7/21/21

Another HIIT workout completed!

Considering I’ve done about 50 of these over the last few months you’d think I’d be seeing more results 😕

Oh well, I’m still not giving up on this mission to lose weight!

Chapter 17: Setting Goals

After all these months of my weight loss journey, I just realized something I've forgotten to do. Set goals.

Sure, I set the general goal of losing weight when I started this whole thing, but I'm talking about smaller, baby step-type goals that you set for yourself each month.

Little goals like drinking more water, or trying a specific workout challenge are totally doable and would feel really good to be able to cross off each month.

How nice will it be to have a sense of accomplishment about something other than the numbers on the scale or the size of your clothes?

Rachelle Vaughn

Sometimes, when you are so focused on the big picture, it’s easy to overlook the little things.

I’m definitely going to start setting some smaller goals for myself each month from here on out!

7/19/21

So, I’m on day 5 of trying to drink more water—as in, at least 64oz a day—and I hope it ends up helping me feel better in a few different ways.

If anything, I think the more I drink the more thirsty I become! I’ve never drank (drunk?) this much water before and it’s been a fun little experiment.

I’ll report back when the full week is up…

7/18/21

Looking on the bright side of the pandemic, I guess there have been a few things that I wouldn’t have done otherwise.

It’s been 16 months since I’ve eaten fast food and 2 years since I’ve eaten at a restaurant. I haven’t had soda or any other kind of carbonated beverage in all that time either.

So much has been cut out of my life—the traveling, the birding, the hiking—that I’ve been forced to look toward myself and focus on ways I can improve.

This has definitely been a time of experimenting on myself. What would happen if I rode the stationary bike every day for a month straight? What if I get really into yoga and do it every day for 2 months? Why don’t I do this challenge or try that workout?

While making all of these life changes, I lost 15 pounds before I even started this “official” journey in April. That’s quite a big loss from just changing a few of my eating habits.

I love that I’ve been doing all this work on my weight and will eventually emerge a lighter, healthier me when I finally feel safe to leave my house again someday.

7/17/21

 I’m counting vacuuming the house as my cardio today…

July Monthly Weigh-in

I lost 3 pounds this month!

Yeah, it’s nowhere close to my 2 pounds a week goal, but considering that I’ve been having my period every other week (thanks perimenopause, however can I repay you? 😒), I’ll take whatever I can get!

I picked up one of my 3 pound weights and it’s actually a significant amount of weight when you’re holding it in your hand.

This last month I have eased off working out so much, but I’ve been sticking to my 1500 calorie plan and haven’t gone over.

Trying to lose weight during perimenopause is one of the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to do, but I’m not giving up and I’m going to keep making progress no matter how long it takes me to get to my goal weight.

I just have a few pounds to go until I’m in the 180’s and I can’t wait!

7/15/21

 A half of a workout is better than not doing one at all!

3 months ago, I would have sat on the couch and done nothing when I didn’t feel good, but now I’m still doing what I can to get this weight off, even if I don’t make it all the way through the video…