No, I’m not trying to illicit fond memories of the Suzanne Somers show from the early 90’s. ‘Step by step’ is the approach I’ve taken to weight loss. When I got here and I realized that my mom does more cardio than anyone I’d ever met, I came to the conclusion that keeping up with her is going to be impossible. So then, after a few days of running on the treadmill, I got bored, and more likely, lazy.
Vinni and I have been watching Celebrity Fit Club on VH1 and at first we were watching to see how crazy Dustin Diamond would get every week. My first foray into the show happened to be the most explosive, where this Navy Seal physical trainer dude threatened to “kick cartoon f**king ass” and so forth. (”Is that a threat”, Dustin whimpered– to which Harvey replied, “It’s a f**kin PROMISE!“)
ANYWAY. So I started seeing that their weight loss goals for a week were usually 1-4 lbs a week. All of a sudden I thought to myself, ‘Seriously… I could do that, right?’ So now, continuing with my diet being pretty healthy (regular readers will remember that this wasn’t too much of a problem anyway), I just decided to add some more physical tasks to my day.
Examples include (but are not limited to):
Washing cars, cleaning the house, walking a little extra during the day….
So far I’ve lost 10 lbs since I’ve gotten to the US. I’m at 200lbs right now, and even though the BMI calculator tells me that I’m supposed to be in the 165lb range, I look a bit sickly around that weight. So instead, I’m aiming for 180lbs or 170lbs. Another 20 to go…