Weighing In - Day 48

Okay, so I started this blog a little later than I intended to.

The goal here is to keep track of my successes and failures day to day in my goal to get down to my ideal weight, and to become more physically fit in general. Each day I intend to post information regarding my habits and caloric intake for the day before, combined with today's weight. The goal will be to create a detailed record of my progress.

Exercise, unless explicitly stated elsewhere, is performed entirely using WiiFit.

Today's Weight: 198 # (-0.7 from day before) (+4.0 relative to goal)
Today's BMI: 26.85 (-.10 from day before) (+0.55 relative to goal)

Yesterday's Caloric Intake: ~1940
Breakfast: None
Lunch: 1270 (Buttered Noodles and Parmesan and Nantucket Nectars Lemonade, Noodles & Co.)
Dinner: ~670 (Fettucini Alfredo and Iced Tea)

Yesterday's Exercise Time: 32 min (26 min aerobic, 6 mins yoga, 1 strength training, 1 balance)

Yesterday Post-Assessment:
My caloric intake was clearly much higher than it should have been. As much as I enjoy noodle dishes, the ones picked in particular were heavy in cream and butter, contributing to a considerable amount of calories. I've read that a good alternative would have been noodles with no sauce, or even a red sauce without meat. I will have to attempt to make that adjustment. At the end, I did end up close to 2000 calories, which is higher than I would like, and I certainly would have exceeded it if I had breakfast or even a snack.

In exercise I believe I did rather well. I think I should continue to focus primarily on aerobic exercise for now because it does promote the most significant loss of weight. Balance games in general are good for wasting a bit of time, but I'm not convinced of their ability to assist in weight loss as they generally do not require large movements or sustained repetitive motion.

In this case, I managed to lose 0.7 pounds, which leaves me 4.0 pounds away from my goal with a deadline of Sunday, July 20th, 2008. I believe I still have a reasonable chance of achieving my goal at this point, but will need to perform better daily in order to do so.