Out of the 200 Club!

It's been a week since my last update, so it's time for a check-in. You guys, I'm so excited! Today, for the first time in over 4 years, my scale has showed me a number under 200 lbs! Booyah! I reached my first mini-goal in just 7 weeks. I'm really happy with the progress that I'm making, and excited to be a smaller, fitter person. I still have roughly 10 weeks before my anniversary, which was my original deadline to lose 25 lbs and be under 200 lbs. Now, I'm hoping to have lost another 15 - 20 lbs by then, which would move me from a BMI classified as "obese" to a BMI of just "overweight." Why yes, I do strive to be overweight. Because overweight is healthier than obese. So, for right now, that's what I'm working towards.

Here is my spreadsheet for my weekly update:


















Like I mentioned, I'm happy with the way I'm heading. I'm losing pounds and inches, and my muscles are feeling stronger. As far as my mini-goal about water goes, thanks to everyone for the tips and suggestions. I was doing great for a couple of days, then I kind of got lazy and thirsty again. So I'm sticking with my goal to drink at least 8 cups of water each day, and probably it needs to be bit more since it's getting so warm around here. I'm going to try to keep a special "only for mom" water bottle stocked up with ice and water throughout the day. I tend to drink more if my water is nice and chilled. My kids like to steal my water bottle though and guzzle it up or just kind of dump water everywhere, so I need to keep better tabs of it.

I also saw this 30 day ab fitness challenge that I'm planning on doing. The rest of the world apparently started on June 1st, but I didn't because it was Sunday and I don't really exercise on Sunday. And since I don't exercise on Sunday I forgot to start at all. So yeah, June 3rd is a good day to start, right? Right! Here are the specs of that challenge if any of you care to know:

Looks like fun, right? And it starts off pretty easy and works you up to more of a workout, which is good for my poor flabby abs. I know some of my friends have already committed to doing this, so you folks will have to let me know how it's going.

So that's the latest from me. I'll check in again in a week or so. Happy fitness, all!

PS- I realize that for all intents and purposes, 199.3 lbs is still pretty much 200 lbs. Don't rain on my parade, yo!

PPS- Lest, you think I'm perfect Polly at this fitness thing, I don't even want to mention the daylight donuts I consumed yesterday, or how my lunch consisted of Costco food-court items. Let's just say that my workout yesterday was extra long in order to make up for some excess calories that were not so great for my body, but tasted delicious. If only junk food actually tasted like garbage...