Weight loss update: Week 56

Last week was not a good week for me.  I'm not sure what the reason was but last week I gained 1.6 lbs.  I was at my lowest of 203 and that put me back up to 204.6.  This weight gain could have occurred for a number of reasons.  Could have been from all the chocolate I ate and the delicious dinner we had for Valentines day.  Or it could have been from my increase in weights at the gym and my body was just slapping on some more muscle.  Whatever the reason I gained weight.

Here's the kicker though.  My last weigh in was Friday and then this morning I weighed and now again I am at my lowest weight of 202.4.  So that means that over the weekend I lost 2.4 lbs which is more than I gained last week.  So there you have it.  I was afraid that I had ruined my chances of reaching my end of the month goal of getting below 200.  Now I have only 2.5 lbs to lose by the end of the month which only gives me 1 week.  Not sure if I will make it but I am going to give my best shot.

I am going to start swimming laps today at the gym for my cardio instead of the bike.  Just to change things up and see if that will help me along the way.  I have always liked to swim so it should be enjoyable.  I always tell everyone to pick an exercise that they enjoy otherwise they will end up quiting.  That is what I have done over the past year and it seems to work for me.  Plus it is nice to change things up a bit from time to time just to make things more interesting and not get bored with it all.

Not to mention that if you keep doing the same thing over and over again your body will get use to it.  That is why walking is really not the best exercise for losing weight because it is something that most people do on a regular basis.  Now if you are at a point where walking is the only exercise you can do and if that is where you are than that is what you need to do to start off plus some weights of course.

You have to do weights.  Building muscle is one of the best ways to get your metabolism started up and keep it going.  I do more weights than I do cardio.  The lbs may come of slower but you will find the inches come off quickly because you will be exchanging fat for muscle.  I have said this before but pound for pound muscle weighs the same as fat but muscle takes up less space.  So you will have a constant loss of inches with bursts of weight loss.

Slow and steady wins the race.