Here's the starting stats. I'm overweight. I don't particularly care how much I weigh, in general, but my weight is causing health problems and making me miserable. So it only makes sense that I should attempt to shed a few pounds. But for a variety of reasons, not the least of them pure embarrassment, I'm not going to tell you how much I weigh. All I plan on telling you is that I've recorded my weight in my food diary, and every Friday morning I'll have a weigh-in and record here, on the blog, the difference from last week and from starting point X.
Food diary... ah yes. I once went on a quite successful diet/exercise program. There were two main parts to it. One was a food diary, the other was an exercise chart. I didn't reach my goal weight, but I was well on the way when I suddenly fell ill and stopped exercising. Depression soon followed, and I stopped keeping track of my food. At which point the program failed and I started to gain again.
That's where the blog here comes in. My hope is that, due to my anal-retentive nature, I'll feel incredibly guilty if I don't post my current information. That'll hopefully give me the additional incentive to keep on keeping on.
Anyway, I plan on this being a pretty short blog every Friday morning. I'll just list the stats, and maybe comment on how I feel. Nothing more. Don't feel obligated to give me cheers of encouragement, don't feel like you need to say "good job, Laura" whenever I post the FFB, but don't hesitate to do so if you feel like it! So, here's the first one, to establish the pattern:
- Weight = X
- Change From Last Week = 0
- Met Exercise Goal? Yes
Goal was ten minutes a day on bike or treadmill starting on Monday. - Current Exercise Goal = ten minutes a day on bike or treadmill, at least six days.
- Kept food diary? Yes, started on Monday.
And that's all until next week.