Earlier this year I vowed to use this blog to hold myself accountable for my weight loss efforts. For a few weeks, I was good about posting my successes (or lack thereof), but when the scale totally got stuck I stopped posting. No need to repeat the same post week after week, right?
Well, the scale is still pretty much stuck. Inexplicably, I gained four pounds one week (huh????) and have been steadily losing a pound a week ever since, bringing me back to my starting weight.
At nearly 5'10" and 150 pounds, I know I don't need to lose a great deal of weight. I'm lucky; I'm tall and muscular, and I can carry a few extra lbs without too much trouble. The thing is, I really want to lose weight. Three summers ago I was 137. Was that too thin? Probably. Do I want to weigh that little again? Sort of... but not really. I mean, I had NO butt or boobs when I weighed that little. Seriously. They disappeared.
What I'd like is to keep my curves and get down to the low- to mid-140s -- and stay there.
Getting there isn't the hard part. Staying there is.
Anyone else on this journey with me?
4 comments:
Well, I'm on the journey with you, although I have to confess, I don't want to have any boobs when I get my weight down to where I want to be :)...
I started at a grossed out 216 lbs at the end of Feb, and already have lost that puppy fat and am down to 198 in 6 weeks. My target is 175 by the end of June (and no boobs!).
Liam, I would be terribly worried if you wanted boobs! Well, boobs of your own, that is!
I claim to be on the journey, but results have been as mixed as yours -- which of course is not news to you... :-)
Trying to maintain some portion control helps, and the workouts have been good lately. We'll see what the scale has to say tomorrow.
Sad to say, I'm beginning to think I'm getting to that age where maintenance of weight is the true accomplishment.
I feel pretty fortunate that I'm kinda' holding the line while not in training mode. I wish you and everyone luck in reaching their own goals
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