Progress!!

Today was weigh in day.  I am down 1.2 pounds in 6 days (to include valentines day!).  I will take it! That puts me 10 pounds from the 200 mark!  I can not wait to get to 199.9 or lower!

I am an accountant and to make it worse I am a government accountant.  Yes I know you are thinking thick dark glasses and pocket protector!  while I am slightly cooler then that (I did ride a roller coaster with Hootie and the blowfish back in the 90’s), I am still a numbers geek.  I have a spreadsheet for my weight loss.  It tracks so much for me:  My goal for the week, how many pounds left to lose till 100, my BMI, this weeks weight loss (pounds and percent), cumulative pounds loss, and cumulative % loss.  It’s a great thing!  Oh and it graphs my progress – okay so maybe when I am done here I will look on amazon for a pocket protector!

After updating my spreadsheet today I noticed a few things.  Since January 1st 2010 I have lost almost 54 pounds or over 20% of my bodyweight.  But then I looked at my BMI!  I started at 42.6 and today I am at 34.1.  I have decreased my BMI by 8.5!  Now that may or may not sound impressive to you.  But in the last year  I went from class III obesity  down to class I obesity.  I am about 25 pounds from being classified as overweight..and not obese.  I found that be so encouraging!

My 5K is two weeks from Saturday.  I think I am on track with my training.  My trainer was excited over my progress.  I took tonight off from working out. the last 2 nights of bootcamp have been intense and my period showed up today.  I love my kids but they didn’t need to give me their colds!!  The weather is weekend is promising, I am hoping to get out for a run!!

Have a great night!!!