I'm keeping up with the treadmill. One of the motivating factors is that I visually look better in my workout clothes now. So, although the scale hasn't moved dramatically (at this point it has moved 6 pounds lower in the 2 months since I started putting in a lot of time on the treadmill), I must be losing inches in important places.
Yesterday I had two meals out but the second was very healthy (roast chicken and a salad) and the first was chili (ok) but also one of those amazing tea biscuits from Tim Horton's. Still, because I was out, there was no snacking either. Plus I ate breakfast at 10:30, lunch at 1:40 and dinner at 5:40 so could only eat about half my large chicken breast. There's now chicken for my lunch today.
With my TOM came a surprise drop in my weight. It had stayed steady then up a pound right before it came, then down 2. So the treadmill is working at limiting my weight gain over my period. When I was doing Curves years ago, I noticed the same effect, no weight loss the week of my period but no traditional gain either. Back then, I'd lose 2 pounds a week, steady, except for the week of my period so on average it was 1.5 pounds a week (and that average held over six months.) My weight loss is 50% slower now that I'm older but the benefit of the exercise reducing TOM weight gain seems to be the same. There's another incentive to workout!
On Sunday I get to switch to my TSO Christmas workout music and that may help me stay interested in the treadmill although I don't feel like my interest is waning yet. My daily walks were missed almost all week (just Monday and maybe today) so I need the treadmill.
Updated to add: I took my waist to hip ratio today and came up with .81. Not the .73 when I did the measurments wrong (I measured my waist at the narrowest point, which at this weight is too high a place on the body), but not scary high either. When I was at my healthiest (i.e. 130s), my WHR was .68 (I have my old measurements and my waist measurement at that weight is in the correct place.) Thanks for giving me a new indicator of the status of my weight.
Here are my current stats:
Weight 165
WHR .81 (just over the healthy end of things)
BMI 27.9 (high end of overweight range.)