Weighting For Skinny Progress Report - Saturday March 31, 2007

I started this blog a month after I decided to make changes to my lifestyle so here's a quick recap of where I started on February 10th 2007:

Height : 5"
Weight: 144.5 LBS

I've been using a modified South Beach Diet since that diet seems to be the least restrictive and easier to stick with. For exercise I started out walking 30 minutes to 1 hour a day but soon grew bored with it. Specially since walking alone seemed to have little effect on my weight loss goals. I simply wasn't losing weight and on one occassion the weight jumped to 146 LBS - which left me devastated. So at the beginning of March I decided to look for an exercise program that would both be effective and one that I would stick to.

I have dozens of exercise videos and DVD's that I have accumulated over the years of my yo-yo dieting and exercising so I looked through them all and decided that the best for me (for now) was the relatively easy to do "8 Minutes in the Morning with Jorge Cruise". I've
been consistently working out with the "8 Minutes..." tape since March 1st. The work out is simple enough that I don't find myself dreading doing the exercises. The focus of "8 Minutes..." is strength training which helps develop muscle while reducing fat. Basically, from what I read increasing muscle density increases your Resting Base Metabolic Rate (RBMR). By raising the RBMR your body is buring calories even while you are resting - which is a good thing. I like to think of it as "your body is still working out long after you've physically stopped working out" :).

Anyway, back to my progress report for March 31, 2007:

Height - 5' I don't anticipate that changing :)
Weight - 138.5 LBS ( Down 6.0 LBS since Feb 10, 2007)
Goal Weight - 110 LBS (28.5 LBS to go)

I know that it's not much of a loss over seven weeks. I would have loved to see a 2LB a week drop for a total 14 LB loss but I am in this for the long haul and if slow and steady means I stick to these health and lifestyle changes then so be it.

UPDATE: 2:22PM
I forgot to add my Body Mass Index. (To check your BMI visit the Body Mass Index Calculator)
Starting BMI : 28.3
Current BMI : 27.2
Yet another UPDATE: 2:52
After some additional weight loss research I decided to also include tape measurements as part of the Weighting For Skinny weekly updates. The start date is now: March 31, 2007. I have no idea what the measurements were before I started this lifestyle change.

Neck : 14 inches
Upper Arms: 12.5 inches
Waist : 34 inches
Lower Belly: 35.5 inches ( I have what they call the belly pooch :( )
Hip/ Butt Area: 40 inches
Upper Thigh: 22 inches
Chest: 37 inches

This is going to be lots of information to track so I will be asking my husband to show me how to put the data into Excel - otherwise I think it is going to get messy and confusing.