Weight Loss 2004
I decided that this spring I'm going to lose some weight. There were two things that brought this about. First, there's my ten-year high-school reunion coming up in July, and I don't want to look like a beach ball with legs when I get there. Secondly, and most importantly, when I weighed myself in January I'd finally eclipsed the triple-digit mark in kilograms (100 kg = 220 lbs). That, to be blunt, is way too fucking fat.
And, since I can't do anything anymore without putting it on the Web, here's my progress meter. I want to get down to 170 pounds (77 kg) and there's only one diet I've ever been on in my life that's worked (paging Dr. Atkins...)
| Day # | Date | Weight | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 01 Feb 2004 | 220.5 | Begin the diet tomorrow. Waist is 41". |
| 1 | 02 Feb 2004 | 217.6 | Beginning of induction phase. I'm allowed 20g of carbs per day. Decrease in weight probably due to recent bathroom activity. |
| 2 | 03 Feb 2004 | 219.2 | Body hasn't started burning fat yet, so I'm kind of tired. Also have a dehydration headache. Have to remember to drink more water today. |
| 3 | 04 Feb 2004 | 218.7 | Feeling better today, I think my body may have figured out it isn't getting the carbs it expects. |
| 4 | 05 Feb 2004 | 216.4 | Diet's working all right, but it's a pain to remember to make a salad for lunch every night. |
| 5 | 06 Feb 2004 | 216.4 | Don't know how I managed to get the same weight two days in a row. |
| 6 | 07 Feb 2004 | 214.6 | Dammit, accidentally erased some data last night. Got it plugged back in as best I could, but it's hard to remember half a dozen four-digit numbers. |
| 7 | 08 Feb 2004 | 214.6 | One week on the diet. Waist hasn't changed much. I think the scale's messing with me; another duplicate weight. |
| 8 | 09 Feb 2004 | 213.0 | Nothing of note. |
| 9 | 10 Feb 2004 | 213.0 | All right, WTF is up with getting duplicate numbers all the time? |
| 10 | 11 Feb 2004 | 213.0 | Got some good lunch ideas at Pickle's today. Looks like I won't be eating tuna salad (or plain salad) 4-5 times a week anymore. |
| 11 | 12 Feb 2004 | 211.0 | Progress. Better. |
| 12 | 13 Feb 2004 | 212.6 | The numbers are supposed to go down, not up... |
| 13 | 14 Feb 2004 | 210.4 | Much better. |
| 14 | 15 Feb 2004 | 212.0 | In my defense, I weighed myself after eating dinner instead of before. |
| 16 | 17 Feb 2004 | 210.4 | Pants are starting to fit less badly. Nothing like positive reinforcement. |
| 19 | 20 Feb 2004 | 210.4 | OK, I call bullshit. There is no way that my weight has remained constant to within 2 ounces all freakin' week. |
| 20 | 21 Feb 2004 | 209.2 | Wonder of wonders! The number changed! |
| 21 | 22 Feb 2004 | 207.4 | Three weeks in, and I think the scale is trying to make nice now. Probably going to be on induction for another month at least. |
| 25 | 26 Feb 2004 | 205.6 | Numbers are dropping again. Good. |
| 37 | 09 Mar 2004 | 204.8 | I'm not updating every day any more because the numbers just aren't changing that much. Still losing a little bit of weight though. Hopefully I can do better with Ultimate Frisbee. |
| 43 | 15 Mar 2004 | 200.8 | If you want to feel good about your weight loss always weigh yourself after going to the bathroom :) |
| 55 | 27 Mar 2004 | 199.6 | Another week, another pound. |
| 63 | 04 Apr 2004 | 198.6 | Slow but steady, and all that jazz. May have to just suck it up and start running soon. Ugh. |
| 67 | 08 Apr 2004 | 197.4 | Just in time to go to Akron for Easter. I'll try to be good, but there are no guarantees I won't be back to 200 by the time I get back. |
| 77 | 18 Apr 2004 | 195.8 | Start running next week. Hopefully that will (a) let me eat more carbs (b) help me lose the weight a little faster. |
| 84 | 25 Apr 2004 | 193.0 | Still averaging a pound or two a week. I can live with that, but hopefully I'll start losing more when I start running three times a week. |
| 98 | 09 May 2004 | 189.4 | The running seems to be paying off. |
| 112 | 23 May 2004 | 187.8 | Still dieting, still running, still losing weight. Life is good. |
| 132 | 12 Jun 2004 | 187.0 | Haven't been following the diet too closely lately. Gotta get back on it. |
| 147 | 27 Jun 2004 | 185.8 | Getting back on track. Running (almost) every day. Learned I still can't trust myself around candy. |
| 163 | 12 Jul 2004 | 183.8 | Just in time to not exercise for a week. Hopefully I don't bounce back up too far. |
This time, if/when I reach my target weight I'm going to ease back into the carbs. Last time I dove head-first into a pile of french fries, with predictable results.
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