A New Year, A New Me: Week Three

This was a much better week for me on the weight loss and fitness journey. I tracked my food daily, I worked out for an average of an hour a day, and I thought about what I was eating before I ate it.

Those are all common sense things, I know, but also are big steps on the way to getting better. And it worked - I lost 2.2 pounds.

That was even on a week that I wasn't feeling the best, and my family went out to Iowa for a belated Christmas celebration. Traveling and eating right was challenging, but not impossible. I kept in mind a fellow class member who frequently travels internationally. If he can do this, I thought, so can I. 

And that is the point of this column. If I can do this, so can anyone. Please feel free to share your strategies, what is or isn't working to help you get fit and healthy in the new year.

Go on to chat with him directly about weight loss and fitness tips. We can all do this, together.

The weight loss and fitness journey is never easy. About half of the class at lost weight this week, half didn't. Many people weren't moving enough, many weren't eating enough. Yes, this plan encourages you to eat five small meals per day which feels like a lot of food. It should all be balanced between healthy carbs, protein and fat. 

Coach Kelli Richter said that tracking, or logging, what you eat is one of the most important things to do to lose weight. It keeps you on track.

We all wrote down our goals on the Commitment Wall at The Fitness Pursuit. It is a way of putting your goal out there for the world to see, to create accountability for getting it done.

Some said to improve times in a 5K. Some said to qualify for the Boston Marathon. (Wow!) Mine said to lose 25 pounds by April (yes, I mean 2012). I wrote down that I would log my food and get in my calorie burn. There, I said it out loud. Gotta go workout!