8/24/2020

Ouch! It's been awhile since I posted anything. That does not say I haven't been keeping track of weight, though; I'm down to 206 pounds as of today! BMI is 30.5, which means I have only 0.6 BMI points to go before I am officially classed as "Overweight" rather than "Obese." I am indeed looking forward to that! I'm cancelling my gym membership, though. I've been keeping fit during the COVID shutdown, and I will continue to do so. I have TRX straps, I have a NordicTrack, I have a garden that needs perpetual weeding, I can do this!

8/10/2020 Weighing In

Well!! On 8/8, I was at 212; today, I'm at 210.25!! I'm loving this!!

I have no idea why this is true; I went totally, completely off the rails yesterday. I pigged out with a whole box of bars (there are seven bars in a box), a pancake, penne, and chicken. The bars, penne and pancake each have 110 calories; the chicken is about 250. That's about 1500 calories. Well, I spent the day being full and indulging my nibbles. I'm back on the straight and narrow today, reinforced by the 1.75-lb loss that will not continue if I keep eating like that.

1.75 pounds gone since Saturday!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/8/2020 Weighing In With Measurements (HTML table coded here)

Yesterday was 212.25; today I weigh in at 212 even! Little bit by little bit....

Measurements today (hey; it's Saturday):

	7/2/2020	7/31/2020	8/8/2020	Weekly Difference	Total Difference
Weight	227.75	213.75	212	1.75	15.75
Neck	16.75	16	16	0.00	0.75
Bust	47	44.5	44.5	0.00	2.0
Waist	48	45.5	44.5	1.00	3.5
Hips	47.125	45.5	44.5	1.00	2.625
UpprArm-L	14	12.75	13	-0.25	1
UpprArm-R	14.75	13.5	13.5	0.00	1.25
MidThigh-L	21.5	20	19	1.00	2.5
MidThigh-R	22.5	21	19.25	1.75	3.25
Calf-L	15.25	14.75	14.5	0.25	0.75
Calf-R	15	14.75	14.75	0.00	0.25
TotalBody	245.125	231.25	227.5	3.75	17.625
InchesLost	0.00	13.875	17.625
BMI	34	31.6	31.3	0.3	2.7

Yeah, I'm happy with that.

Next goal: Get the BMI under 30!! At that point, I will no longer be "Obese Class I"! I will simply be "Overweight." That will happen at 202 pounds. I have 10 pounds to go for that goal. Should be there by the middle of September at the latest.

8/6/2020 Weighing In

I didn't weigh myself yesterday, but the day before yesterday I was at 213.25. Today, I'm 212.25!!! Another pound gone!!!! Little bit by little bit, the fat is disappearing.

I do eat well on this plan. A pancake on most mornings, a bag of crunchies many days, cookies and brownies and even soft serv ice cream ... peanut butter or chocolate soft serv ice cream ... all part of the Optavia plan. Of course, these things are foods from Optavia (which is a MediFast program), and they are high protein low carb low fat foods. But they taste just like the real thing!

I do get the munchies, though I cannot claim real hunger, between so-called "fuelings." Distraction works wonders at those times. Get busy doing something other than watching TV ... in other words, get my brain off of food ... and I actually forget to eat! I have to time the intervals between fuelings and set an alarm to remember to put food in my body!

So. I'm happy. And I have more energy. My sciatica, while it's still there, is reduced most days. I can get out into my garden and yank weeds easily. I could do housework ... not my favorite chore ... if I choose to do so.

8/4/2020 Weighing In

Well, I'm down to 213.25 today (and yesterday ... the day before yesterday I was at 213.5, and the day before that I was at 213.75). It's going down ... far more slowly than I'd like it to.

Gotta love what the weight loss is doing to my BMI, though; I started at 33.6; I'm down to 31.5. That's still "obese," but "overweight" (the next category downward) starts at a BMI of 29.9, so I'm getting out of the "obese" category, which is great, Great, GREAT!!!!!

Some of the plateau, of course, has to do with the "cheating" I've done. Yesterday was my first non-cheat day since Friday (today's Tuesday). I desperately need to get OUT of the house in the afternoon, and I desperately need to stop munching at bedtime. Those are my downfall times. And it's just habit. I am, however, drinking far, far more water than I ever did. It helps to make a pot of mint tea and use that as water flavoring ... then drink through a straw!

I can't garden today; it's raining. So maybe I'll just go for a car ride to a mall and walk the halls for an hour or so this afternoon. I'll also use my TRX straps and my NordicTrack. Hey ... I have them; I need to use them.

Onward!