Progress for Week Ending 5/23/2009

After completing my first week on Sparkpeople, I lost a total of 1 pound. I consider this to be a great accomplishment because the week before I had lost 6 pounds, and generally I had been gaining or not losing at all after a huge loss like that. So I feel good about that.

I was concerned at first because I felt like I was eating more than when I was counting points on Weight Watchers, but apparently that did not hinder my weight loss for the week, as it must have been the right amount of food and calories.

I also had reached my goal of burning at least 840 calories with cardio. I have strength training scheduled for three times a week, but I must admit I only got one days worth done last week. The fact I had cardio workouts three days last week is huge, so I'm not going to be too hard on myself at this point.

Another neat thing about the Sparkpeople website is that you earn points by doing certain things each day. You earn points by reading informative articles, reading their e-mails, logging your food and activities, etc. The concept is that the more you are connected with their site the more success you will have on your weight loss journey. I earned a total of 284 points last week.

Have a wonderful week everybody!