Tuesday 6 March 2012

WEEK 8 - Accomplishments, Sort of...

Week 8 | March 6, 2012 | Weight: 280.1 | Loss of 5.1 lbs | Total Loss: 30.5 lbs

8 Weeks is a pretty good milestone.  I don't think I've ever sustained any sort of diet this long, but then again, this isn't a diet is it.  It's a lifestyle change and I will admit, I am really enjoying it!  I love the meals we are cooking at home and I don't miss the takeout or the restaurants at all.  Heck our home cooked meals are rivaling what we ate at those places in terms of taste.

I am VERY happy to see numbers like this but unfortunately, I can't take full credit.  The new Withings scale is about half a pound in the difference between itself and our old scale.  Still, this is a loss and I'll take it.  I REALLY enjoy the new scale but that's probably because I'm such a tech head.  For most people, the novelty will wear off after a week or two and it'll just become a regular scale.  That said, I did make the 25 pound badge club on Lose It and I'm happy about that as well.  You have to have lost the 25 pounds for a bit of time it seems before they actually give you the badge.

In about 4 pounds, I will be the lightest I have been in a long, long time.  Over the past two years, I've been fluctuating between this weight and being over 300 pounds during fad diets and various workouts so I can see my journey from this point forward to be the real test.  Once I lose another 15, I'll be the lightest I've been in 8 years and I'm looking forward to seeing that.

As it stands, my routine has been simple, keep counting every calorie I put in my mouth - even the cooking spray that goes into the fry pan for my egg whites or the extra two ounces of meat loaf I stole from my son's plate when cleaning up gets counted.  Keeping those numbers under budget and working out 30 minutes each morning is my recipe for success so far.

4 comments:

  1. Awesome, awesome work!

    Coming to the realization that it's not a "diet", it's a lifestyle change is one of the biggest hurdles I think we can overcome. Do that, and you're off on the right foot!

    Continue the journey and see your dreams realized!

    K

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    1. Thanks! It took a lot of reading and learning on my part to help me with this realization, but now that it's there, I'm in it for the long haul!

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  2. Congratulations on your success!

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    1. Thanks! I have a long way to go but I am determined to get there.

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