Ten Pounds!!

Today was the weekly weigh in: I have lost another ten pounds!! I weighed just under 466 last Monday, today I weigh just under 456 pounds!!! The funny thing is that while I am very psyched, the five pounds last week was almost more exciting, just because it was the first concrete proof of weight loss I had experienced in years. So far I have lost 15 pounds, or 3.2% of my total peak weight.

I would like to be down around 220, or a waist of 36-38. I was 180 in college, with a waist of 34, but I was very very slim, and I'd like more muscle mass. So I have lost 6.8% of my target weight loss in two weeks. It will probably stay brisk for a bit then slow down, as my body gets into a pattern. I doubt I will be losing 10 pounds a week when I weigh 250, for example, though I did maintain that pace in my youth...

This week will be tough, visiting my parents, being on vacation. I definitely have a few places I want to go eat, and a few beers I miss and want to sample, so I'll have to be sure to exercise and be careful not to eat too much. I also have looked into local gyms, but I'm not sure I want to diminish my time with my family; of course, dying young will further diminish my time with my family (now there's a cheery thought)...

(EDIT: I had my numbers wrong earlier, was thinking about my 220 goal and wrote my current weight starting with a 2 instead of a 4... The power of positive thinking, right?)