Week 1 Weigh In - lost 13.4 pounds

I'm feeling pretty good today. I've lost nearly 14 pounds during my first week (weighed in at 388.6 pounds), but I know that kind of loss won't continue unless I start to pick up the amount of exercise I do. I've slowly increased my duration and level of exercise to about a half hour of low-key to moderate of activity.

This week my goal is to get on my bike more and really ride it for at least a half hour. I live three miles from the Hollywood beachfront, so ultimately I'd like to regularly do the 6 miles round trip and maybe even do a mile or two extra along the broadwalk once I get there.

My weight loss motivation

I want to be able to ride rollercoasters again, feel more comfortable in airplane seats, be able to sit in those tiny chairs on the patios of cafes, not cause the tires in my tiny compact car to wear unevenly, start my 40s in a year and a half with the same healthful optimism with which I started my 20s, let my parents grow older without having to worry about my health, be able to shop for clothes at the mall again, rollerblade without pain again, and dance the night away again without having to sit the next one out!