One week ago I’ve started this weight loss challenge: to lose 20 pounds with elliptical bike exercise. I set my goal by then to have three rounds of workouts, 10 minutes each, for 5 days a week. Boy, I was so wrong! I lost my breathe after two minutes of exercise, so I had to adapt the program to my body. So, I went for two minutes of exercise four times a day, for five days a week. Unfortunately my elliptical is an older and cheaper model, so it doesn’t include a heart rate monitor. I may want to buy one separately. All I can tell you for now is that my heart was beating fast, that’s for sure. The years of sedentary activities are now imposing me this slower progress pace. I don’t want to exhaust myself, so I’m prepared to wait longer until my old clothes will fit again.

This is what I’ve accomplished in week 1 of this weight loss challenge:

• Initial weight: 143 pounds
• Weight after one week: 140 pounds

Weight loss in seven days: 3 pounds

I feel good about this start, so I’m going to keep the exercise going on at the same pace for the second week. If the weight loss will maintain this rate, I’ll be getting rid of the 20 pounds weight that bothers me so much in about seven weeks, which is less than two months, thus reasonable. I’ll be just ready for the summer vacation, and I’ll probably have to buy myself a new bathing suit, as the old one will have been too big for my size by then. Can’t wait to see that wonder happening!