Current Weight: 285.4 pounds
Pounds Lost: 10.6
Pounds Still To Lose For Goal Weight: 105.4
Progress Towards Tulum: 25.09 miles (approx. 3501 miles left to go)
Measurements: Waist (4" above belly button) 38" // Hips 54" // Neck 14"
I spent the majority of the week eating healthy Asian food meals prepared at home by yours truly. On Friday, there were cupcakes to be had, and I ate a dark chocolate one with white chocolate cream cheese frosting without regret, knowing I've been doing well. Then B. and I went to Outback Steakhouse, where I ate half an order of Grilled Shrimp on the Barbie, 3/4 of a 14 oz. ribeye (too much...but so good!) and a side order of broccoli. I did indulge in some of their Bushman loaf (which sounds dirty, but is really just honey wheat bread), but I avoided drinking soda or getting cheesy fries (2900 calories for an entire order), so at least two steps in the right direction!
Other than that, I really need to get back in the swing with Marcy. I only rode twice this past week and that's really not good enough. Especially as I'm only riding 10-15 minutes at a time. So this week I told B. that I would be riding every evening, and I'm really going to try to stick to that.
Besides Marcy, water continues to be my big downfall, especially on the weekends. I'm lucky if I get up to 3 cups a day on Saturday and Sunday, and that's with me carting around a Nalgene everywhere I go in the house. I just can't seem to teach my brain to auto-drink water. I am working on this though - there is a way to break me of my dry ways, I just know it!
Overall, a month has past since I've started this and I've lost over 10 pounds. Since my initial goal was 1-2 pounds a week, I'm very pleased with this result. I don't necessarily expect following months to be the same, but as long as I keep moving forward with this, I think the end results will be just as much reason to celebrate.
To recap Week 4:
- Mid-week lunches of five-spice chicken, gingery shiitake noodles and sauteed garlic baby bok choy (from bbcgoodfood.com)
- Mid-week dinners of homemade veggie fried rice
- Twice-daily snacks of apples with natural peanut butter (Smuckers is the best) and steamed shui mai dumplings with sweet chilli sauce (from bbcgoodfood.com)
- A weekend of Thai-style chicken soup with brown rice (from cooksillustrated.com) and roasted broccoli and shrimp risotto (from my brain-ish - a combination of a nytimes.com recipe and my own risotto talents)
- 2 days of Marcy-riding
