Weighing In 11/14/2018

200.75, down from last week's 201.5.

I haven't lost all that much this month: five pounds. But hey: five pounds is five pounds.

I'm going to give it a break from Thanksgiving until New Year's. If I eat a Christmas cookie, I will not beat myself up. If I eat pizza, I will not beat myself up.

Then, on 1 January 2019, I will restart the weight loss phase. With any luck, I'll lose another 10 lb in January-early February, and weigh well less than 200 lb by the time I go to Egypt in February!!

Weighing In 11/8/2018

201.5. No change.

Hmph. I did the egg-grapefruit day yesterday. Well, last time I did an egg-grapefruit day, it took a day to kick in. Let's see what tomorrow's scales say.

Weighing In 11/7/2018

201.5. I've weighed 201.5 for a week now. No change.

It's time for an egg-grapefruit day to knock the weight loss back into gear.

Today.

Weighing In 11/1/2018

201.5,  down 1 lb from 202.5 on 10/27.

And it's Measurements Day:

	3/14/17	1-Oct	1-Nov	Month's Difference	TOTAL   Difference	Month % Lost
Weight	256	209.75	201.5	-8.25	-54.5	3.70%
Bust	49.5	44	43	-1	-6.5	2.27%
Waist	51	45	43	-2	-8	4.44%
Hips	48	43.5	41	-2.5	-7	5.75%
Upper Arm L	15	13	12.75	-0.25	-2.25	1.92%
Upper Arm R	15	13.125	12.75	-0.375	-2.25	2.86%
Mid-Thigh L	23	19.5	19	-0.5	-4	2.56%
Mid-Thigh R	25	19.5	19	-0.5	-6	2.56%
Calf L	16	14.75	14.5	-0.25	-1.5	1.69%
Calf R	16	14.75	14.5	-0.25	-1.5	1.69%
Total Body Inches	258.5	227.125	219.5	-7.625	-39	3.36%
Inches Lost		-31.375	-39	-7.625	-39

I'd say I'm doing okay here. I seem to be losing about 8 lb per month, which is a good, healthy rate. Inches started peeling off this month because of the Callanetics and the gym and my personal trainer, all of which, given these results, I shall definitely keep doing.

I anticipate breaking that 100s digit VERY SOON!!!!

Weighing In 10/27/2018

202.5, down 1 lb from 10/23's 203.5.

I'm getting there. That change of the hundreds digit is in easy sight. That great day is closer than I think!!

On that day, I will have 55 pounds left to lose; the long-term goal is now set at 145.

Weighing In 10/23/2018

203.5. No change from yesterday.

And that's a good thing. Two pounds is a precipitous drop, and I cannot drop 2 pounds per day and hope to maintain either the rate or, in the long run, the weight loss. So I'll sit here for a couple of days at 203.5, eyeing that 199.75-pound goal from a distance of 3.75 pounds ...

I now weigh less than I have since I was pregnant. And that's a VERY good thing!

Weighing In 10/22/2018

203.5, down 2 lb from yesterday's 205.5.

Gotta LOVE egg-grapefruit days!!

Breaking that hundreds digit is in full sight. I'm stoked!!

Weighing In 10/21/2018

205.5, down 0.5 from the forever weight of yesterday (and many days before yesterday) of 206.

Gotta love egg-grapefruit days! They do break through plateaus.

I haven't been particularly faithfully doing my Callanetics. I need to get better about that. I will record the audio track on AudioNote and have it on my phone when I go to the gym. It's a great workout, but I need to actually DO it. That's the best and fastest way to affect measurements and get an actual waistline back.

But hey: I'm getting there, albeit very slowly. And very slowly is actually the way to do this. On 1 October, I weighed 209.75, so I'm down 4.25 lb this month ... which sure beats being up 4.25 lb!!

Weighing In 10/20/2018

206. No change in days.

An egg-grapefruit day today will get things back into gear, I think.

Weighing In 10/11/2018

205.5, down 0.5 lb from the 206 of 10/8.

I'm working on the next 50 pounds! Just think: 50 pounds from now, I'll weigh what I weighed in high school!

Weighing In 10/8/2018

206, down 1 lb from yesterday's 207.

Fifty. Pounds. Gone.

I started this at 256 lb. Today I am at 206 lb.

That's a definite milestone! I am, slowly but surely, winning the weight-loss war!

Weighing In 10/7/2018

207, down 0.75 from yesterday's 207.75.

Ah, the joys of an egg-grapefruit day!

One more pound and I'll be down 50 lb from my starting weight of 256!

Weighing In 10/6/2018

207.75, up 0.75 from 10/4's 207.

Yeah, I ate badly yesterday. Egg-grapefruit (well, egg-orange, since Walmart didn't have grapefruit last night) day today. Let's kick this back into the right direction!

Weighing In 10/4/2018

207. No change from yesterday's 207.

The precipitous weight drop-off had to end eventually. I'm ok with it ending now.

Besides, I ate cookies yesterday when I gave blood. Give blood, get cookies. And I had all-you-can-eat sushi for lunch.

This morning, though, I have Darryl. He'll kick my weight-loss back into gear; not a problem. But maybe, just on principle, I'll do an egg-grapefruit day tomorrow. Especially since I'm going out for dinner tonight (I have a hot date) and will likely have a bleu cheese burger.

Weighing In 10/3/2018

207.0, down l pound from yesterday's 208.0.

I'll take it!

I'm pretty sure it's water weight lost; Darryl really, REALLY kicked butt last night at the gym, and I was dripping sweat; I couldn't even do some of the exercises (I simply modified a bit and stayed moving through the burpees (squat thrusts with a pushup in the middle and a jump at the end ... no way) and the rope climb).

Also, yesterday's food was pretty sparse. I ate my usual bran muffin for breakfast, had a smoothie (whey protein, apple, peanut butter, 1 Tbsp dark chocolate, water) for lunch, a protein bar (230 calories) to buck up for Darryl's class, then a pork chop and green beans stir fried in a capful of olive oil for dinner. Oh ... and two bowls of frozen strawberries for dessert!

He didn't give us homework, so I'll simply continue with the Callanetics (which I was going to do anyway).

Weighing In 10/2/2018

208, down 1.25 from yesterday's 209.25.

Love those 1-2-pound drops in a day!! Don't I wish they could happen every day....But that is not sustainable.

I have a Darryl workout tonight, so no Callanetics today. Tomorrow, yes, but not today.

Weighing In 10/1/2018

209.25, down from 9/29's 210.

Since I started on 9/1/2018 at 218 lb, I've lost 8.75 lb. That's not too shabby. It's had its ups and downs, and I traveled some in September (always a Problem for weight loss), but I show a net loss, which I'm happy about.

The stuff I'm doing at the gym doesn't hurt. That challenge has me doing Callanetics four days this week (today will be the fourth) and has me feeling pretty good. I still can't do a squat-thrust, but I'll get there; it's a 10-week challenge with Darryl (my personal trainer, who is magnificent at kicking butt) and that can't help but get me closer to where I want to be!

Here are today's measurements. I didn't measure last month until 9/9, so it's only 21 days' worth of loss this month. That problem is remedied; today's the first of the month, and I measure on the first of the month.

Since starting on 3/14/2017, I have lost a total of 78.125 inches and 46.75 lb!! No wonder my clothes are falling off of me!! Percentage-wise, I've lost 18.06% of my body mass since 3/14/2017, and 3.78% of my body mass since 1 September (when I weighed in at 218). 

This past month, I lost a total of 3.875 inches, which also isn't too shabby. I've lost, percentage-wise, 15.18% (!!!) of my body measurement since 3/14/2017 and 4.0% of my body measurement since 9/9/2018.

I'm stoked!!

	3/14/17	9-Sep	1-Oct	Month's Difference	TOTAL Difference
Weight	256	210.5	209.25	-1.25	46.75
Bust	49.5	45	44	-1	5.5
Waist	51	45	45	0	6
Hips	48	43	43.5	0.5	4.5
Upper Arm L	15	13	13	0	2
Upper Arm R	15	13.125	13.125	0	1.875
Mid-Thigh L	23	20	19.5	-0.5	3.5
Mid-Thigh R	25	20.5	19.5	-1	5.5
Calf L	16	15.125	14.75	-0.375	1.25
Calf R	16	15	14.75	-0.25	1.25
Inches Lost	514.5	440.25	436.375	3.875	78.125

Weighing In 9/29/2018

210.0, down 1 lb from yesterday's 211.0, but still up 2.5 lb from Wednesday's 207.5.

At least I'm going in the right direction again. And the weight will come off as long as I stay on the straight and narrow. Chicken'n'fish, chicken'n'fish, chicken'n'fish....

I did the Callanetics yesterday, and will do them again today. Those exercises are enormously effective in reshaping a body, and my body needs reshaping. I might actually develop a waistline from them!!

Weighing In 9/28/2018

211.0, up 3.5 lb from Wednesday's 207.5

That's the wrong direction. And that is frustrating. Time for an egg-grapefruit day. But I don't have any grapefruit. I will buy a bag and do an egg-grapefruit day tomorrow.

However, there is reason. I am exercising significantly more, so am building muscle. That's a good thing. But 211.0 ... no. Also, I went to Friendly's after Toastmasters last night for dinner. I did not go hog-wild, but I did have a Happy Ending™ sundae after my grilled cheese sandwich and tomato basil soup.

Well, back to the boards, as they say. No Darryl workout today, so today I do Callanetics. This is the first time I've done that routine in eons. That'll tighten up my gut in no time flat.

Weighing In 9/26/2018

207.5, down 1.25 lb from Monday's 208.75.

This is the result of the Team Darryl workout last night at the gym. That workout was hell on earth, but if it gives this result, I will gladly go through hell on earth. Actually, I paid $90 to go through hell on earth ... this team challenge lasts until mid-November ... by which time I hope to be down 20 lb from that 208.75 starting point. Let's see ... that would put me at 188.75. It will be a Great Day when I crack the 200-lb mark!!

And Darryl gave us homework. We are to find one thing to do to make the team challenge worth it. Me, I'm doing the Callanetics workout from the DVD I have. At least four days this week. I'll get it up to seven days each week by Week 3.

Oh ... I hurt today. My hip is killing me.

Hey ... I've lost over 50 lb since I started this in March 2017!! New cross-trainers for me!!!!! Yay!!!

And food is easy; just keep on with the Diet Center Reducing Diet. Easy enough.

Weighing In 9/24/2018

208.75, down 0.25 from yesterday's 209.0.

Good. It's peeling off again.

Even better. It's coming off slowly and steadily.

When it comes off slowly and steadily, the loss is sustainable, as I recently showed myself by maintaining for a year between weight-loss bouts.

Weighing In 9/23/2018

209.0. Still no change from yesterday's 209.0. I'm on a plateau, and that's ok.

I ate badly last night. I took my daughter to Friendly's for dinner; that was not great, but it was ok. I had about 560 calories' worth of food (a grilled cheese and tomato-basil soup). But then we went to Stewart's for dessert. That was mint cookie crumble ice cream. That ice cream is wonderful, and I had two scoops.

Well, back to the straight and narrow today. Chicken 'n' fish, chicken 'n' fish, chicken 'n' fish. And lotsa lotsa water. I should be drinking 110 oz ounces per day; lately, I've been drinking maybe 32. And I'll get some exercise. I hate the process there, but I always feel so much better having done it. If that number stays where it is til Wednesday, I'll do another egg-grapefruit day and kick it back into gear.

Weighing In 9/22/2018

209.0, no change from yesterday.

That's no surprise. After two days of dramatic loss, it had to slow down to a mere crawl soon. The trick now is to stay the course.

That should be pretty easy today; I made bran muffins and the Diet Center tofu/apple dessert last night and I took tonight's chicken out of the freezer. I have the remains of the haddock I had for dinner a couple of nights ago in the fridge and will eat that for lunch today.

I give the Nancy Show this morning; that'll keep me out of trouble!

Weighing In 9/21/2018

209.0, down 0.5 from yesterday's 209.5.

That works!

That rate will, of course, slow down, but I'll take it for now.

Hey, one more pound and I will have lost 10 lb this month ... that's exactly what this Diet Center diet is supposed to do.

I started this journey on 3/14/2017 weighing 256 lb; in 3 more pounds, I will have lost 50 lb! I shall reward myself for that accomplishment with a new pair of cross-trainers.

The next 10-lb goal will take me down below 200 lb; that's a MILESTONE ... an absolutely magic number. I still need to figure out how to celebrate that one. I've already paid for the trip to Egypt, so that's not the reward. I'll figure it out.

Weighing In 9/20/2018

I missed weighing in yesterday, but today is 209.5, down 1.75 lb from 9/18's 211.25.

That's better. That's what an egg-grapefruit day is supposed to do. This egg-grapefruit day just took a couple of days to kick in.

I've found the most wonderful thing to do with chicken and salad. Stir-fried chicken with apples and greens! Yum!

Gotta go to the gym today. My personal trainer is out for the week this week, but that should not give me a reason to avoid the gym. He even provided a workout!

Weighing In 9/18/2018

211.25, down 0.25 from yesterday.

That's ... frustrating. I did the egg-grapefruit day, too. Well, at least it didn't go the wrong way.

Weighing In 9/17/2018

211.5, up from the 209.75 of 9/13.

Oops.

Well, I knew before the weekend that today would be an egg-grapefruit day. And, considering all the junk I ate all weekend at Reunion, a 1.75-lb gain isn’t actually terrible. It’s not good, of course, but it’s not terrible in that it is easily remedied.

Weighing In 9/13/2018

209.75. No change from yesterday.

I actually broke the diet regimen last night for dinner. I had Mick's maple salmon. The salmon is fine; the maple has SUGAR. Sugar is a total no-no on this regimen. Well, it's back to the straight and narrow today. Tomorrow I take my daughter and her boyfriend to Sushi X for lunch, then go to Concord for my law-school class reunion over the weekend. That, too, will break the regimen (though I will, of course, be sensible). So I'll do an egg-grapefruit day on Monday to get things back on track.

Going to the gym this morning to let Darryl beat me up and put me through the baseline exercise routine for the challenge. That will wear me out for the rest of the day.... I did the weigh-in on Tuesday, and that measures all kinds of things besides weight. It seems that I'm a bit dehydrated; I don't drink enough water. Divide your weight in half and that's the number of ounces of water you should drink per day. I'll NEVER get 105 ounces of water down my gullet in a day...that's another reason to lose the weight!

Toastmasters tonight! I'm talking, giving my icebreaker speech. And I'm Grammarian. I'm more nervous about the grammarian function than I am about the speech.

Weighing In 9/12/2018

209.75, down from Monday’s 210.5. Hey, I broke a 10s digit!! Reward time!! I’m going to my 15th FPLC reunion and will enjoy that this weekend, so this weekend is my reward. All that walking up and down the hill between the hotel and the school!!

I didn’t get on the scales yesterday here, but the fancy fat-measuring scales at my Official Weigh-in for the challenge at the gym said 212.4 after a breakfast and 20 oz H2O and a half-hour workout with my personal trainer, Darryl. That counts for there, but it’s an inconsistent number for here so I don’t count it.

I was hungry last night, having eaten all I was supposed to eat. So I had 2 extra breads, some extra H2O,  and an extra apple. That filled the bill quite nicely. And it didn’t do any damage!

Weighing in 9/10/2018

210.5, no change from yesterday.

And that's okay.

Diets do that. The weight stays on for freaking ever despite all efforts, and then comes off in a bump sometimes. That's just how it works. I know this.

If by Thursday there is no change, I'll do an egg-grapefruit day to jump-start the metabolism.

I have my 15th law school class reunion this weekend. I'm looking forward to it!! I leave on Friday (which is why Thursday will be the egg-grapefruit day if needed) for a festive weekend in Concord, NH. I'm staying at the Holiday Inn, which means I'm easy walking distance to the law school. I'll get lots of walking in going up and down that hill. I'll visit old haunts and see old friends, many of whom I haven't seen in some 15 years. Maybe Lee and Donna still live across the street from 14 Essex St!

I'll take my NutriBullet, a box of spinach, protein powder, and a bag of apples with me to Concord. Smoothies with spinach and fruit and whey protein are better than the junk they serve as "free breakfast" at the hotel. Dunno what food will be around at reunion, but I'll tread very carefully there and not blow the good trend I'm on.

Weighing In 9/9/2018

210.5, down from yesterday's 211.

Fat is now coming off (well, water too). I'm feeling well, since the Diet Center diet provides for eating really good food; chicken 'n' fish...chicken 'n' fish...chicken 'n' fish..., lots of veggies, fresh fruit, and my ever-present bran muffin that keeps my eyes bright, my tail bushy and my bowels moving.

Also, it's FINALLY cooled down outside. This encourages long walks by the river (I'll take one today) as well as coming home to curl up by the fire with a cuppa tea. Not hot chocolate this year (😢), but I have a tea that tastes like minted hot chocolate, which will substitute well. Keeping body heat going in cool weather also takes a bit more energy ... calories ... just to maintain, which helps!

The holidays are fast approaching, too. Halloween is easy: just don't buy the candy, or buy candy with coconut that I will NEVER eat. Thanksgiving. Hmmm. Maybe I'll treat myself to my former gentleman caller's maple-marinated salmon. One day of maple won't kill me. And Tess and Kraig are coming for Christmas; perhaps rock cornish game hens, salad, broccoli (which Tess loves and Kraig hates 😈) and tofu apple dessert for Christmas dinner? I'll figure it out.

Damn ... I didn't post measurements as promised. Well, here they are, as of today, compared to the last set of measurements I took, in July 2017. As you see, I haven't changed much. They'll be up on the first of each month from now on.

	9/9/18	7/1/17	Difference	Total Difference
Weight	210.5	221.25	-10.75	-10.75
Bust	45	45	0	0
Waist	45	45	0	0
Hips	43	43.5	-0.5	-0.5
Upper Arm L	13	12.75	0.25	0.25
Upper Arm R	13.125	13	0.125	0.125
Mid-Thigh L	20	20.5	-0.5	-0.5
Mid-Thigh R	20.5	21.5	-1	-1
Calf L	15.125	15	0.125	0.125
Calf R	15	15	0	0
Inches Lost	1.5	0	1.5	1.5

Weighing In 9/8/2018

211.0, down from yesterday's 211.25.

I'm losing fat now, and building muscle. Thus, the scale is slowing down. Following the Diet Center program, I generally lose about 2 lb per week on average, or 10 lb per month, which is healthy and sustainable.

According to my trainer, losing 20 lb over 10 weeks will NOT win the challenge at the gym. There are those who do this challenge and lose about 60 lb in 10 weeks. That is NOT sustainable, nor is it healthy. That kind of loss will gain the weight right back. But they win the big bucks. Me, I'll win increased health. So who's the ultimate big winner?

Weighing In 9/7/2018

I missed writing here yesterday; I weighed 212.0.

Today, I’m down 0.75 lb, weighing in at 211.25.

I joined Darryl’s Team for a weight-loss/body transformation challenge at the gym. It’s a 10-week challenge that will get my achy old body moving more than I do, and will increase my membership level to the max for the duration. I weigh in there on Tuesday morning. In 10 weeks, I should, theoretically, be down 20 lb. That’s the goal; that and deleting some of the pain in my hips....

Weighing In 9/5/2018

212.0, down from yesterday's 212.75.

The water weight is clearly almost all off and the weight loss will slow down to a crawl as I lose fat rather than water.

Yesterday was a scheduling disaster. Breakfast and lunch were fine, and water intake was fine. But I ended up working in my office until 9:15, which put me home at 9:45, which gave me dinner at 10 pm. I can't do that again; I ended up being hungry by 8 pm. I need to get food for the office that I can eat for dinner in such times. Some canned shrimp will be good, and I can get veggies as I need them from the Price Chopper or Walmart that are nearby.

Dinner last night was delicious, though. Chicken and summer squash from the garden, stir fried with apple chunks and rosemary leaves. I did not eat a salad last night; had one of those for lunch. A bran muffin was dessert. So NICE to eat food I grew myself!!

Gotta get a shower before I start eating and drinking today.

Weighing In 9/4/2018

212.75, down from yesterday's 214.75.

I'm back to the weight I was when last I blogged this weight loss. Told ya it wouldn't take me long!

Today is Day 2 of the Reducing Diet. I am not hungry and I certainly am not thirsty. I will take my lunch and snacks to work with me today; lunch will be salmon and salad; snacks will be 2 apples and 2 oranges. Dinner tonight will be chicken and summer squash from the garden. I had a jalapeño pepper with that squash last night, also from the garden; those peppers are HOT.

I have water at the office and will drink that. All. Day. Long.

Weighing In 9/3/2018

I'm at 214.75, down 2.25 lb from yesterday's 217.

This rapid loss is lovely, but it's all water at this point. I've been peeing approximately once every 15 minutes. That will end, and water will stabilize, and weight loss will go to losing fat, which is much slower than is losing water.

I'm getting a late start today; it's 11 a.m. and I haven't yet eaten anything. Gotta go eat before I shake the house down!

Bran muffin
Water x 4
Apple or Orange
Wasa bread slice

That will bring me up to where I should be in the day ... oh, and it will fill me up.

Lunch today will be yesterday's chicken with apple (I cooked 2) with a large leafy salad. Snack will be another Wasa bread slice and another piece of fruit. Dinner will be a large leafy shrimp salad and another Wasa bread slice. Snack is a piece of fruit. And the ever-present water will be on tap for all eating sessions.

Weighing In 9/2/2018

Day 2 of the Diet Center's Conditioning Diet, and I'm down a pound, 217 down from yesterday's 218. This is, of course, all water. This part of the diet diureses the body. I spent yesterday peeing and will spend today peeing.

Tomorrow starts the Reducing Diet. The Conditioning Diet is a total pig-out; I couldn't eat everything they want me to eat yesterday, and that's fine. Tomorrow, though, starts the 1000-1200 calorie/day thing, and I frankly do get hungry on that. It's all a matter of timing, though; I need to eat throughout the day. The difference is that I eat rabbit food throughout the day; unlimited green leafy veggies, a bit of protein, a couple of pieces of fruit. And, of course, lotsa lotsa water.

Gotta go get started on today's pig-out!

Weighing In 9/1/2018

It's been a year and two days since I last posted here. I've done a decent job of maintaining my weight for that year; I'm at 218 pounds this morning, having pigged out on sushi yesterday (thanks to my brother who came to hang out for a couple of hours and took me to lunch) and pizza and ice cream for the last two days (my brother had nothing to do with those). Last time I posted, on 8/30/2017, I was at 212.75, and I will be there again very soon.

I'm still going to the gym at least once per week, and the same personal trainer is still kicking my butt. I think that's how I am maintaining my weight, quite frankly.

It's time. I'm done maintaining. Today I restart the old Diet Center weight loss routine, and I become answerable to this blog again. It's called "accountability."

The goal is to lose 50 pounds (putting me at 168 lb) by the time I go to Egypt in February. It's the healthy thing to do. Eventually, I'll go down another 20, and that will be my final goal weight. Imagine my weighing less than 150 ... haven't been there in decades.

I'll post measurements as I start the Reducing Diet on the day after tomorrow, then again on the first day of each month.