lose weight

I’m pretty convinced now that for me weight control = starch control. Overeating on starch once triggers cravings for more starch over the next day or two. Fortunately my life has been arranged so that I don’t need to make any decisions about this during the week, and only during the weekend.

Some foods make me fall off the wagon, and after this weekend I feel a bit like an alcoholic who had been a civilized drinker of the best wines, got sober, but then fell of the wagon drinking plonk. Bastard crunchy, yummy, salty, cheesy maize puffs.

Anyways, not much harm done. We’ll beat it yet.

I’m now at my lowest weight for the past two years! It’s a major milestone too, and a possible “I have arrived and can relax now” point, but somehow I feel that I won’t be bouncing up again this time. I don’t feel I have been doing anything special lately, so there’s nothing I can “slip up” on.

Woot! New lowest weight for the year! Not perfect, but a good weight for Sunday’s triathlon.

My test trousers fit better. But there are still a little way to go.

Another lowest weight for the year, lowest weight for the last 12 months, and a digit change. Amazing! I love it when it bumps down like that!

Again by a whisker, but I’m at a new lowest weight for the year! Whisker by whisker I’ll get there.

The less I weigh the easier the triathlon will be. That’s the big motivation at the moment.

I’ve almost forgotten that the original aim of my weight loss was that my battledress trousers should fit me. I’m now at a place again where it’s worth the effort, and I tried them on today. They definitely fit better than the last time I tried, but the top two buttons are still a bit strained, so there’s still some way to go.

I was hoping to end the week on a new low, but it didn’t work out. I’m happy that the body fat percentage machine says it’s still acceptable. I’m hoping to be at 90 kg for the triathlon, in two weeks’ time. It’s doable.

I am happy to report a new lowest weight for the past 12 months. In fact, the last time my weight was in this range was before the very stressful September 2008, when my weight ran away with me.

It’s by a whisker, but I’m at my lowest weight for last 12 months, and today’s reading of the body fat percentage machine still puts me in the ‘acceptable’ range.

I’ve been yo-yoing a bit over the last few weeks, which I don’t like much. I eat too much over weekends, so every week on Monday there’s backlog to catch up on. Must eat less of mum’s yummy food. And less rusks. :-(