Slowing down

I lost 2lbs this week, helping to offset the prior week's weirdness. I'm finding it harder and harder to behave - I've been trying to find ways to distract myself so that I don't resort to boredom eating. It's an old habit and I still catch myself doing it sometimes. Nerves trigger it too, but for the most part I've been pretty calm all around.

I didn't do so well with the exercise thing this week. Hoping to get back on track this week.

Speed bumps

Another short update... I gained 2.8 pounds as of my last weigh-in. I'm not really sure what went wrong. I did have a fairly rough weekend in Cape Cod, but didn't go over. I was also fine for the rest of the week. I guess I'm just going to be more careful and hope that this week is better.

On the bright side, I've started exercising (well, just walking for now). I just need to make sure I remain consistent. I'm also interested in taking up yoga, but I haven't really initiated that yet. I know where I want to go, I just have to make it happen.

Quick update

Last weigh-in was 137lbs. That makes the tally exactly 60 at this point. :o

One year later...

Yesterday marked an entire year since the whole eating habit change thing. I feel infinitely better than I did a year ago, that's for sure. It's also becoming more difficult to remain disciplined. The final challenge for me is trying to become motivated enough to exercise - but after all this time I still haven't gotten around to it.

I don't know if it's because I've gotten so much stuff done in the past year - graduating, promotion at work, dealing with some internal demons, the eating thing (obviously), and now I'm working on getting a new car really soon. It's strange - I've accomplished more in the past year than I have in the 9 years before it. I now feel weird when I'm not working hard to achieve something. I used to spend the majority of my time trying to do as little as possible. I somehow managed to do a complete 180 - I hope I can keep it up.

On the plateau

At last weigh-in, I was exactly the same as the week before (although at least that week I had lost a pound)... currently hovering at 138.6lbs. The past few weeks have become increasingly difficult to manage. I can only eat 19 points a day because I still haven't found a form of exercise that I enjoy doing. It's been affecting my energy level - I am in a constant state of fatigue as of late. Fortunately, my aunt will be letting me use her treadmill soon. Hopefully I'll be able to stick to it and start waking up again.

Out of sync.

I'm already failing on the update front. Hopefully I'll get into the groove of posting at some point. I'm still doing well with my weight loss program - I had lost another 3.6lbs when I weighed in last Friday. That puts the official weight at 139.6lbs (clothed, obviously). The weigh-in before that showed a gain of 1lb, so I guess I overcompensated.

I'm several weeks away from the one-year anniversary of starting the program, and have lost weight pretty consistently the entire way. I'm looking forward to being able to stop soon, but I don't think it will be as soon as I had originally hoped. I'm still not exercising regularly, and it's starting to take its toll. Without exercise, I'm limited to under 1000 calories a day. I'm hoping that will change over the summer - the pool is already open but is still too cold for me.

One peculiarity I have noticed so far is that my body changes much faster than my self-image does. It doesn't really happen when looking into the mirror - but whenever I see myself from a perspective I don't normally have I'm always surprised. The other day I was working in a teleconference room, and the cameras were stuck on for whatever reason. When I had finished and started walking out of the room, I saw myself on the monitors... and it was really strange. I had to stop and look at myself for awhile - I didn't really recognize myself. I think I look thinner than I feel.

So... yeah.

This isn't the first blog I've had, but I'm hoping that this iteration will have a completely different direction than prior attempts at plastering my life all over the Tubes. Inspired by my cousin Stephen, I'm going to try my hand at documenting my weight loss.

Truth be told, it does feel a little bit late in the game to start writing about it now. You see, in mid 2007 I'd started out with a weight of 197lbs. Today, I'm down to 143lbs (54lbs lost so far). I'm not ready to stop yet - I'd like to lose another 25-30lbs or so. That may sound light, but I'm short and have a small frame... so it's within a healthy range for me.

I don't expect people to be especially interested in what I have to say. I don't plan on linking it to most people I know... at least not for awhile. I'm trying this out to keep myself honest about the whole thing and to help prevent myself from going off-track.

So anyway, here I am. Future posts will detail how I got here and where I hope to go.