Thanksgiving Update

If your house smells as good as mine does right now, I bet your stomach is growling!  I hope you ate breakfast!  That's the best way to get your metabolism started and to not sit down to dinner with an empty stomach! 

My latest weigh-in was last night and this week I lost 2.5 pounds!  That's one of the best weeks (for weight loss) I've had so far.  My new goal is another 10 pounds before Christmas.  That means I will really have to step up my workouts and watch every bite I eat.  I am planning to increase my treadmill mileage to 3 miles at least 4 days a week.  I am also increasing my hand weights from 5 lbs. to 8.  I was "bragging" to my trainer yesterday that I can now feel muscles in my arms and abs.  Granted, they are still covered with too much fat (hahahaha), but they are definitely there.

I thought it was a good time to share the details of my weight and inches lost.  Weighing and measuring is done weekly.  It seems like the weeks I lose inches, my weight loss is small and visa versa.  The question marks next to some of the measurements are because sometimes the numbers just didn't seem right.  Sometimes bloating and water retention will throw things off.  You just accept it and move on.  It usually evens out in the end.  I try hard not to get obsessed with any one number, but together as a whole.

Date	Weight (lbs.)	Right Thigh (inch)	Left Thigh (inches)	Waist (inches)	Hips (inches)	Chest (inches)	Right Arm (inches)	Left Arm (inches)
8/11/2010	250	28	27.25	47.5	51	52	18	17.75
8/16/2010	250.2
8/23/2010	248.5		26.5	47	52.5	52	17.5	17
8/30/2010	248	27.5	26.25	46	52	50.5	17	16.5
9/9/2010	246.6	26.5	26.5	46	50	50.5	16	16.25
9/20/2010	246.8	25.5	25	46	51.5	50.5	16	16
9/27/2010	244
10/4/2010	244.6	25.25	25.25	44.5	47.5	50	16	16
10/14/2010	242.8	25	25	44.25		49.75	16	15.75
10/21/2010	242.6
10/28/2010	242	24.75	24.75	44.25	47.5	49.75	16	15.75
11/4/2010	240.6	24.5	24.5	44	48	49.5	16	15.75
11/11/2010	240.8	25.5??	24.5	43.75	49	49.5	15.75	15.5
11/18/2010	239.8	24.25	24.5	43.5	50??	49	15.5	15.5
11/23/2010	237.4	25?	24.5	43.25	50	48.75	15.5	15.5

Slow and steady!  BABY STEPS!!!
Have a great Thanksgiving!