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Week 1!

So, here were my goals for the week. How did I do?

My Goals for This Week

Fitness: stick to the cardio schedule Joel gave me: 2 days of spin class, 2 days of StairMaster, 1 day of the AMT elliptical and 1 day of rowing/Cybex. I failed miserably at this one. I did one day of cardio.

Nutrition: Eat as cleanly as possible (and make as many meals as possible.) I have a friend coming into town this weekend, so I need to really step up my game and not use that as an excuse to put crap in my body. I did okay on this one — I ate relatively well while Meg was in town, but I drank too much.

Weight Loss: I know some of the extra weight I’m carrying right now is extra water weight from the race, so I think I can handle losing 2 pounds this week. (Technically, nine days!)

Okay — this one makes no sense. I am nine pounds down from where I was last week — which means a pound less than my goal weight! I have zero idea how this happened, because not sticking to my fitness and nutrition shouldn’t have that kind of effect. I’d like to stay at this weight (obviously), so I’m going to really stay on top of my game to keep it here.

Healthy thinking: To not have a defeatist attitude towards my career challenges.

I bought Crush It!, and I like the idea of it’s yours if you’re willing to work your ass off for it. Operating on the idea of “I can do it!” is much healthier than the self-defeating attitude I had before.

Spring Shape-Up Challenge!

So – the challenge has been underway for just about a week now, and I finally got around to tallying up your totals! There are 52 of you, with goals ranging from running one mile to running a full marathon; those of you moving to DC, California, those of you finishing up school (undergrad, grad school, med school!).

It’s 1am as I write this, and I need to get back on track with my own going to bed early, so without further adieu, here are the totals!

You want to lose 626.4 pounds by the end of the challenge (if you originally specified May or June, I also included that, so the actual total is probably something more like 600 pounds. 600 pounds!)

You want to run races totaling 256.6 miles by the end of the challenge! Clearly, this means between all of us that are running, we’ll have run a few thousand miles by the time we’re done training!

And you wanted to lose 41.5 pounds this week.

Let me know by 12am tonight (January 27) PST how you did! (E-mail losingweightinthecity at gmail dot com.) Keep in mind that only those that check in every week will be eligible for the grand prize at the end. (But please try to stay on track even if you do miss a week — the real prize is your health. Cheesy, I know.)