Update - Half Of Me

Alrighty, long time since the last update, blogging kind of outlived its usefulness for me once I got good at monitoring my food intake and being able to find good choices. Last few months have gone relatively well, but after September the weight loss really slowed down, much as I expected. Nevertheless there has been progress made and today I passed the halfway point, weighing in at 234.5, we'll round up to 235.

Actually, I probably was down farther last week, I had surgery a couple weeks ago and really lost some weight while recovering if my waistband was any guide, which is a good sign that my metabolism has really responded to training. I went to a birthday party Saturday and enjoyed myself, and had a fantastic day at Disneyland on Sunday. Both involved more than my usual food, both were fine special occasions. Considering I lost 5 pounds from yesterday morning to this, it's a good guess that I was down further.

For the future I will continue to maintain this lifestyle, and hope to become slightly more relaxed about dinner with a friend, while still skipping the everyday snacking that really became a runaway problem.

Bizarre to think I used to carry an extra person of my current weight around.

3 Pounds

I am going on vacation for a week and a half, and so I won't be watching what I eat as closely nor exercising regularly. So my official weigh in for the week is today, 1 day short of usual. Since last Friday I have lost 3 pounds, bringing my grand total to 213 pounds lost.

1 Year, 211 Pounds

Yesterday was 1 years since I started losing weight. In that year I lost 211 pounds, going from 471 to 260 pounds. 14 inches off my waist, down 4-5 Xes off the 7XL shirts I was wearing. And more to come.

Missed a day

It was a busy week. Monday I had to go to Los Angeles, so i worked out Sunday and took Monday off mainly because I had to leave so early. Unfortunately, Tuesday I left my gym bag at home; I ran to Wal Mart and got spare clothes but it took too long, so I ended up missing the gym. I've only missed two days in the year that I otherwise planned to go, and neither time was because I skipped on purpose. Not bad at all!

5 More!

Sorry for the lack of updates, I have been very busy with work lately. I lost 5 more pounds last week somehow. I wonder what this week will be like? I can't wait to see!

5 Pounds!

I weighed in today at 266, which is 5 pounds lost since last week. Every time i think I know what my body is doing, it teaches me otherwise. Not that I am complaining!

Food 9/4/2008

Today I ate:

• Peanut Butter Creme Power Crunch, 5:30 AM, 200 Calories
• ThinkThin Peanut Butter Bar, 8:30 AM, 240 Calories
• Chick-fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Wrap, 12:30 PM, 410 Calories
• Trader Joe's Mixed Berry Fiberful Bar, Apricot Dried Fruit Bar, 2:30 PM, 110 Calories
• Larabar Cashew Cookie Bar, 4:30 PM, 210 Calories
• Lean Cuisine Glazed Chicken, 7:00 PM, 220 Calories

1390 Calories Total