I did it! Fifty pounds lost. 50.6, techincally. I worked hard this week — I even went to the gym on Monday despite it being a holiday, and the payoff was totally worth it. I’m going to try to not slack off, because if I can actually maintain a 5 pound weekly loss, that would be tremendous.

I don’t actually expect to maintain 5 lbs a week, but I don’t see a reason why I can’t keep up my regimen and enjoy improved weight loss. This week was a week of mostly healthy food choices, combined with ramping up my workouts. Ramping up the workouts is fundamental to acheiving success in any case, since if I find what I’m doing to be too easy, it’s time to make it more difficult.

Current workout is still solely treadmill for 45 minutes, but the starting speed is 3.0-3.2 mph, and ramping up speed to 3.5, but now I go at incline of 3.0. I’m not yet comfortable running on the treadmills — I know they’re big and industrial, but they just feel a little too wobbly when I break into a jog. Once I drop some more poundage I’ll give it another shot. Also, I hope to get into a routine where I can do some work on the machines for toning soon — my primary impediment at the moment is time, but that may open up a little soon.

Onwards!