Celebrating: Crossing over from BMI’s “Severly Obese” into just “Obese.” Yay!
Grateful for: I wrote earlier about an increase in [otherwise healthy] carbs and my trepidation over weight fluctuations this week. Well, the mystery seems to have been solved when I experienced another ovarian cyst rupture yesterday at work. Thankfully, this one was only about half [...]
With a recent personal budget crisis and no choice but to become very frugal, I must report that I am now in week 3 of not eating out nor purchasing groceries. I have no doubt that this contributed to my 5+ pound loss in the last week.
Fortunately, I had a few things stockpiled (many of [...]
Celebrating: 50 POUNDS GONE!!!
Grateful for: I’m sorry — maybe you didn’t hear me. I’VE LOST OVER 50 POUNDS! (Okay, also I’m grateful to have broken past 40 BMI points.)
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 306.8
This week: 301.6
Change this week: -5.2
Total change: -53.0
Next milestone: 55 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Hold on tight and enjoy the ride.
How much of my current success with weight-loss efforts is linked to my current financial difficulties? I simply don’t have the funds to eat the way I used to. I am forced to regulate my money and this has assisted me in regulating my food spending and consumption as well.
I want to be clear [...]
In my efforts to break past the 300-pound mark without totally freaking out, it occurs to me that I might need to adjust my big-picture goals a bit.
Originally, my goal for evading weight-loss surgery was to weigh under 300 pounds by the end of 2008. There it is again — the big three-oh-oh. With so [...]
I was having a foul-mood day on Thursday, out of nowhere. Well, it was probably less “out of nowhere” than it was “out of staying up until 2 a.m. every night watching the Olympics.” Seriously, NBC. I appreciate that you are trying to show these events live, but COME ON ALREADY.
So, in the midst of [...]
Celebrating: Being able to wear a 2X t-shirt! (more on that later)
Grateful for: payday yesterday. Phew! That was a close one!
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 309.0
This week: 306.8
Change this week: -2.2
Total change: -47.8
Next milestone: 50 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Oh my gosh! I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. [...]
I’ve heard and read a lot lately about people in maintenance or on plateaus who are lamenting the gain/loss of the same 1-3 pounds. I’ve heard those pounds blamed, demonized, and credited for more malice and malintent than I ever thought possible. Before we beat ourselves up for “gaining and losing,” let’s consider exactly how [...]
Celebrating: 45 pounds gone!
Grateful for: all that I am learning about myself in this process.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 311.4
This week: 309.0
Change this week: -2.4
Total change: -45.6
Next milestone: 50 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Achieving goals is good; there is no need to sabotage them.
…it’s the struggle.
I’ve always been a geek for the Olympics. I cry at the commercials — little boys jumping clumsily into the pool and all trying to reach their goal when, wait! There are the boys now, grown up, and reaching their goal! I love the lofty ideals, the brotherhood of man, and the struggle [...]