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.
Celebrating: 25 pounds gone (still)
Grateful for: losing a little weight, even though the dreaded PMS has yet to deliver on its promises.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 329.2
This week: 326.4
Change this week: -2.8
Total change: -28.2
Next milestone: 30 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Migraines cannot stop me.
Celebrating: 25 pounds gone
Grateful for: hormones that are thoughtful enough to peak on a semi-consistent basis.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 327.4
This week: 329.2
Change this week: +1.8
Total change: -25.4
Next milestone: 30 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: It is the behavioral, not the numerical changes that matter from week to week.
Celebrating: 25 pounds gone
Grateful for: making it through 2 weeks of family visits plus a holiday and still moving in the right direction.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 328.0
This week: 327.4
Change this week: -0.6
Total change: -27.2
Next milestone: 30 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Steady as she goes.
Celebrating: 25 pounds gone
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 334.0
This week: 328.0
Change this week: -6.0
Total change: -26.6
Next milestone: 30 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: These are just numbers, in the grand scheme of things. These are not tools with which to beat myself up ten months down the line after my weight loss has slowed.