Weighing In - Day 51

Today's Fitness Tip: Trying to lose weight? Consider doing more aerobic exercise.

While all exercise will benefit you in the long run, the best exercise for shedding those pounds is simply aerobic. Of course, if you are a bit larger, running could be difficult on your joints. In such cases, you might consider swimming as a reasonable alternative. Because it reduces joint strain, it will be easier on your body, and works more muscles than running normally would.

Remember that if you haven't been working out regularly, you will need to give your body time to adjust. It's recommended that you start with 10-15 minutes a day, and work your way up to 30 minutes. Once you are comfortable at that level, you can then increase activity at your own pace.

Current Goal Weight: 194.2#
Current Goal BMI: 26.31
Current Goal Deadline: July 20, 2008

Today's Weight: 196.7 (-0.8)
Today's BMI: 26.64 (-0.12)

Yesterday's Caloric Intake: 1128
Breakfast: 418 calories - Mimi's Cafe

• Fruit Plate - 418 calories
• Iced Tea - 0 calories

Lunch: 300 calories - Souper Salad

• Salad Plate - 70 calories
• Spaghetti - 140 calories
• Cottage Cheese - 90 calories
• Iced Tea - 0 calories

Dinner: 410 calories - Quizno's

• Steakhouse Beef Dip - 410 calories
• Iced Tea - 0 calories

Yesterday's Exercise Time: 60 minutes (48 minutes aerobics, 6 minutes strength training, 6 minutes yoga)

Yesterday Post-Assessment:
Yesterday I believe I did a great job. I managed to keep myself under 1200 calories, which should really assist in losing weight. I also drastically increased the amount of aerobics I did in my exercise routine. I'm really thinking this sort of thing could work.

Breakfast couldn't really have been improved from the selection I had, but I do believe that 418 calories is very reasonable. Lunch I could say the same, though perhaps removing the dressing would have improved it a little bit. Not much to be honest. Dinner, again, was quite good still coming in under 500 calories. My total diet, I feel, was quite successful.

In summary, I have lost 0.8 pounds since yesterday, which caused a BMI decrease of 0.12. This means I would have to lose 2.5 pounds amounting to a BMI decrease of 0.33 in order to meet my goal in 10 days. If I keep up my current rate, I would meet my goal in approximately 4-5 days, well within the goal deadline I set myself. I'm very pleased with this progress.