in my previous post. Because I started on the first of the month and like to weigh in on Wednesdays, my first “week” was actually ten days long. 

The quickest change in goals happened when I started tracking my calories. On day one I realized just how much I was consuming and quickly made changes. I grocery shop for two weeks at a time and had already bought groceries. With some changes to our meal plans, I was able to take what we had and turn them into healthy meals. On top of that I decided to stay around 1200 calories a day and to my surprise, was able to do it the whole week. Was it easy, no. There were cravings and moments where I felt hungry. I was eating smaller portion sizes and if I felt hungry, I allowed myself to eat as many vegetables as I wanted. To help with feeling hungry, I also chose meals high in protein and fiber so that I felt fuller for longer. 

In addition, I cut out all drinks besides my morning coffee and water. This was pretty easy for me as I actually love water. 

If you don’t have an Apple Watch, it has three goals or rings to close out everyday. One being calories burned, an exercise goal and a standing goal, as well as tracking my steps. Observing the first few days gave me a starting point. Without working out my steps were low. I made the goal of reaching 4,000 a day. The stand goal is once every hour for one minute. For that I set my goal at 12. The exercise goal is set in minutes. It tracks your active moving. This is different from just a walking movement. To get into a fat burning range, I knew that I wanted to be active for at least 30 minutes once I started my workouts. Lastly, the move goal that tracks calories burned. It was already set to 400 and not really knowing how much I burned a day, I left it there. 

To top off the last few days of my ten day week, we bought a treadmill. During the pandemic, my SO started a home gym in the garage. Little by little he added to it. Well when we PCSed last month, all the hardware was missing. So the weight bench is currently not assembled but I can still use the weights. I’ve always preferred cardio and the treadmill has been an amazing tool to have at home. I’ll talk more about that in my next post!

To finish off the ten days, I weighed in for the first time. I weighed in at 183.4. This is a 4.6 pound loss. With a goal of 5 pounds a month, I don’t have far to go over the next couple of weeks. If I end up losing more this first month, it just allows me more wiggle room on a slower month.