This is the first week in a while that I am starting to feel myself after being sick for most of February.  Scott said it right when he said the energy is the last thing to come back.

I walked on the treadmill for 45 minutes yesterday morning and got in over 9900 steps yesterday, but this morning my cough came back a bit, so I opted to rest and not walk.  I’m hoping that an every-other-morning build-up will let me start getting in my 10,000 steps every day next week.

Of course, with the time change on Sunday, next week I’ll be getting up at what really is 4:00 in the morning to hit the treadmill.  Sheesh!!!  I hate Daylight Savings Time.

Good news, though – I have officially lost my first 10 pounds since I started this diet on the day after Christmas.  I weighed 172 that morning and this morning I weighed 161.6.  A couple more pounds and I get to take my next progress picture.  Once I get below 160, I hope to never see it again.

Scott has been commenting on how “skinny” I am.  I love my husband!  I can tell the treadmill walking has really paid off in the inches.  I’ve been this low once before last fall, and the pants I wore today didn’t fit me as good then as they do now.  While the scales may not show it as much, the clothes do show that I’ve toned up. 

My next thing to do on the treadmill is to fix up a strap that keeps me from walking off the end of the treadmill without holding on to the handles, and let me carry small hand weights.  I used to do this on my old treadmill and it worked out great.  I know I need to start working on the upper body and 45 minutes to an hour of walking with the weights will be an excellent start.

The pants I wore to work yesterday have seen their last time with me.  They are 14’s and were so baggy that I felt sloppy all day.  So, I’ll wash them and put them in the Goodwill bag.  I am both tickled and sad.  I loved these pants!  I loved the color, the fit and how lots of my wardrobe worked so well with them.  So, I ordered four new pair of pants today - taupe, dark burgandy, gray and dark brown.  Just think, this time last year, I was wearing 16W’s and now I’m in 12 normals.  Woohoo!!!

So, how are the rest of you doing on your diets?  How many of you are getting in 10,000 steps a day?  Now that the weather is warming up, let’s start trying to get others involved and see if we can get some groups together for some 10,000 step walks.  I have several people around here interested and I’m going to see what I can organize this spring.