7 is My Lucky Number

I knew the party wouldn’t last.  In an earlier post, I explained that the first few weeks of the year were free of travel and I was able to spend some time on this blog and share my progress. In that same post, I promised to weigh myself at the end of the month of January and post the loss or gain for all the world to see.

Well, I lied.  Work and travel got in the way and here I am 11 days later finally getting to it.  The good news is, I lost 7 pounds the first month!  The bad news; despite all my planning I was not able to get any workouts in during the two weeks of travel and I am not confident that the trend will continue in February.

That doesn’t mean I have given up.  Hardly.  I just know how important exercise is to losing weight and I just couldn’t fit it in.

No matter what the scale says, I feel really good.  My clothes are fitting better and I am sleeping a lot more.  I dare say my demeanor is improving as well.

How am I doing it?  Still eating low carb, minimizing the alcohol and hitting the gym at least 5 days a week, two of those sessions being with a personal trainer.

Working with a trainer has been the best investment to date. If you can afford it, I highly recommend it.   My roommate and I have justified the expense by calculating how much less we are spending on wine now that fitness is the focus.  It ALMOST pencils out 🙂

I’m back on my routine and despite a shoulder injury have still figured out how to get full-body workouts in.  More on that damn shoulder later but I can say this: it will not keep me from being #Fitat50!