10,316

The Wii Fit is a double-edged sword.  It makes daily exercise easy and fun, but on the other hand it makes daily weigh-ins awfully tempting.  I know I promised not to check in on the scale more than once a week, but the Wii practically does it for me.  So...since I've been weighing in daily by default, here are the results.  Remember they're unofficial because my "official" weigh-in is Monday.  Yesterday: up a pound.  Today: down 2.5.  Net change: down 1.5 pounds since Monday.  It's Wednesday.  Tomorrow I'll probably be up a pound or so and hopefully the next day I'll be down a bit more.  Seems right.  If I'm averaging a little less than a half pound a day, that's 3 pounds a week...which is totally appropriate...I think...

Maybe I should start blogging about food.

Yesterday for breakfast I had two English Muffins (Oroweat whole wheat), each with about a tablespoon each of almond butter and sugar free apricot preserves.  For lunch I had 3/4 of a Turkey Wrap with cranberry sauce and whatever else Smith's put in it.  And for dinner I made two chicken soft tacos in low fat whole wheat tortillas with grilled chicken breast, salsa, fresh avocado, and a sprinkling of shredded low fat cheddar.  Yup...way too light on the veggies.  I even had an apple I brought to work with me and promptly forgot.

Then, as usual, I walked everywhere I went.  To work...to and from lunch...and as an added bonus, home from the downtown train station.  According to google's gmap pedometer, it was about 4.4 miles total.  And my iPod nano's pedometer said I walked 10,316 steps.  No big gym workouts yet.  Just lighter eating, lots of walking, and 30 to 60 minutes on the Wii Fit almost every day.  That's gonna have to change soon to add a gym routine to my program. I'm thinking that while the Wii Fit is great for off-day training, it's time to add a regular weight routine at the gym (maybe 3 days a week doing a couple muscle groups each time?)

Within the next two weeks, I expect to be down a total of 20 pounds.  A couple more weeks and I'll be halfway to the iPad goal.  And I'm still not miserable.  Quite the contrary, aside from sore feet and a few achy muscles, I feel amazing.  

So here are a couple immediate and imminent goals: 1. Eat more fruits and veggies!  2. Go back to the gym.