Not even Starbuck's could throw me off my game!

Week 1 is on the books ya'll!  Today marks 7 days on the new kick to eat better, lose weight and get healthy!

The week has been interesting, but not necessarily difficult.  I found myself making better food choices without really thinking about it.  Even at places where healthy wasn't really on the menu I felt like I did good.  For instance on Friday night we had a work function for the grand opening of one of our new restaurants and they were sampling the menu.  Everything from pizza, wings, sandwiches etc.  Now my former self would have gone through that buffet line at least 3-4 times loading up a plate every time.  The new and focused me only went up once and only got 1 small piece of pizza, 2 boneless wings and 3 tortilla chips.  Trust that I was tempted to keep snacking, but I resisted and I was proud of myself.  The good thing here also is that I didn't deprive myself completely.  I allowed myself to have some "junk" food after a week of being good, which I think is vital and important to success.

This week I committed to only drinking water everyday and to try and drink at least 3 water bottles full or more.  The first day it was a little tough, but after a couple of days it has just become routine to fill up my water bottle and always have water on hand!  I attribute most of the weight loss this week to water weight and that's fine.  I know how this game works.  You lose a bunch of water weight the first week or two and then things start to slow down as you begin losing real weight!

With that being said here are this weeks results:

Starting weight: 234.8lbs
Today's weight: 230.6lbs
Total lost: 4.2lbs

Not bad for just a week on!  I even allowed myself a couple of Starbucks drinks (non-fat, no whip mind you) and not even Starbuck's could throw me off my game!

I'm excited to see results the first week as that always provides motivation to keep going!  My ultimate goal I can't really say is a specific number, but rather how I look and feel.  I want to be able to see my belt when I look down.  I want to have a neck again.  I don't want my face to look like an overstuffed balloon.  I don't want to look 9 months pregnant when I turn sideways.  So whatever number that ends up being and gets me to those goals, that's the number I want to be at.  Logistically speaking I plan to get below 200lbs over the next 4-6 months.  I know I will feel better about myself and my image when that day comes again.  I used the word again because this has all happened before, a few times before.  My blog title says it all, it really is a never ending quest for weight loss!

Here's to another successful week!  A week of good food choices and hopefully starting DDP Yoga on a regular schedule.  Adding exercise to this regimen should help amp up the results a bit too!

Enjoy your week, until next time!

Wishing you success in your goals,

Keith