Weighing In 3/19/2017

249.25, down from 249.5 yesterday. Next goal: dip the scales below 240.

And now the work begins. The euphoric multi-pound water weight loss is evidently done; now I start to lose the fat, and that comes off oh so much more slowly than does water. But that's what I need to lose, so the fits and starts will frustrate me but they will not deter me.

For pre-breakfast this morning, I will have a lemon water (cut a lemon into 1/8 sections and squeeze one section into a glass of water eight times per day) and vitamins. For breakfast, I'll have pan-seared salmon on a bed of baby spinach, a Wasa bread, half a pear, and lemon water. For midmorning snack, I'll have a Wasa bread and lemon water. For lunch, I'll finish off last night's chicken soup (chicken, veggies, cilantro, fresh-ground black pepper, a little pink salt) and lemon water. For mid afternoon snack, I'll have half a pear and lemon water. I'll drink another lemon water at about 4:30. For dinner, I'll have vitamins, a bran pancake (1 egg, 2 tbsp unprocessed bran, a dash of cinnamon, scramble it all together and cook like a pancake on a hot griddle) and lemon water. And to top it off for the day, I'll have an apple and lemon water before 8 pm.

Exercise. I'm going to physical therapy to loosen up my hips and that counts as exercise. But it's time to haul out the Nordic Track and start moving on that, at least while there are two feet of snow on the ground (thank you, Winter...). I dropped my Y membership (it will end on either 31 March — if they do the right thing — or on 30 April). I'm not going back there, at least not for a few years; they upped their membership fee and informed their members of the raise in such a way that the members were forced to pay at least one month of the increased fee. Not nice. It's not the extra $2 that's my problem; it's the timing of telling the members.

I thought yesterday evening that I should post measurements again, but I'm not going to do that yet; I haven't lost enough to make any real difference there. Measurements will get posted with each loss of 10 lb., starting at 239 lb. I can say, though, that clothes are starting to fit better.

Speaking of clothes, I'm not looking forward to the expense of a new wardrobe. The wardrobe I have now is the one that Jim bought for me, it has lots (and lots...) of lovely suits and clothes in it, and he spent $thousands on it before we were even married. He wanted his lady to dress well! Well, the clothes are all in good shape; they will get donated when I shrink entirely out of them. That will deter me from ballooning back up.