Hit the 10 % goal. Woo Hoo

I have a few updates since I haven't posted in a week. First, last night I hit my 10 % of body weight loss with a total loss of 17.8 lbs. Also exciting is that I weighed in the 140's for the first time! (149.4) Can you say "Woo Hoo"? I never want to see the 150's again!! My wardrobe is slowly increasing to include some items other than sweatpants. Because I always hoped I'd get back into my smaller clothes, I kept them. I have sizes ranging from 14 down to size 6. I still can't fit into most of them, but it is nice to have a few more choices.

Secondly, I wanted to tell about my bod pod experience. I joined the Biggest Loser contest (along with Jane) at Target Metabolism on Monday. It is really a great way to monitor actual fat loss. The winner is determined by greatest percent of fat pounds lost. In fact, you are disqualified if more than 10% of the total weight loss comes from lean pounds. This deters people from crash dieting. It was only $30 and they take a fat percentage measurement in the Bod Pod 3 times over the course of 4 months. Check out Jane's blog if you want to see pictures of the Bod Pod.

Here were my readings from Monday:

Total weight: 150.3
Fat pounds: 52.3
Lean pounds 97.8
Total Body Fat 34.8%

The Healthy range is 23-35% so I made it in the healthy range but only by .2% so there is certainly room for improvement.

Lastly, the triathlon training...
It is going great, and I have not missed a workout. I am really enjoying the swimming, and I can tell such a difference in my breathing and endurance. The running...not so much. :) Seriously, I am so happy that I am training for this crazy thing. I think God knew this is exactly what I needed to get disciplined about exercise. I am sure that I would not have worked out every day if I weren't doing this. Occasionally, I look ahead in my book at the upcoming workouts and they seem almost out of reach, but I know I am getting stronger each day and it is a slow progression. Eryn has been very disciplined with her workouts as well, so come April 19th we will be as ready as we can be.

Keep plugging on to better health!

Kathy