So today marks the end of week one for the Perfect 10 Challenge and here is my weekly update:
– Perfect 10 Goals –
- Lose 20 Pounds – I’m waaaay off pace here. Granted I think I was still seeing some residual effects from eating and drinking up to New Year’s Eve, but I really need to step it up if I want to get this done.
- Treadmill 3 Days a Week – Only hit the treadmill twice this week, and the second time was nothing more than a 15 minute walk at lunchtime. It’s better than nothing, but not what I’m shooting for.
- Weight Training 2 Days a Week – Done! Unlike the treadmill, I have weights at home, so I can get a decent routine done even when i didn’t have time to actually go to the gym.
- Eat out No More than 4 Times a Week – Try doubling that number. The scary thing is, eating out 8 times this week is a serious reduction in my normal behavior.
So, overall, not a great week for my goals. Still I reversed the rising weight trend I had over the month of December, and I didn’t miss any of these (except my weight loss goal) by a large margin. I expect next week to include a lot more successes.
Something you probably don’t know about me:
I’ve been to 15 different countries (other than the United States) including the two smallest in the world (Vatican City & Monaco).
I’ve also been to 49 of the 50 U.S. States – the 48 contiguous States were hit all in one road trip where friends and I spent 10 weeks zig-zagging across the country and back in order to get pictures at all 48 ‘Welcome to’ state signs. Unfortunately, about two thirds of the way through the trip, our laptop died and all the pictures we’d taken up to that point were lost. In the end we only ended up with pictures at the state signs we had yet to visit (17 or 18 if I recall correctly).
Well Paul, you know that the first lift of the shuttle is the hardest work it has to do, breaking gravity before it can go into space. Like you said, reversing the gain is where it has to start, and I’d say that makes this week a SUCCESS! You’ve already broken gravity, from here on the pull is going to get lighter and lighter!
I’d looooooooove to travel that much, wow. Good luck for week 2 of the Perfect 10!
You’re right – lighter and lighter is exactly what I will be. 🙂
First of all, I love your web design! Is it a custom design? Did you do it yourself?
The restaurant stuff will kill you!
I used to tell myself that I didn’t have time to cook. I was lying. Lean meat cooked under the broiler takes 5 or 10 minutes with easy clean-up. Restaurants find all kinds of sneaky ways to ruin otherwise healthful food. So, good luck as you strive to meet your goal of eating out less.
Nope, I can’t take credit for the design. It’s a wordpress theme available for anyone to download here. Although the minute I saw it, I knew I wanted to use it.
Yeah, eating out is one of my serious challenges this year. I’m looking forward to breaking it down and learning to cook all sorts of cool stuff for myself.
Wow, I am so envious of your cross country (and international!) travels. That 48-state sign-tracking mission sounds like SO much fun. I’m adding that to the list of things I want to do before I die.
Eating out is one of my challenges to get over as well. Here’s hoping for a better week 2.
It was ALOT of fun. In fact, it’s one of the better experiences I’ve ever had in my life. I sincerely hope that you get to do it someday.