The past two weekends have practically been N days: three meals, no snacking, no seconds, one or two sweet treats the entire weekend. This isn't me being hardcore; it just seems natural already. (Don't worry, though; when I go to one of our medieval re-enactments, I'll definitely be doing multiple plates at feast.)
I don't know how much I weigh because, I'll be honest, I haven't wanted to look. The last time I was at the doctor's, I closed my eyes when they weighed me. I just got a Wii, however, and my Wii Fit is in the mail, so I'll be confronted with it soon enough.
BUT, I've already noticed a slight loosening in my pants and shorts! It's just in the waist so far (I am slow, slow, slow to lose hip fat), but it's a difference I can see. My short-term goal is to get back into my jeans (one size too small); I might be there in another month. I also hope to lose enough weight I can get back into my engagement and wedding ring (fingers got too fat for them
). That will probably only happen when I get down to my goal weight, which is what I was when I got married (two sizes smaller). I have a 30 mile commute to work, so I can't walk or bike it, but last week I started parking at a nearby park and walking to work (nearly 1/2 mile one way). I did that three days last week. I'm not against walking on the treadmill at home, but I tend to have a lot of excuses first thing in the morning (need more sleep, don't want to put on my socks and shoes, etc.), and I have no energy at all in the evenings, so my adherence to walking is a yo-yo.
I really like parking several blocks away and walking because I'm guaranteed to get the walk in, and it's walking with a purpose. I'm not walking in place, staring at the wall. It also brings back good memories of when I lived in Ireland and walked to and from work or to the grocery store every day of the week (1-3 miles a day).
I've also had a standing desk at work for over 3 months, and I really like it (a post about it on my blog: http://keripeardon.wordpress.com/2011/0 ... eet-again/). I think I would have been losing weight earlier if I hadn't been overeating. There's a noticeable connection between standing long periods every day and being smaller than people who sit.
