Weightloss Update – 10lb Loss Challenege

So…. Losing 10lbs is proving a lot harder than I originally expected. Thankfully, I’m on a steady path of losing a little weight each week. The last couple weeks I was stuck at 184.5 lbs and FINALLY I am below that weight!

As of this last Wednesday, I am at:

Wahoo! 183.5 lbs!

Running out of time!!

While I want to celebrate the loss of another pound, I am running out of time to take myself from 189 lbs (starting weight of the competition) down to 179 lbs (goal weight).

I have just a few weeks now to be able to pull it together to lose another 4.5 lbs!

I’ve been picking up the exercise routine and it’s been a bit more intense compared to when I started.

This last Wednesday we ran on a trail for roughly 20 minutes without stopping. It was pretty tough compared to the cushy track or the ease of the treadmill. After that, we came back my friend Kanoa’s house and jumped rope for about 5 minutes straight. (The video was before the time started so I wouldn’t be out of breath haha). Lastly, we did about 7 different ab exercises.

It was a great work out for sure!

Dietary Changes

The hardest thing for me to change is the way I eat. I have some weeks where I have meetings over lunch 4-5 times. Mainly the focus for me is not trying to not eat out because I love it. The focus is trying to order more healthy, drink more water, and most importantly stop eating when I am full.

My parents always taught me to eat everything on my plate and to be quite honest, it’s something I’ll never pass on to my own kids. It’s always hard for me to stop and pass up on the rest of a really good meal but I’ve been getting better at simply stopping when I am full.

Lastly, I realized how many calories even 1% milk has… A lot! It’s because of this that I have tried to scale back on my consumption of milk as a substitute to soda. I love a nice cold cup of milk poured over a glass full of ice! Hahaha.

Goal

My goal for this competition is to hit 179 lbs but my real goal is to get down to about 175 lbs. I don’t want to go any less than that because I want to gain muscle mass, but not a ton of muscle.

I don’t want to end up like Greg Valentino after all!