Woo hoo!

The plateau is over!  I’m down 3.4 pounds this week.  Only 10 more until my 10% goal!

Goals this week: 2 pounds and 3x at the gym!

That my friends, is my slogan for 2008. Thanks Elvis.

I’ve been whining for YEARS about my weight. After big successes after college, I stopped doing so well for a while, then got pregnant (twice) and gained and lost 60 pounds twice with my pregnancies. I’ve been in a “I want to lose weight but its too hard” funk for a long while now and I decided at teh beginning of 2008 that it was time to stop talking and do something.

It started with the Triathlon….a goal that I never thought I could accomplish. My goal when I started the training was “finish and don’t die”, but by the end of it I had accomplished more than I ever thought. I was shocked when I finished with a 450 in the pool (that’s 17 laps people), 9.5 ish miles on the bike and a 1.3 mile run! I really had come far!

I decided, especially after reading my friend Kelly’s blog, that I was going to use my forum here as sort of a sounding board of public accountability for my weight loss journey. My plan is to blog about this once or twice a week…keeping track of my workouts and my stats from Weight Watchers and documenting my successes and struggles.

Here goes nothing…

To reach my goal, I need to lose a total of 72.5 pounds in 2008. I would like to reach my goal by November 15th (Madeline’s 2nd birthday). So far I have lost 12.5 pounds with a combination of Weight Watchers and working out.

I started Weight Watchers about 4 weeks ago and have lost 8.5 pounds so far on the program. (I lost 4 before I started). I was bad and didn’t get to a meeting last Thursday. I had a commitment and didn’t get to the one I normally go to, and then didn’t weigh in at all last week. This is a consistent problem I have — if I feel like I’m not having the best week, I don’t go to the meeting because I don’t like to face the scale. However, I’ve learned over the years that I need that support to succeed, so I am DEFINITELY going this Thursday.

As for the workouts, I’ve checked the triathlon off my list. Next up is the 5k (May 31st). After the 5k, I’m thinking I would like to prepare for a 10k by the end of the summer. To prepare for this, I commit myself to 3 days a week at the gym — one spin class, and two days of other cardio - hopefully one with strength training.

Anyway, I’ll post again on Thursday after I weigh in and discuss my plan of action for the week!