Yesterday was my 7-week Doctor follow up appointment. I have lost 23% of my excess weight, which they said was great for the 7 week mark. At 3 months I should be at 30%, and Nurse Jenn seems to think I will be ahead of the game for that milestone.
My nutritionist says I should be eating more fiber, so I am now going to work in a supplement or something to help with that.
Doctor G says if I want to break my stall (although, I went down slightly on the scale this morning), I should bump up my protein intake to 80-100 grams! I have been consistently getting about 65-70.
In a couple weeks I'm going back to do a Basal Metabolic Rate test which is an estimate of how many calories you'd burn if you were to do nothing but rest for 24 hours. It represents the minimum amount of energy needed to keep your body functioning, including breathing and keeping your heart beating. Whatever that number is, apparently you're supposed to eat 500 calories LESS to lose weight. Ashton says mine is probably 1400-1600 -- a calculator online says it is about 1663 based on my current weight, height, and age. But I want real numbers. The test takes 10 minutes and costs $50. Should be worth it, I feel.
I recently signed up for a small group training class at work. It is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 PM to 6 PM. It involves Bosu balls, exercise balls, treadmills, and circuit machines. Tonight I hear we'll be doing jumping jacks while holding two heavy ropes between a partner. Sounds interesting and difficult. I am so sore from this past Tuesday's workout, but I will go and I will do my best to keep up, but I'm not promising anything! LOL
I've been taking Samson on walks sort of regularly, so that is the only other exercising I'm doing. Next month I was thinking about redeeming a Groupon I purchased for a one-month membership at a local indoor pool that has classes and aqua Zumba. My friend goes and seems to love it. I have been there before with another friend but honestly the workouts were kinda boring. These should be more interesting, I would think!
That's all for now -- hoping to do my measurements this weekend to see how they've changed.
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