Making an Investment

Current Weight (as of Saturday, April 3, 2010): 172.6 Pounds



Total Weight Loss To-Date: 34.6 Pounds



First order of business...I'm down another .4 pounds, which, as I've said before, "a loss is a loss", so I'm embracing it and doing a happy dance. So, since I've started blogging about my journey in December (or voyage!), I've lost 11 pounds. Not bad at all, but I have to start ramping up my efforts, so I can continue to lose weight. This means investing the time to do it.

At this past Saturday's WW meeting, the topic was "Making an Investment", which dealt with finding the time to get activity into my daily routine. Kelly reviewed the Week 2 booklet which deals with activity. It suggests that for those who are sedentary (like me) that we start off with 10 minutes of activity a day and work our way up to 30 minutes a day. Being someone who doesn't do things entirely by the book, I started at 30 minutes a day right away with my walking routine - that was back in June 2009. Since the weather was amazing, getting that kind of time was really easy for me. However, it became a problem as winter set in and the weather got really cold. I think I walked a total of maybe 3 times over the winter months. Not great, but then I also started going to exercise class in November. It helped, but I could've done better. So, back to making an investment. Given that I'm already at the suggested "maximum", I may have to increase the walking component and likely change the routine where I may have to get off at an even further subway station and try walking from there - and increasing the time to 45 minutes. Investing this kind of time may turn out to be well worth it, and have me increase the weight losses every week. I have to think this through. I'll let you know if I actually do this.