Weight Loss Wednesday & Vacation Preview :)

Weight Loss This Week: 2.2 lbs!!

Total Weight Loss So Far: 19.4 lbs

Diet Plan: Weight Watchers & still LOVING it!

Exercise Plan: Cardio 5x per week and lifting 3x; I've had a tough time getting back into my routine since coming home from our cruise, but I still fit in 4 workouts this week!

New Weight Loss or Diet Knowledge to Share: The intensity at which you work out really matters! I learned this the really tough way through a month-long plateau. I was working out at the highest intensity I possibly could, burning what I thought were thousands of calories and not losing a stinkin' thing! After doing some research and talking to a friend of mine who has recently shed a lot of weight, I realized that it really is important to keep your heart rate in the weight loss zone and not so high in the cardio zone all the time. Click here for a great article that can articulate the importance of keeping your heart rate in the weight loss zone. It helped me understand this all much better!

Recipes to Share: Seeing as I haven't been cooking much, I'm sorry but I have nothing again this time!! I'm going to be back in the kitchen more this coming week so I will try to find a good recipe to share :)

Favorite {Diet} Food Finds: FRUIT! I'm buying fewer and fewer processed snacks with each passing week and more and more fruit! I've always had a sweet tooth and there is nothing better than pineapple or a bowl of strawberries to satisfy my sugar cravings.

Goals This Week: I had a great week and wouldn't expect to lose more than 1 lb. next week, although it would be great to lose 2 again! I'm about 4 lbs above what I was hoping to be at right now, but I am not sweating it at all. I don't care if I am not at my goal weight by the end of July as I'd planned, especially because this is becoming a lifestyle and I know it will come off at some point!!

This week I want to make sure I'm at the gym 5x and that I lift 3x. I want to write down every morsel of food that I eat and make sure I'm on track now that I'm back in the groove!

Overall Goals: To hit the gym 5x per week; To lose 8-15 more lbs; To lose an average of 1lb. per week; to keep enjoying my workouts as much as I have been thus far!

Prior to losing this weight I wouldn't have been caught dead in a bikini, but that's all I wore on our cruise...

More cruise photos and stories about our vacation to come, but this is just a little preview.

I thought it was appropriate to share these today since one of my goals has been to get into my J Crew shorts from college...and here I am wearing one of the pairs on our trip!

They just barely fit, but I wore them anyway! After I knock off the rest of this weight I'll be rockin' the J Crews all summer long!