Weighed in yesterday and lost 4.4 lbs in the first week! Hubby lost .2 lb but I do have more than him to lose anyway! So am very happy about that and looking to keep the fat burning method going. I think that eating every 3 hours was a huge help and I noticed that I really didn’t eat much bread at all last week. When we went shopping on the weekend it wasn’t something I needed to buy. I know that I was eating way too many carbs for sure.

This week my grocery cart was full of fruits and vegetables. Strawberries were on sale and I picked up some over ripe bananas for a $1. This made 5 low fat banana breads which I sliced and put into the freezer. This way it is just a matter of taking out a slice and letting it thaw. Can’t over eat that way!

My goal for this week is to drink more water and add some herbal teas in as well. Exercise is still going good and I added doing some situps and lifting 5 lb weights. My knee feels really good so hopefully I can start doing more on the aerobic side of things too.

Would love to hear what you have planned for this week, let me know below.

Today was not so cold out so after doing a good round of situps and pushups, off my stairs. Thank hubby for the good advice here. Makes it easier than trying to do them on my knees or full blown version, yet!

I braved the Canadian winter and took Skyla around the block. She is a really strong lab and loves to pull, so I had to devise a way so that she was not pulling me over in the snow. I ended up putting her leash across my shoulder blades so if she pulled I used my arm as a lever and shortened the leash. It was a tough hour and hard going but we made it around the 4.5 km back home for a nice bowl of Butternut squash and sweet potato soup.

Not sure who is going to be more sore, my shoulders or Skyla! Skyla is three now and if I don’t conquer her pulling when we walk it will be impossbile to do so in the future.

I am feeling really good right now and my stomach muscles are sore so that must be a good sign.

Calories burned for 60 minutes of walking with the dog 332.

Sue

photo credit: AMagill