Well It's January 3, 2013 and I am starting a weight loss progam. I recently had my third child and i am tipping the scales at 191.6 pounds. I am 5'6" and ready to get back down to 130 pounds. 60 pounds is a pretty daunting number though so i have decided to break it down into 10 pound intervals.
Part One Goal: Lose 10 pounds!
I have decided to try to lose 2 pounds per week this go round to see if i can do it. I will have to eat 1700 calories per day and burn off 2700 calories per day. seems pretty doable. I have ordered the bodyfit media armband to help me track calories in/out and it seems to be tracking things pretty well.
Part One Diet: Keeping it simple
for the first ten pounds i am just going to try to keep it under 1700 per day. I will eliminate liquid calories by just drinking water or black coffee. Breaking meals down to 5 per day. breakfast /snack /lunch /snack /dinner, where lunch is my largest meal. dinner my smallest
Part One Excercise: Walking it off
For the first 10 pound goal, i will walk 5 miles a day or about 10,000 steps. I will warm up @ 2.5 miles per hour for 10 minutes then get up to between 3 and 4 miles an hour until i've walked 4.5 miles then will cool down at 2.5 miles an hour for 20 minutes. I will add strength training my next goal.
Part One Time Frame: February 14, 2013
The first 10 pounds should (hopefully) be off by February 14. I will only weigh myself on thursday mornings until then. Wish me luck!
