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.
Celebrating: 40 pounds gone
Grateful for: living in a body that knows how to heal itself.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 312.0
This week: 311.4
Change this week: -0.6
Total change: -43.2
Next milestone: 45 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: put the so-called energy bar down and back away from the table.
Because I have so much weight to lose, it generally takes a while before people visibly register the changes in my size and shape. Historically, it takes about 40 pounds (or, over 10% of my body weight) before people start to ask if I’ve changed my hair or bought a new blouse. What they really [...]
Celebrating: 5.6 BMI points and 12% of my “starting” weight gone!
Grateful for: always having room for improvement.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 313.6
This week: 312.0
Change this week: -1.6
Total change: -42.6
Next milestone: 45 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Losing weight is nice, sure, but let’s focus on fitness.
Celebrating: 40 pounds gone!
Grateful for: having my internet access back this week.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 315.0
This week: 313.6
Change this week: -1.4
Total change: -41.0
Next milestone: 45 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: As silly as it sounds, this week I want to focus on FITNESS and FLOSSING. (Of course, this morning I had a little waxing-at-home [...]
Celebrating: Recovery from medical emergencies.
Grateful for: Eggs. I dunno, I just feel affectionate toward their protein-y, yellow-y, jiggle-y goodness today.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 325.8
This week: 315.0
Change this week: -10.8
Total change: -39.6
Next milestone: 40 pounds gone (just 0.4 pounds away!)
This week’s mantra: 10 pounds? Man, that was a big cyst.
My favorite brother was in town this weekend to help me work on a video project. Naturally, I tried to stay with my “mostly right” line of food choices and accepted the fact that entertaining my brother would likely result in a small gain on the scale.
So, you can imagine my surprise when, on Saturday [...]
Celebrating: 35 pounds (and 10% of starting weight) gone
Grateful for: my 2 wonderful dogs, so that I don’t wake up alone during a week like this.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 318.2
This week: 317.2
Change this week: -1.0
Total change: -37.4
Next milestone: 40 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Every muscle I stretch (both figurative and literal) makes me stronger.
Celebrating: 35 pounds gone (and 30 pounds gone, too)
Grateful for: alternative coping mechanisms
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 326.4
This week: 318.2
Change this week: -8.2
Total change: -36.4
Next milestone: 40 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Stay on target. It’s going to be a rough week.