Tomorrow officially starts the weight loss competition at work. I'm down 2 pounds from last week despite not sleeping most of the week (oh, the joys of a husband with a sinus cold, and downstairs neighbors who are off from college for a few weeks). I even managed to get myself out of bed early in the morning after snippets of sleep to actually work out- this week my goal is to have a 45 minute work out 3 mornings before work, and two 25 minute work outs the other 2 work days.
I also need to try harder to hit my protein goals daily. There are a wealth of vegan protein sources, but many of easily obtainable ones are produced with one of my allergens, and the protein powders have too few grams of protein for far too many calories. Thankfully, I found Clif Builder's bars that have a fifth of my daily protein needs. One of those for breakfast gets me a really good head start on the day. And they are like delicious, delicious candy bars. I assume, anyway.
And, of course, water. Some days I do great at drinking my gallon's worth of water, others not so much. I was shuttling a gallon of water to work with me every day, but that's really obnoxious and on more than one occasion I've forgotten it completely and had to get a diet Pepsi instead. Had to. But a few weeks ago Mr. Spartan and I got a pack of the Brita water bottles that have a filter in them so now I can drink the water at work*, hurrah!
As far as an actual, tangible, track-able weight loss goal goes, my overall goal for the workout challenge is to lose the total weight of my cats: 61 pounds. That's just over 5 pounds a week- and if I can lose 2 in one week without putting much effort into it, I think 5 a week while busting my ovaries is within my reach. Even if I don't win the competition, that's a serious win for my waistline.
*They say it's filtered, but judging by the amount of time I spend on the toilet after drinking it, it's not filtered.
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