WEIGHT: 252 as of 4/26/2021
For the first time in years, I weighed myself this morning on our bathroom
scale.
I did it because I feel the need to measure my progress, although I also
wish to avoid the mania of letting daily weigh-ins drive my behavior.
As mentioned in a previous post, my goal is to reach 240 lbs. by July 1st,
driven solely by diet and exercise — though I'll have to wait a little bit
on the exercise part (the pool was 72°F yesterday). No managed program,
and NO FENTERMINE. It's about cutting down, not cutting out.
Observations from the previous week (my first full week with the dietary
change: I generally feel better; I feel like I have more energy. I'm not getting
up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom; the glasses I've had for a
year and a half now slide off of my face when I lean forward. The old shorts
I tried on last week seem to be getting easier to button (though that might be
explained through use; I've warn them intermittently (it's been a cool week).
Here's the bad part: When I pause and look at that reading of 252.0, there's
part of me that wonders if I could make 250 by next week...
...which invites that manic behavior I'm trying to avoid.
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