lose weight

After a week of meetings and dinners and no gym, it is not surprising that I have not lost weight. What is nice, though, is that last month’s achievement is this month’s warning limit.

New lowest weight since the start of 2008! And it’s very low!

It’s really odd, these psychological barriers. Last week I reported a weight of less than 90 kg. It was good to be there, but it has been a goal for so long that I was surprised today to find myself under 90 kg again. I was kind of resigned that I would not make any more progress, but not in a thinking about it. In thinking my goal is still to lose more and more. I suppose I just need to get used to thinking in the 80’s. My doctor said not less than 80 kg, so that’s where it will stop. That’s a real barrier.

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.