Goals
I want to work out regularly, including doing a 10 week program that begins with a walk/jog combo that progresses to 30 minutes of continuous running. I completed this a couple of years ago, and it’s great. A far cry from my 5-7 miles a day of a few years ago, but really, the 30 minutes is all I need right now. I’m looking forward to doing this is the beautiful fall weather. I adore running in the cool, as well as the cold. I plan to lift weights, do aerobics, walk, play team sports – whatever, as long as I’m moving. I’d like to burn 3500 calories a week through exercise – or 1 pound per week.
I would like to eat around 1500 calories per day. My current basal metabolic rate is 1958 calories (178*11). At my ideal weight it will be 1485. So at first, I will have almost a 500 calorie deficit (that’s a pound a week!), and as I progress towards my goal, I will be losing most of my weight through exercise.
This should mean losing 2 pounds a week at first, and then somewhere between 1 and 2 pounds after that.
I have 26 weeks. I need to average just over a pound and a half per week.
This is doable. Challenging, but doable.
And to lose 22% of my body weight? Finally, when I’ve been talking about it for so long? That would be incredible.
