Now 6.5 weeks into it...

I went jogging again today, I did 3 miles fairly easily--well, I did walk 3 times, but all in all I felt pretty good. My weight is down to 241.5--which means 8.5 pounds in 6.5 weeks!--which is a great change!

The 5K really whetted my appetite for the racing world...and the next step is to run the 10K exactly 4 weeks from today.

My goals for that event are the following:

Weigh 230
Run it in less than an hour
Run it continuously without walking

The most important is the bodyweight goal. Logic states that if I'm lighter, I'll run faster and farther....

To increase my fat droppage from 1.3 pounds/week to 3 pounds per week I need to make some small changes. My no-S plan has done pretty well so far, but looking back, I never actually dropped soda completely. I dropped SUGARED sodas during the week, but continued drinking diet sodas. I'm not sure how everyone else does out there, but for me that satisfies my thirst a lot more quickly than is probably healthy, in other words, I think I drink far less liquids overall when I drink soda. Since every report I've read on weight loss says drinking more water = more efficient metabolism, I need to drink a LOT more water.

So my new goal is to do water only during every day but the weekend nights when I go to a movie or whatever. For now, I'll allow myself ONE twelve ounce diet soda per day, which is a huge reduction--and drink at least 10 glasses of water per day.

The second small change is to stop eating at 9:00, period. No more late night binges. I don't need food after 9:00.

The third small change is to have one S day... Sunday. That's good enough for the 4 weeks before my 10K, after all, I'm in training!

To remind myself, I'll hang reminders on mirrors and the pantry, and write these goals down daily...