Weigh-in - Week 5

Another 2lbs gone!

I had hoped that it might be a little more than that, but 2lbs is a good loss. As a result of this, I've lost another ProPoint from my Daily ProPoint target and am now down to 54.

I'm now 3lbs away from my 5% target and I aim to do that by next week's weigh-in. I am also only 2lbs away from my second 7lb star! If I manage to reach my 5%, I will be below 20 stones for the first time in over 2 years (probably more like 2.5 years)!

This last week I have been doing a little bit more excercise - I've done my morning walk twice, I've done 20 minutes of Wii Fit Jogging once and I had 20 minutes on the crosstrainer on Sunday morning. It's actually about 18 months since I last used the crosstrainer, so I was expecting to suffer afterwards, but I didn't! The worst effect of this extra exercise was from the Wii Fit Jogging, which caused my calfs to ache somewhat a couple of days later.

For the coming week I plan to walk today and Saturday, Wii Fit Jog on Wednesday and Sunday and use the crosstrainer on Thursday and Monday. I do intend at some point to start the c25k plan (Couch to 5 Kilometers), but not until I've got down to below 18 stones as I don't think my old bones could take the impact of road running at my current weight.

I've also started looking at some of the recipes on the Weight Watchers site to try and find some tasty and filling low point meals as I think that as I lose weight I will find it difficult to carry on eating the meals that I'm having at the moment. Yesterday I tried the Quick Chorizo and Bean Chilli - it was very nice, although the recipe is meant to make 4 servings, I had half of it for my dinner (12ProPoints) and shall have the rest tonight. I've also experimented with the famous Warburtons Square Wraps and they definitely have potential.