In my restart of life on Weight Watchers Online, I am back to posting my Saturday updates of my weigh in and my blood pressure readings. It keeps me accountable and focused on my goal.

My weight today was 262. That’s a loss of 3 pounds since starting back up… which is good. I’m going in the right direction I have 15 pounds to go in order to get back to my lowest point on Weight Watchers, which I hit on October 15th when I was ramping up my running for the half-marathon.

• Weight:  262
• Blood Pressure:  142/90

The blood pressure is certainly a sign of letting my health go over the last 2 months. Stress, less exercise, over eating. Blood pressure doesn’t allow me to hide the unhealthy trends I was going through. I’m actually more upset with this number than I am my weight. I am looking forward to this number coming down more than anything.

Overall, I’m feeling much better. It’s amazing how much better 3 pounds can make you feel. If you want, you can click on the image to enlarge it.

I’m looking forward to next week’s weigh in. I start using my Bowflex again today. And, with another week of Weight Watchers point tracking, I’m anxious to see what both sets of numbers are.

My Next 33 Days

As far as exercise goes, I am not going to start running again until March 1st. I am taking February off to get my weight down. I am also wanting to give my left ankle, left shin, and right knee some more time to heal before I begin running. The less weight I have to put on those joints, tendons, ligaments, etc., the better.

So, for the next 33 days I am going to be doing strength training on my Bowflex 5 days a week, for 45-60 minutes per day.

I am also going to be hiking and walking 3-4 days per week. I want to keep my moving, burning calories, and getting myself fit again.

Exercise Goal

Last year I set out a goal to run a half marathon. It is one of the things that kept me focused and gave me a vision for where I wanted to be.

This year, I am going to be doing the same thing. This week I am going to announce my actual goal. I feel a goal should be specific enough to give you focus, given a date so you know when you want to do it and to give you an end in sight.

My exercise goal does involve running. I want to run my first full marathon this year. I don’t know when or where yet, but I am going to do it. This is the year!

Last year that would not have been possible. I was almost 300 pounds and a big tub of goo. I was so sedentary. I couldn’t climb 5 or 6 stairs without being winded. This year, I am starting with less weight, and I already have a foundation for my exercise. I could go out today and run 3 miles, where as last year I couldn’t even run 3 minutes.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow, I want to share a little bit about what I think went wrong over the last 2 months, and if that can help you from derailing your weight loss as well.

Until then,

Rich

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