Week 6 Update

Ok, I am getting extremely mad at Blogger - I have just lost two drafts of this post in the last 5 minutes! Grrrr!!!!!!!!!

So anyway, I am at about the half way point, and I will definitely be abandoning my arbitrary date of June 30th. I weighed myself this morning and I am up to 192lbs thanks to my month of celebrating. I started off celebrating my thesis being finished, and ended May celebrating my graduation! So I REALLY need to buckle down and stop celebrating! (On a side note, even my Hemoglobin A1C rose a fair bit thanks to my month of celebrations).

This past week wasn't a total loss though - I was a bit more active than I have been of late. My knee is also feeling a bit better, so that has helped. Monday was pilates, then on both Tuesday and Thursday, I was called into work so I biked (it was a library that is rather close to my house.). Wednesday was a 45ish minute walk, and Saturday was some DDR. Sure, the bike rides weren't terribly far, but they were at least something! So I need to continue with this trend and work out a bit more (I'm hoping to do at least a little something everyday - but it's been tough as I have days where I just feel exhausted); it appears to be just my eating habits that need major revising!

So as to my exercise goal, I am abandoning June 30th as the date. I am just going to have to work on things until I eventually get down to a more healthy weight (I am still thinking 160-165 lbs, even though the Self happy weight calculator says I should go down to about 152-153lbs); I am hoping that by the end of summer I will be at a better weight. Then I will just have to worry about maintaining my healthy weight come the new school year; hopefully by next summer I'll be able to buy myself a sexy new swim suit (like a bikini for the first time ever!!!)

For the Self Healthy Weight Calculator, go to http://www.self.com/fitness/nutrition/calculators/happyWeight