Well, I weighed in this morning at 310.0, which is 48.2 pounds from where I started this time. This wasn’t as good a month as I expected. I have raised my calorie intake slightly over the last couple of weeks, however, I’ve had better weight loss since that point. I think for the moment I’m not going to play around with the calorie levels. As I’m starting to do more in the garden I think I need those few extra calories to keep my energy levels up. If I decide to drop them again I think probably some of the cardio will have to go. Basically I’ve decided no changes for a month. This is assuming I can keep the cardio level up with the outside work. I’ve still got an average loss of 2.31lbs a week since I started so I’m very happy with that. I’m also seeing some definite inch changes that don’t match up with the weight loss, which is also good.  So, the monthly totals.

• calories per day: 2463, calorie balance: -981 per day
• treadmill: 30h 25m, strength training: 6h 30m
• swimming laps: 2h, walking outside: 30m
• avg daily exercise: 79 mins
• weight lost: 6.6 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. So, on to the goals for May.

• Eat within plan every day (2400 Tu/Th/Sa/Su & 2800 Mo/We/Fr)
• Drink water every day (18 cups min.)
• Exercise (90 mins treadmill Mon-Fri, 30 mins strength training Mo/We/Fr)

That exercise one is probably going to change slightly. Substituting some of the treadmill for water exercises, just nothing specific. Although if it’s still cold out I may just swim for fun and just work on laps. I’ll also be taking a one week break from my strength training as I finish stage one and get ready for stage two. I haven’t decided if I’m going to increase other exercising, or decrease it. Depending on what I decide I’ll adjust my food intake as well. On the first day of June I’ll take a look at these and see how I’ve done. Wish me luck!