Fridays are my weigh-in day, and I have lost 5 pounds this first week for a total of 26 pounds. Now for those of you just starting, this is not typical. You should lose 1-2 pounds a week. I am on summer vacation and decided to take the opportunity to do “Biggest Loser” type workouts, exercising at the gym for over an hour a day, and on some days I did a morning workout and an evening workout. I plan on exercising every day over summer vacation unless I am out of town. I have the opportunity to make my summer about nothing but working out and I know not everybody has that opportunity. I will explain some of my workouts in a later post.

As far as eating, it has been easy. I have been counting and weighing NOTHING. I have been eating three meals a day and usually one snack, and I have just been making sure those three meals are somewhat healthy. I am all about small changes. For example, when I used to make tea I put 2/3rds cup of sugar in the pitcher, and now I only put 1/3. Last night I had a garden burger for dinner and after finding out that the mustard in my fridge and 45 calories less than my ketch-up I used it instead. Instead of going to The Dairy Queen for those ice-cream cravings, I go to the other ice-cream place in town that has fat free, sugar free frozen yogurt on their menu. Those small changes add up big time. Anyway, good luck to everybody and I will post more about my workouts soon.