Progress

I am down to 291 today. That is 9 lbs lost since I started. I even went down a pant size today. My old pants fell right off of me.

I am having trouble making it to the gym every day but not to be outdone, I am walking on my lunch break every night. I walk around my building twice at a brisk pace and that takes me about 25 minutes. I am guessing that it is over a half mile. I should get one of those clickity thingys that measure your distance. I have been walking all week and the last time I swam I was able to do 200 yards at a time which is 4 laps. I did that 5 times which makes up my standard 20 laps. I am still increasing my stamina to get up to 500 yards at a time.
The weight lifting is going well too. I have been increasing my weights a little. I can handle crunches better. My technique is improving. I was surprised to find out that I cannot do more than 5 pushups at this time, even with all the weight training I have been doing. I am going to be concentrating on that now. I would like to get to 20 pushups as my first goal. I remember negatives being very effective in building up strength quickly. I start in the up position and very slowly lower myself down, then repeat until I cant do anymore.

I did struggle with pop and snack foods this past week. I reverted to some of the comfort foods, especially this weekend. I found out that I will be losing my job at the end of the month due to downsizing. I am not scared because my faith in God as my provider is very solid, at least in my mind it is. My desire to drown my sorrows in food is evidence that my belief is not as deep as it is solid. That is a spiritual issue I am taking before God. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. As the father with the sick child said to Jesus "Lord I believe, help my unbelief." ~ Mark 9:24.

Thank you all for the encouragement.