One Down a Million to Go!!!

So i weighed myself this morning and I was down a whole whopping pound!!! But hey it's one less to lose.

I am doing a couple things to keep track of things, I am using an app on my iphone called Lose It and I find it pretty handy. It lets me track my food and exercise, it gives me a calorie budget so I know how many I still have left so that I can plan accordingly. It also gives me an idea of how many calories I can consume daily to meet in order to meet my goals. My goals by the way are 1 to 2 pounds per week.

So exercise is tough lately because I am so heavy, I tried the Couch to 5K program about a month ago and managed to injure my knee pretty bad so now I am weary to do anything with heavy impact. I used to love to box and kickbox, so although I am too poor to go see my old trainer Tony (I do miss him so) I decided that Matt can be my trainer (so far he has not been much of a help). I went down to the sporting good store and bought those target mitts so he can wear them and I can punch him (good for exercise and marriage counseling) so when we actually get around to using them I will let you know how it goes. I did however pick up a jump rope while I was there because that is how I used to warm up when I went to the boxing gym. Oh my goodness if you haven't jumped rope in a while you should pick one up! It was 11 dollars and well worth it, it came with a CD with a program on it so I downloaded that to my iphone. The program is only 15 minutes long but after the first day I was soooo sore, I didn't realize my core would be worked and my shoulders as well. Anyhow it is a fairly low impact, quick way for me to get some exercise while the baby is taking a nap.

So there you have my first pound lost I am excited to get rid of the rest!!!