Well, I weighed in this morning at 328.2, which is exactly 30 pounds from where I started this time. I admit that I’m a little disappointed in the monthly total, but considering I held the same weight for almost 2 weeks it’s actually pretty good. So, first, the monthly totals.

February 2008

• calories per day: 2045, calorie balance: -1193 per day
• treadmill: 33h 30m, weights: 6h 30m, toning DVD: 2h,
• snow shoveling: 15m, mixed: 30m
• avg daily exercise: 88 mins
• weight lost: 8.2 pounds

I just added them to the stats page if you want to compare to previous months. Now I need to think about goals for next month. I don’t set weight lost goals, as I feel I would be disappointed if I didn’t meet them. I try and set goals that will push me, but I can control if they are attainable. Although you can do certain things to help, you can’t force your body to lose weight on a schedule. And when it comes right down to it, how can I be disappointed with a weight loss that averages 2.47 lbs per week? The answer is - I can’t. So, on to the goals for March.

• Eat within plan every day (1900 - 2100 calories)
• Drink water every day (18 cups min.)
• Exercise (31h treadmill, 8h weights, 4h 30m sculpting DVD - 43h 30m total)

That exercise one is probably going to change slightly. I bought Leslie Sansone’s 5-mile walk set at Costco this morning, so the 8 hours of weights and the 4.5 hours of the sculpting DVD may be lowered to include some of it. I’m more interested in hitting the total overall. It might be harder than I think since there are 5 Sundays in the 31 days, so we’ll see. On the first day of April I’ll take a look at these and see how I’ve done. Wish me luck!

Added: Okay, the 5-mile WATP DVD is brutal.  Although I use the treadmill daily, I use the incline (rather than speed) to get my heart rate up.  The 2nd mile was a 10-min mile, and although I kept up, it pretty much wore me out.  It’s definitely a good substitute for the sculpting DVD (maybe better).  It’s a good thing that tomorrow is a rest day!