It is exactly one month today that I started exercising again.  I have lost 19 lbs.  My goal was 20.  I was just one friggin' pound short.  Funny thing is, I weighed after I worked out and I sweated that one pound off.  I do not count that though.

To be fair to myself, the first week was only a three day work out week and I drank beer for the weekend.  The second week was a four day workout week and I drank beer for the Saturday night and Sunday night.  The third week was a good one, working out five days and limiting the beer to Saturday night.  Last week was o.k., working out five days againg but drinking again Sat. night and Sun. 

This weekend will be different.  My best friends mother died and I have a funeral to go to tonight and the burial tomorrow afternoon.  There will be no beer consumption at all this weekend.  But there is more motivation for me now which I will go into at another time.  I really want this weight off.  I think with the fact that I cannot drink any beer tonight this will help me next weekend.  All I need is to find something to do next weekend to take up the time.  I hate being bored here at the house.

Since I have started working out I have to admit that I really do have more energy.  I still cannot believe it.  I never thought it was true when I heard about it when I saw all of those commercials on t.v. but it is true.  I get up now at around 2:30 in the morning so I can do some ab and chest work and then hit the treadmill and elliptical.  I get home sometime before 5:00 and drink a ton of water and then start some coffee.  If I have chores to do, like I am washing some clothes right now and then the dishes, I do them.  Then I watch some t.v. and at 6:20 I do some stretches and get ready for work.

Saturdays are a day off for me diet wise and Sundays are a complete day off from working out.  I will eat what I want, sortof calorie cycling, but I will not go overboard about it.  I with not being able to consume some beverages this weekend the caloric intake will decrease dramatically (which I hope is a good sign for next week!). 

This is working out well for me.  I have a ton more weight to lose but so far so good.  I know in the long run that if I keep this up the weight will go.  It is a marathon, not a sprint.