7/18/2020 Weighing In

Yesterday was 218.75 ... today is 217.5! Down 1.25 pounds! Yeah!

Oh ... and I've now lost 10 pounds in just over two weeks! That's a milestone! Yeah!

7/7/2020 Weighing In

Huh. I guess I didn't write in my blog yesterday. Well, yesterday I was at 223, down from Sunday's 224.25. Today I'm at 222.25. So ... water weight is gone (and my poor toilets have been flushed enough to prove that); I'm starting to show the slow fat burn now. Sigh.

 I drank my full quota of water yesterday; haven't had nearly as much difficulty with that as I expected to. Of course, the result of that is that I'm spending piles of time sitting on the throne. But that's ok; no one deserves a crown more than do I.

 I've discovered that if I'm sitting around doing nothing but watching TV, I am hungry; if I'm busy doing something productive, I'm not. The cause of hunger = boredom!! I shall use that.

 My first goal, of course, is to break 220. When I do that, I shall give myself a mini-reward. Perhaps a new audiobook....

12/12/2019 Weigh In

210.5, down 1.5 lb from yesterday's 212.0. Another 1.5 lb and I'll be owing myself a reward for losing another 10 lb!

I'm definitely back on the straight and narrow!

The TRX exercise system has not yet arrived; it's stuck in limbo in the UPS system because I want my UPS boxes delivered to a safe address. Well, it will get here eventually.

Today's Plan:

Pre-breakfast: Lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: Bran pancake, strawberries, water
10:30 am: 5 minutes on NordicTrack, water
Lunch: Chicken/Fish, salad, water
2 pm: Wasa, water
4 pm: Wasa, water
5 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack, water
Dinner: Bran pancake, strawberries, water
7 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack, water
7:30 pm: Apple, water
9:30 pm: Yogurt

11/1/2019 Weigh In

216.0. After losing 2.5 pounds in two days, no change is no surprise.

Today is the Measurements Day; it's the first of the month. Here we go:

	10/6/19	11/1/19	Month Difference
Weight	229	216	13
Bust	46.5	46	0.5
Waist	47	45	2
Hips	46.5	44	2.5
Upper Arm L	13.25	13.25	0
Upper Arm R	14	13.75	0.25
Mid-Thigh L	22.5	21	1.5
Mid-Thigh R	23	22.75	0.25
Calf L	15	14.75	0.25
Calf R	15.5	15	0.5
Inches Lost	243.25	7.75	7.75

I'm down 13 pounds and 7.75 inches overall. In less than a month. There's a WIN!! The next milestone is 209 lb ... that will be 20 lb gone. The goal after I hit the 209 goal will take me to 199 ... and I'll have to move the heavy weight on the scale! But I have seven pounds to go from where I am now to get to 209. Well, all I need to do is Follow The Plan. Easy enough.

Today’s Plan:

Pre-breakfast: Lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: Bran pancake, strawberries, water
11 am: 5 minutes on NordicTrack, water
Lunch: Fish, salad, water
2 pm: Wasa, water
4 pm: Wasa, water
5 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
Dinner: Chicken stir-fried with bok choy, water
7 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
7:30 pm: Apple, water
9:30 pm: Yogurt

10/29/2019 Weigh In

218.5, down 0.5 from yesterday's 219! Hurray!! I'm working on the next 10 pounds!! 9.5 pounds to go .... It's so much easier for me to put it on than it is to take it off, so I'm really quite proud of myself for losing the 10 pounds in three weeks; it will probably take a bit longer than that to lose the next 10, though; it's coming off in fits and starts, little bit by little bit. Well, 2 lb per week is a healthy rate. Frustrating, but healthy.

The Plan with the NordicTrack ... yeah, that didn't work out. I did 5 minutes on the machine yesterday. But I ate right and will work up my time on the machine. So let's be a bit more realistic today.

My Reward comes today; I ordered these red yoga pants from Amazon. They should really be quite stunning! And they give me something other than shorts and the black yoga pants to wear to the gym ... which is good!

I have to modify the Plan today; I have a dentist's appointment at 11 (for fillings; I hope to God he uses his laser drill and not novocaine) and a client coming in at 2. But it still works!

Today's Plan

Pre-breakfast: Lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: Bran pancake, strawberries, water
9:30 am: 5 minutes on NordicTrack, water
11 am: dentist
Lunch: Chicken, salad, water
1:45 pm: Wasa, water
4 pm: Wasa, water
5 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
Dinner: Fish, salad, water
7 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
7:30 pm: Apple, water
9:30 pm: Yogurt

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 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 10/8/2018

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!