Week 2: One more pound

Checking in on week 2 with another pound lost. I'm down to 233.2, and hoping to be under 230 by St. Patrick's Day. Today marked the end of my Groupon trial membership at HealthTrack, and the start of my permanent membership at XSport Fitness location in Lombard. Price was the most important choice point, as HealthTrack was asking $71 per month whereas XSport, since the location in Lombard is "Express" was only $19.95 per month. Not sure if I'll end up upgrading to being able to get the "Full" locations, but I'm happy where I am right now.

I think the biggest reason why it was only 1 pound this week was because I kinda splurged on the diet part. There were frosted cookies in the house and although I'm fine passing the cookies and salty snacks while at the grocery store, I have next to no willpower once they're in the house. Another criticism I have of myself is not taking the abdominal cuts supplement I got from GNC with every meal. The guy I spoke with at GNC said that after the first or second week that I can up the dosage to 2 soft gel pills with every meal instead of one. I'm thinking that when I can be on it for a solid week straight I'll up it to two pills.

One last thing I want to focus on for the week is recovery after workouts. The people I've talked with at both gyms stressed getting protein for muscle recovery post-recovery, so my body attacks the fat instead of the muscle when it's trying to get back to homeostasis. Then it becomes of just what method of recovery: meal-replacement shake (what I'm leaning towards), Clif Bar (have been taking thanks to a 24-pack from Costco), and homemade fruit smoothie (which will be tough to pull off until I get my own place) are the recommended recovery foods I've researched.

So long for now, and I'll check in next week hopefully with another few pounds lost.