Monthly Overview: Month 1

I made it! It's hard for me to believe that four weeks ago I was just starting this. Now I get to report to you all the progress I've made in those four weeks, and I have to say that I'm very excited to get to do so.

As with the Weekly Progress Reports, I will be starting by posting the pictures. I've finally gotten smart and I'm labelling the pictures now, so if the formatting goes all to heck like I'm sure it will, it won't matter.

I can't say that I can honestly see a whole lot of change just by looking at it, but that's okay, because measurements are next, and I can definitely see the change there! (NOTE: This month, the first number is overall change, and the second number [X" this week] is the change from this week only. I have yet to decide if I will always do an overall, a monthly, and a weekly, or just do a monthly and a weekly each time.)

Bust: 37" (-0.5", -0.5" this week)

Chest: 33.5" (-2", -0.5" this week)

Waist: 36" (-2", -1" this week)

Hips: 42.5" (-2", -1" this week)

Thighs: 24" (No change)

Calves: 16" (No change)

Upper arm: 13.5" (-1.5", -0.5" this week)

Forearm: 10" (-1", -0.5" this week)

Total all-over inch loss (this serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever except to boost my self esteem): 9"

I'm pretty darn happy with that. Okay, so I would have liked to have lost some off of my flabby legs, and also to not have lost any off of my bust, but I can't have everything perfect, can I?

Now, I'd also like to list some totals for this month. In the past four weeks, I have exercised 26 out of 28 days, and estimating 10 minutes per modified routine/video exercise as well as 10 minutes for the one time I did situps/pushups, I have done 13.5 hours of exercise. I have also drank 75.5 liters of water, not counting water drank at some meals where I was not drinking from my 1 liter mug.

My official goal (30 minutes of exercise per day+3 liters of water per day) was exceeded by half an hour for exercise when bi-weekly rest days are scheduled in. My goal for water fell short by 8.5 liters.

My overall feelings toward this month are very positive. I started strong, I stayed strong for the most part, and my efforts have shown. I'm staying optimistic that in the following month, I can continue to stick with it and progress even further on my path toward a healthy weight and lifestyle.

Finally, today's post would not be complete without my daily exercise and dietary log.

Breakfast: 1 plain pancake, eggs, hash brown, water

Lunch: bread

Dinner:  Spaghetti, garlic breadstick, sesame sticks, smores bar, water

Snacks: 2 now-and-laters, 1 snickerdoodle

Water:  3 liters

Exercise: 3 modified routines

Thanks for being here! Hopefully I'll see you here next month!