59 pounds down since the start of the year

I just looked back and found that at the beginning of the year, my goal was to lose 27 pounds this year, just like I did last year. I've more than doubled that goal 10 months into the year. It's kinda cool to be able to go back and read these random comments, that I've since forgotten about, and compare them to what I'm doing/feeling now.

Personally, I'd like to be under 200 in the next couple of weeks, before the baby is born. I'd like to start off weighing a normal weight, which for most people is in the 100's, not the 200's. I will or course, still be fat, but I'll almost be out of the obese range, and in the fat range. I can live with that. If I lose even half the weight I've lost this year, next year, I'll be practically normal!

203

It's slow going. Haven't really eaten a full meal in days. Not hungry. Way too stressed. Daughter is having a baby in a couple weeks and they have to move here the week before the baby is due. Seven people in a two bedroom house. Don't know how that will work, but it will have to work. Several more mouths to feed and I don't know where the money/food will come from. Her boyfriend has another job interview this week with the same company he had one with last week. Hopefully he'll get it now. It's retail, but every penny helps right now.

205

By this time next month, I hope to have broken out of the 200's.

Shouldn't be hard now. In addition to not having enough food, I now have very little money for transportation, so I'm walking everywhere. I live 4-5 miles from downtown, so I walk one way and bus the way home.

Yesterday, I walked about 12 miles total. I guess poverty has it's perks!

208

Actually, I've been 208 since September 22, but too lazy/forgetful to write it down. Been walking a lot because there's no gas/bus money, but that hasn't seemed to do anything for weight loss. Three days in the last week I've walked at least 5 miles. Combined with only 1 or at most, 2, meals a day, you'd think there would be a more substantial difference. This is a lesson to all those folks who think starving themselves is a quick fix. It's not. It will work initially, but you'll find the going gets harder.

I'm not purposely trying to starve myself. There is just no money for food. That's the reality of our society right now. We can offer people free Wi-Fi, but can't offer them a free meal.