loose 20 lbs

I forgot what my starting point was, and now as I look at it, I did great.

I forgot about this goal and I step on the scale and I find that I have made it and then some!

I am back on track with this goal.

I am almost 230lbs. On Monday, I will see where I am and where I need to go.

I haven’t weighed myself recently, but I bet I am with in 5lbs (2.27kg) of this goal.

I have improved my health, but not enough to steadily loose weight. I seem to be stuck at 235lbs. I have also been eating mostly prepared meals and eating out. It’s also hitting my pocket book.

I might be able to make this goal by the end of December, but I will have to really work at it. I am working at cleaning my fridge and freezer out of the more unhealthy things.

For this to work, I’d have to have a daily deficit of 1,500 Calories. That’s quite a bit.

For a time I couldn’t access my fridge. I have cleaned it out and it is now full of at least some components of food. At work I have returned to making fruit salad and eating vegetables. I wasn’t perfect this week, but I have to write that I rationalized eating out due to time constraints.

I expect that the majority of my recent weight gain to be gone in a few weeks if I return to the simpler diet. I also expect my pocket book to be none heavier. I do expect my debt will be slightly diminished as I redirect the funds towards paying them off.

I rode my bicycle for the first time in a while last night. It was a good feeling. I am still weirded out by riding a bike that I was nearly killed on. I am also weirded out by traffic, but I made it around the round about and to some friends for dinner. It took me time to ride to them, nearly 20 minutes more than I expected. Oddly, they waited until I showed up, figuring that I was under estimating how long it would take me to bound through the streets.

I know that I will be riding my bike to and from school one day a week. I may start using it more on the weekends to get errands done.

This is good, because I was well over 250 lbs(114 kg) before this years beginning. It’s also good because I know I can maintain my weight. I will refocus on this goal after this week. It really goes hand in hand with my
eat healthier goal. My weight hasn’t been swinging either. I am hovering between 2 pounds (~1kg) either direction.

Technically I have lost over 20lbs (9kg) since the years beginning. It would feel like cheating if I marked this one as being done.

| goal weight | calculated BMR | maintenance | to loose weight |
|225|2145|2574|2074|
Above are my new calculations.

I haven’t been counting calories, but I really need to. I also need to get back to doing exercise. One of the things that has really helped me is being vegan. I haven’t lost weight because of what I am eating, but because of what I am not eating which is fast food and readily available snacks at work.

At my peek, I think I was 255 lbs. I started this goal on 43things at 250lbs. Technically it is met, but I don’t think the weight loss is real unless I am at a stable weight. When I get below 220lbs I will count this goal as done, and start a newer, smaller goal.

I also need to remind myself that my ultimate goal is to just live healthier. I am doing that, and if I were to get to 200lbs I think I would feel a lot better.

There is another reason for the 220lb goal. I can see my doctor with out worrying about her dismissing any of my health problems on my weight. At 220lbs, she will have to deal with the cause of my headaches as something not related to my weight, as I will be the same weight as I was when she last saw me. At 220lbs I the strain on damaged joints will be much less, and I think I can start working out again.

So, if I keep up the weight loss at this rate, I should be at 200lbs by years end, which is doable, but only if I start exercising again.

I am not exactly loosing weight at any great rate, but I am at least maintaining. One of the things I have problems with is measuring my weight. I like counting my morning weight, as I am lightest then. At night, before I go to bed I am at my heaviest (being well fed and hydrated). So which do I count. I am basing my caloric needs off my morning weight, that makes sense. What do I count as my actual weight? For now, I am splitting the difference between my heaviest weight on Sunday Evening, and my lightest weight on Monday morning. The daily weigh ins are really being used to motivate myself, and as for now, are not being used as a way of torturing myself.

I am between 233 (evening) and 231 (morning) pounds. I am eating well, but not exercising much.

I don’t plan to use only diet, eventually I plan to get back exercising every day. For now I am just walking. I am not counting any of my physical activity in my calculations.

FitDay really is a good site for counting calories and planning healthy weigh loss.

The goal hasn’t changed much, my micro goal is still based off a weight of 230 lbs.

Walking (100 kcals/mile) goal 7 miles 5 days a week.
and/or
Swimming (between 160-185 kcals/20 minutes)
and/or
Cycling (54 kcals/10 minutes)

Beyond 200, I plan to micro-manage the goals. These are really up to debate, but loose 15 pounds, then Loose 10 pounds, and finally loose 5 pounds. I could just as easily have one goal of be a healthy weight .

In the end, it’s not about loosing weight, but being healthy. I don’t expect to get below 200 before January 1 of next year. So this is all about the doing this goal tortoise style, one step at a time.