Update 1

Ok, time for an update. I have been doing the ViSalus shakes pretty constantly, but I had one minor hiccup.

July 6 was my Birthday, and I went a little crazy eating out with friends and such.  That coupled with the fact that my ViSalus shakes did not arrive until the 9th, I am calling the 9th day 1 of my 90 day ViSalus challenge.

Although I gained a few pounds, I did not freak out about it and I did not give up.  Just a little speed bump, but I reset the clock and started from scratch.  That is all we can do when we get derailed a bit.  If we let ourselves get mentally overrun ever time something is not perfect, we will never get anywhere.

So, today I weighed myself and was quite shocked that in only 8 days that I had lost 11 lbs.  This included 2 days on the road, and I went out to eat Friday and Saturday with friends.  I tried to make good choices, but most importantly I made sure to track my calories.

I have gotten some motivation from one of my friends who has had a tough weight loss journey.  She shared this picture about SWEAT with me to help keep me motivated.  That is the toughest thing to do - keep motivated.  Moving forward can be tough at times, but if we do not try to do this, we are only giving up.  No matter how steep the hill, we must keep climbing. 

I have been trying to keep my workouts varied, combinations of treadmill, bicycling (not on a stationary bike), elliptical trainer, hill walking, swimming, stairs, along with circuit training with my personal trainer.  I have not had great access to my trainer, I was out of town last Wednesday, and he was traveling Friday and Monday.  Despite this I have still managed to get some quality workouts in. I need to check with my gym and get into some of the workout classes to break up the monotany.  Granted, I have been watching old episodes of The Big Bang Theory when working out, but it might be nice to work out with some other people and perhaps meet one or two of them.

The first bike ride I took was only about 20 minutes and my pace was around 8 minutes a mile.  My second ride was for 30 minutes and I had trimmed my pace down to only 6 minutes per mile.  The downfall is that my quads are pretty tight from pushing myself so much and I have been working on stretching them, but it is taking a lot to get them lose again.

Well, time to go grab a late lunch (ViSalus shake!) and get some more work done this afternoon.