Only two

I only got on the elliptical twice last week. I will try to get on today but that will be 3 in 8 days rather than 7.
However, I did walk around at Old Tucson, Madera Canyon, the Zoo and the mall in the past few days so its not like I was sitting on my arse!!

Tomorrow offically starts 'the diet'. I plan to aim for at least 3x on the elliptical this week but perhaps more if I can. It should be a lot easier now that my dad has left. I'll be home and can use the machine while Avery naps each day. If I can manage to work out every weekday and take the weekends off (when I'm more active otherwise), then I think that will be perfect. Hopefully I can start out strong and do that from the start but if I have to work my way up to it, so be it. Baby steps!

So, my weeks will start on Wednesday this time around. I will weigh in tomorrow morning for my official start weight. And I will begin my calorie counting. 1600 is my goal to start. Eventually I will probably have to drop to 1400 but I'll be lucky if I can stick to 1600 to begin with... I tend to get VERY hungry at the beginning of a diet.

I'm pretty confident that I can do this this time though. I even informed my dad on his way out the door this morning that next time he sees me (in about 6 months), I will be much thinner!

My first short term goal is to get into the 170s. I would love to accomplish this by my 33rd birthday (March 26th) which just happens to be a Wednesday! That gives me exactly 9 weeks to lose what will probably amount to 11 pounds (if my official weighin tomorrow matches today's weight of 190). I normally would aim for 1lb/week average but I'm going to try to get in those extra 2 lbs.... we shall see!

My long term goal is to be under 140lbs by next year. That is JUST over 1lb/week average. Definitely doable!

Wish me luck! If I don't get serious starting tomorrow, I will not reach either of my goals.
I know I can do this!

PS I want to know how anyone reaches 10,000 steps on a pedometer. Yesterday, after walking around the zoo for a couple hours and the mall for another hour, I only ended the day at half that!!