5 lbs!

That’s right, 5 lbs down this week! I have walked in the neighborhood every night except for Friday and have kept my calories at or below the 2290 that myfitnesspal.com says I need to keep up a 2+ lbs per week loss.

I have found that by entering in my meals on MFP before I eat them and seeing what I am about to put in my body, that I am watching what I eat a little more than I used to. I am still eating the same things for the most part, have not had any fast food in the last 2 weeks, but that is more the lack of money than anything. The only times I have let myself eat out have been to Subway twice for Roasted Chicken Breast on wheat and once to the local Chinese place for some sesame chicken.

The walking has been great, I really don’t dread it at all. In fact I have been kind of hoping for some rain one evening to help it cool things down, but so far nothing but a quick 5-10 minute drizzle on Thursday night.

I am hoping to start playing some basketball this coming week in addition to the walking to help burn off even more calories. Mostly just shooting hoops in the driveway, but I have also asked a friend if he is up for coming over about once a week for some one-on-one to burn even more.

Last but certainly not least, it looks like I have gone down almost one pant size already. When I started, I wore a loose fitting 44 waist, and had been able to once in a while squeeze into a pair of 42′s. This last week I have been able to comfortably wear the 42′s every day and am going to pull out a couple more pairs in that size that I have in the back of the closet. My shirts are still 3XLT, but they have been feeling a bit looser at least. Makes me kind of glad that I have kept most of my old clothes so that I won’t have to go and spend to get more for a while, I have a few pairs of jeans in each size down to 38′s  and pretty sure I have a few 2xl shirts hanging around as well. Once I get below those, I will be happy to go buy more.

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