...And Weight Loss For All

Today (June 1st) I am 44 years old (176 Seasons!) Those who have been watching know that I have had 3 goals for todays date. Here are those goals... And this is what I did to them... Get it? I 'smashed my goals.' 😏 I'm a little surprised that I lost as much as I did this week, but then again, I have been working very hard and focusing on this moment to not only reach my goal, but to beat it.  And I did it! Today however is a day for celebration, and this decadent little morsel is going to help... Turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself! My next goal is the half-way point of my journey, which will occur on July 7th. This will be almost exactly half way between when I started and when I hope to finish. My goal for that day will be 115.4 kgs, meaning I have 5 weeks to lose 4.4 kgs. Very doable! When that happens, I'll be posting side-by-side comparison photos with my starting out shots. Hopefully there'll be a visible difference!

An early weigh in this time around, to coincide with my birthday. I've been working hard all week and I'm hoping that I'll be rewarded with a good result! Just incase, all of the ingredients for the cheesecake are ready to go! 

 In my last post, I lamented that the week just passed would not be successful.  Well, I suppose the old 'don't count your chickens' adage has proven right, as this was my most successful week in a while! How I did it, I don't know. I had three days of lost calorie tracking just because a bad mood, so I was expecting a gain - especially after feeling so fatigued lately. However, I did have one work day that was particularly busy, and ended up getting over 20,000 steps!  Anyway, here we are! So, for my birthday celebrations, I need to lose... 0.3 kg for 1 cheat meal, and a total of 10 kg loss. 1.1 kg for 3 cheat meals, and my reached goal of 120 kg 1.2 kg for 3 cheat meals and a home-made raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake! Sure, I'd have to make it myself, but it will be worth it. My energy seems restored this week, so I'll be working hard and thinking of the cheesecake  and watching a live show ! 

I am so tired. I don't know why, but my energy levels have been at absolute minimum this week. I have been dragging my feet at work and struggled to get through every shift, trying not to collapse with fatigue. As such, my depression has spiked and resulted in comfort eating. The food hasn't been junk, but even too much of a good thing can be bad. I'm feeling a little better today, so I'm devoting the next three days to going hard. Less food and more exercise and hopefully I can shift at least half a kilogram this week, I think that's the best I'm going to be able to manage. I'm sure that my goal of 120 kg for my birthday is shattered, even 120.8 kg seems impossible at this point. But, I'll keep on going and just see what happens. I'm hoping I can get out of this rut soon and get my energy back, but right now I think I could sleep more than half the day. EDIT: Well, I'm amazed - I'm actually beaming with energy today! I think I figured out wh...

 Some mixed emotions about this weeks weigh in. It's a loss, so I'm happy about that, of course. Any small victory should be celebrated. I am however a little upset that it wasn't a larger loss. But, I have to keep 2 things in mind... 1. I lost a day of progress due to delaying my weigh in. 2. I severely over-indulged on my wife's birthday. I don't regret #2 however! We had a mouth-watering pizza followed by a home-made chocolate cake which was amazing. The one thing I'm still trying to figure out however is the fluctuations due to water retention. Like last week, I did a pre-weigh in weigh in on the day before. Sunday's result was 122.2, and today's result is 122.4. I don't think it's really possible to gain 200g of weight overnight, so it must be retained water. I'm going to look up some tips for how to make sure I'm in top condition for weigh-ins so that I can avoid water weight. In the meantime, onward and upward! I have 13 days to lo...

Only 2 weeks left until my birthday, and my weight loss result for the day will affect how I celebrate! 120.9 kg or more - no cheat meal.  120.8 - 120.1 kg - 1 cheat meal. 120 kg - all cheat meals. 119.9 kg or less - all cheat meals including a home-made dessert!  My prediction at the moment is I'll be between 120.1 and 120.8 kg. However, I'm not quite confident in that until I get tomorrow's weigh in result. 

 Very disappointed and upset with the latest result.   At last weigh in, I had only to lose 0.5 kg to reach my mini goal of reaching 123 kg by my wife's birthday. A quick check in on Friday morning revealed a result of 122.2 kg - a loss of 1.3 kg. A great result! But now, 4 days later, I have gained back 0.9 kg and just missed my goal, now weighing in at 123.1 kg.  This is despite not doing anything different. I don't know if this is water retention or a full gain, but I am very disappointed. However, onwards and upwards. My next goal was to reach 120 kg by my birthday, which is in 19 days. This gives me a little under 3 weeks to lose 3.1 kg. Possible, but I don't really have high hopes at the moment. I will still aim for this goal, however I will be happy if I reach 120.8 kg, as this will give me a more reachable goal of 2.3 kg, and it will also be an even loss of 10 kg. On a positive note, I am exactly 1 quarter of the way through the process time wise...

Given that my mini goal was to reach 123kg or less by my wife's birthday (which is tomorrow) I've decided to postpone this week's weigh in until then, so it will be one day late. I don't think it's going to make a lot of difference anyway, I'm pretty sure that I've failed to reach the goal, perhaps even encountered a slight gain.  Oh well, no sense being depressed about it now. I'll wait for tomorrow to be depressed about it. 

 Another good result this week...so why do I feel disappointed?  I'm on track to reach my first mini-goal, I only need to lose 0.5 kg this week which is quite achievable.  Hopefully.