I somehow missed this post :( So you were the mysterious referral! I was wondering. How are you doing with things now that you are a few weeks in?
I'm pretty much on track! And feeling optimistic about seeing this through all the way.
Congratulations on meeting your HealthyWage goal, Elaine!! I am looking forward to doing that too. :)
I've been counting calories and getting into more of an exercise groove. I'm not interested in short-lived changes...whatever I do in this area needs to be sustainable for me in the long term, and not feel like a sacrifice...so I *am* actually including things like occasional ice cream in the calorie budget. So far so good.
A few days ago a friend decided to get into more of a gym routine too, so we've been starting to go to the gym together to do weight training. She has done that before, but I've always stuck to the cardio-type machines, so this is a new thing for me (and she's rusty, so our levels match pretty well). It's nice to have a gym buddy! We'll do that two or three times a week, and I will keep going with my running program on my own. I'm doing Couch to 10K, and at this point "running" is a rather exaggerated descriptor of the slowww jog I'm doing, lol. But I am quite pleased with my progress with that. I'll get there eventually!
...I suppose I might actually admit to some numbers here, hah.
2019-06-10: 229 lbs
2019-07-01: 225 lbs
2019-07-19: 221 lbs
I'm tall for a woman, 5'9, so ultimately I'd like to get under 170 lbs and actually hit a healthy BMI range for me. Maybe I can get there in a year - theoretically should happen if I stick to my one-pound-a-week goal*. I've never weighed less than 215 lbs as an adult, so this will be a major life change.
*I'm deliberately overshooting that goal a bit right now...a twelve-day vacation in Thailand is coming up in August, and I'm not calorie counting while I'm there! Also definitely have plans to eat much delicious Thai food with zero regrets. :P