Happy birthday, Rachel!

Well, I lost another 1.6 lbs this week.  This brings my total weight loss to 6 lbs in three weeks! I’m pretty excited.  I’ve been doing really well with my eating and keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1700 calories a day.  I don’t deprive myself of everything.  Otherwise, I’d turn into a half bulimic–binging, but not purging. I just eat the not-so-healthy-foods in moderation.

I think when I’m a little more in shape, I’ll start to lose more weight each week because my exercising will become more vigorous.  Right now, I’m taking it kind of easy because I don’t want to hurt myself and I get winded really easily.  One of the things I’ve been doing that has been helping a lot is avoiding the elevator at work.  Even though I’m almost out of breath when I reach the top, I can tell it makes a difference.

Corey and I are going to use part of our tax refund to buy a treadmill, so I can do my cardio that way. I’m getting kind of sick of doing the same exercise routine each day and it has become harder to keep up with the exercise.  (Yesterday, I did DDR for 30 minutes and walked up and down the stairs over and over again for 15 minutes because I needed a change in scenery that badly.)  Even though walking/running on a treadmill can get mundane, I don’t think I’ll get bored because I can listen to my iPod, watch a movie/TV, or read a book while doing it.  I also really want to run a marathon some day, so a treadmill will be a great way to train for that.