60-Day Progress

Today is the first day of the final month of my Pump/Turbo Fire hybrid, which means it was weigh-in and picture day.  Drumroll please!............................

In 60 days I have lost:

14 pounds
4.5 inches from my waist
2.5 inches from my hips

Woohoo!!

The past four weeks alone I lost 6.6 pounds and 1.5 inches from both my waist and hips.  While I know the weight loss could have been a bit better if I hadn't eaten out those few times, I'm not going to dwell on that.  I'm very happy that I've been consistent enough to lose weight eight weeks in a row, something I haven't been able to do in years.

Here are the 60-day progress pics. I don't think these pictures necessarily show the extent of the changes, but I'm super happy with the progress.  I think I was leaning back a bit in the side shots which made my tummy stick out more than normal.  Either way, I can definitely see changes (especially in my face) and I'm looking forward to day 90!

The changes may be slow, but I remind myself that I took the past five or six years to get to my heaviest, it won't magically fall off in a few months.  That said, 14 pounds in two months is really still in the higher range of a healthy rate of weight loss so I'm very happy.  Furthermore, the healthy lifestyle I've created for myself makes it feel easy.  I just follow my daily routine and the fat melts off.  That's important because once I reach my goal weight/size/fitness level, I can continue all those healthy habits and avoid gaining back the weight.  What I'm doing now isn't a "quick fix," it's the beginning of a life long fitness journey!

Coming up in Month 3

I'm heading into the final month of the Pump/Turbo Fire hybrid, which also brings along some changes in fitness routine.  The Pump workouts have left the 30-45 minute range behind and now each workout I do this month is 55-60 minutes long.  The Turbo Fire side of the equation includes more HIIT workouts and longer 45-60 minutes workouts.  This final month is also five weeks long instead of four so my goal is to lose another 5-10 pounds (although I'm hoping for closer to that 10 range).  Nutritionally, I'm keeping things clean with just one or two planned unclean treats (such as a trip to a HS friend's restaurant for lunch).

Stay tuned for more updates!  I'll try to blog more than just during the weekend if I can.  If you do want daily updates, you can join my private Facebook group by sending me a message and letting me know you want to be in the group.  You can also join the group if you want help getting on track with your own health and fitness.  

Stay healthy!