Weigh in 2:27

I am officially more than half way through the year and I wish I could say I was happier with the results, but as I was reminded I have not backtracked significantly, and that is an accomplishment in and of itself.  Starting tomorrow I go on vacation.  It may prove a bit stressful since I will be staying at my parent's house and my sister is getting married, but getting to step away for a good while should be very nice.  I will not be taking my scale with me, so week 29 will be my next weigh in.  Catch you on the flip side.

Current Weight: 287 lbs
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: -1lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: -1.8 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 153.2 lbs

Weigh in 2:26

Ok, so Im a bit late.  I weighed Friday morning, I just haven't recorded it until now.  I am crazy busy trying to get everything possible done in the remaining days I have before going to Texas for a full week.  Here are the numbers:

Current Weight: 286 lbs
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: -0.6 lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: -0.8 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 154.2 lbs

Weigh in 2:25

Well, I am not moving in the right direction.  In discussing some things with a friend this week I came to a realization.  I have found life frustrating recently.  I have no doubt that this frustration has been evident to those around me.  By all rights I really should be pretty happy.  I am in the best health I have ever been.  I have a job that I am pretty good at.  What it comes down to is a lack of balance.  I am good at my job, and the degree of autonomy I have fosters a nice sense of personal responsibility, and the fact that in general the harder I work the more I make is lovely.  I also get to drive all over this great city.  But I frequently put in several hours of work on my "off" days, and on days I work I can get stuck going so hard that I don't get lunch until 3 or 4 o'clock.  The relative mindlessness that made my last job barely tolerable was exactly the sort of thing that allowed me to be successful in my weight loss journey.  I could plan meals almost to the minute, and since I was in a supervisory position I could take my lunch practically the second I was hungry for it.  I never got into the kind of situation that I have regularly now: I am so late on a meal that I binge eat.  It is not purposeful, but I grab something quick and eat it too fast.  I am not eating bad stuff, but I am not setting myself up for success.  And I haven't figured out how to make that work with my current responsibilities.  I spend so much time on work that not only do I fall short on my health, but I do not have time to work on the tertiary things I want for myself.  It is going to take some serious discipline, and that has been in short supply recently.  Summer is too much fun, and I have not made the best choices. Here are the numbers:

Current Weight: 285.4 lbs
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: -1lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: -0.2 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 154.8 lbs

Weigh in 2:24

Holiday weeks are hard.  They are like a minefield of delicious barbecue, beer, and deserts.  I feel I did pretty well this week, and considering I hit the weights a bit more than I had previously I do not mind maintaining.  I have gotten a few comments that I look a bit slimmer, so I will take that to mean that though the scale isn't changing, my body composition is.  That too is a step in the right direction.  Here are the numbers:

Current Weight: 284.4 lbs
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: -0.2 lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: .8 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 155.8 lbs

Weigh in 2:23

Well, not good results this week.  I was far from perfect, but I have to think that some of this was bounce back from my weeks off.  By Sunday my weight had leapt up over 5 pounds inexplicably, and the rest of the week was trying to play catch up.  Stress at work probably has something to do with that, but like I said, I wasn't perfect.  Some weeks I get away with it and some weeks it bites me.  I still have a few weeks to hit a new milestone, and while this makes it harder I am going to push for it all the same

Current Weight: 284.2 lbs
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: -1.2 lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: 1 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 156 lbs