258

It's been an up and down month. Today is my down. Throughout the month a gained a lost the same 5 pounds over and over again. It's very frustrating. I've pretty much cut out soda entirely. I'm also trying to watch my sweets intake. I haven't gotten a handle on eating throughout the day so my blood sugar levels stay consistent. I notice when I eat a couple meals per day, I actually lose weight. I have a hard time having any real interest in food during the day, the night time is when my appetite revs up, which is not good on any level. Here it is, 3 in the afternoon, and I still haven't eaten since 6 pm, last night, and have taken a couple sips of orange juice with mineral water.

I'm happy to be one pound down for January, better than one pound up. I keep telling myself I have to get motivated because it would be a simple matter to be 10 pounds down at this point if I'd just stay committed to doing the right thing.

259! YAY!

I don't know how I lost this weight! For several days before and after the new year, I had no appetite, thus didn't eat or drink much of anything. I was eating a small meal every two days, and that was it. I lost absolutely zero pounds in the 5 or 6 days this went on.

Over the last two days, I've eaten more normally. I've also been very dehydrated, and so have drank copious fluids (half gallon or so each day the last couple days). So I get on the scale today, assuming I'd be several pounds heavier, and find I actually lost a couple. I checked out my weight several times because I was sure the scale had to be wrong, but no, it shows I'm a solid 259.

I hope I can continue this and be 250 by the end of the month. I'm feeling much more motivated now!

27 pounds down the first year!

I'm ending 2008 at 262 pounds. I haven't budged weight-wise in about a month and a half, but I'm happy to say I haven't gained any weight and I've kept this weight off for the last year. It's not a lot, but it's a start I needed to make. I lost it so gradually, no one can really tell, but when you're that fat, it takes a lot more to make an honest difference.

My BMI is 40.4, down from 44.6. 

I don't know exactly what my goals are this year. I figure I should lose at least 27 pounds this year, because I've already proved I can. That would result in a weight at the end of the year of 235 and a BMI of 36.3. Still high, but probably a weight that is easier to get around with, thus more exercise, thus more potential weight loss.

Ideally I'd like to be down 70 pounds by June 1, 2009. That would put me at a BMI of 29.6, which is out of the obese range and into the merely range. One of my kids will be graduating high school, and this way I'll be able to wear something off the rack that is a little more dressy and looks better than what's available to us obeasts! I don't want to be the fattest mom there for once.