Welcome to my weight loss journey! I’m excited to share my progress with you as I embark on this transformative adventure. This blog post marks the end of Week 2, and I can’t wait to update you on the small but significant steps I’ve taken towards achieving my goals. So, let’s dive right into it!
Setting the Stage
At the end of Week 1 of my journey, I took some time to reflect on what my vision is for this journey and how I did on achieving my goals for Week 1. After that, I set my goals for week 2. Those goals were:
- Move more than I did this past week. My walking sessions started at lasting 11 minutes, and I’ve worked up to 16 minutes. I’d like to see it in the 25–30-minute range by the end of the week.
- Drink at least 64oz of water. I currently don’t think I drink enough water. Increasing how much water I drink a day has a host of benefits, such as curbing appetite.
You can see the full recap in Weight Loss Journey: Week 1 Update post.
Progress Highlights
Drinking more water was definitely a great goal to have. It helped in so many ways! I will definitely keep working toward drinking the right amount of water.
Movement wise, I met that goal with the exception of 1 day. I had family visit unexpectedly as they were driving home from the 4th of July event. With the sudden change of plans, I lost sight of completing that goal for the day. Overall, I’m still happy with the improvement in my physical activity compared to where I started!
I’ve noticed that my knees are starting to hurt less, especially when I’m standing up! Also didn’t have sore legs as much as Week 1!
I decided on a dietary approach. I started using Weight Watchers to help manage what I eat as I progress through my journey.
The last highlight I have for this week is the numbers on the scales.
- Starting Weight: 431
- Last Week’s Weight: 423
- This Week’s Weight: 422
A nice steady improvement from last week!
Challenges Faced
There were a few days that I didn’t have a good plan for meals and ended up eating whatever I could find that was easy. In this case, it was a sliced turkey sandwich. Not the worst but could be better.
I also didn’t handle the sudden change of plans when my sister dropped by all too well. It was a nice surprise, and I definitely enjoyed the visit with her. I just wish I had a better plan in place to still keep my goals in mind.
Lessons Learned
Planning ahead is going to help out so much. The fewer decision made in the moment, the better your decision will likely be. Work on having a fallback plan for events that seem to occur frequently but are difficult to plan such as unexpected visitors.
Establishing new habits and routines can be hard. Having visual cues and associating them with existing habits/routines can help!
Looking Ahead
For Week 3 of my journey, I want to continue to build off of Week 2 progress. My goals for this week are:
- Log Every meal and snack in the Weight Watcher’s App for the week
- Complete at least 1 body weight circuit workout (more on that later this week).
Final Thoughts
Week 2 continued to build on my progress from Week 1! I had a few non-scale victories to celebrate that highlights my progress more so than the scale did. Hope you’ve had a great week as well! Let’s keep moving forward! See you at the next update!