First off, it’s been brought to my attention that someone has set up their site to automatically post excerpts from my site. While the Fair Use clause in the copyright law does allow for this, it also states that a commentary must also be included, which this lazy shit isn’t doing. So, unless you are reading this at A Web Site Created by Babs, please note that it is copyright 2008 A Web Site Created by Babs and is most likely being used without permission.

Secondly, no weight loss this week, so I didn’t bother to include the ticker. While I did get an hour of cardio in this week, I never seemed to have the time to fit in the strength training. And my toe would start to bother after each workout. As Town Day has been and gone I can now focus on things like exercise and housecleaning and hopefully the rest of the weight will come off. I will cry if I get stuck at another plateau!

A loss of two pounds (163) despite my not being able to exercise, due to my toe. I guess washing clothes manually does still give me a workout!

Well, I lost 2.5 pounds this past week (down to 165). My two intentional days off, coupled with my forced days off (due to fracturing my pinkie toe), resulted in a slight gain over the weekend. No biggie, though. 2 pounds is really the max I want to lose in a week anyway.

I got in an hour and a half of cardio. This does not include warm-up or cool-down time. I also performed two sets of strength training. After blowing off things for several months this is a much needed improvement.

I had to take today off for the aforementioned injury. My toe doesn’t really hurt anymore. It’s just swollen and starting to bruise, so I figured I’d play it safe. I’ll see how it looks tomorrow and decide if I should resume my workouts.

I had originally planned to make weekly posts about my losing weight and getting into shape. I still do, and was going to make my first entry this past Monday. But between the holiday weekend resulting in a 2 pound weight gain I wasn’t exactly in the mood to write about it, even if I did want to bring up my new regimen.

Today is a different day, however. I began a workout schedule of 30 minutes of cardio 6 days a week and 3 days of strength training (Prevention magazine is a wonderful source of inspiration for working out). By yesterday I was beginning to wear out, even though I had already been working out 3 days a week previously (30 minutes, 60 minutes, and 45 minutes, respectively). I took yesterday off and went to bed early last night. This morning I decided to weigh myself, just for shits and grins, and learned I had dropped 4 pounds.

Let me at those Cakesters!

If this trend continues I fear I will have to increase my calorie intake. Yes!