Its official. 20 lbs total lost (again). Weighed in this morning at 415.5lbs. Surprising really. The last few days have been rough. I must have had a good week over all. Tuesday night I gorged myself silly on pizza, and last night we went to a Yelp event (I’ll blog more about that later). There was all kinds of non-diet friendly food there.

I’ll also be switching my weighs to Wednesdays. The weight loss challenge at work requires that I have my team’s weight submitted by noon on Wednesday. So, I’ll be posting my weight on Wednesday.

It’s been a good week. Another 2.5lbs lost this week. That brings my total loss to 19lbs and current weight to 416.5lbs. I hope I can keep this graph going in the downward direction. Sub 400 here I come!

Another pound down the drain. That bring my total weight lost to 16.5lbs. I really need to watch what I eat on the weekends. It’s those tasty restaurant breakfasts that kill me. Could can turn down eggs, hash browns, toast and swine?! I know I can’t.

See ya next week.

Two days have past and I’m down a pound. That’s 15lbs total. That’s a pretty good (re)start. See ya next week.

Yep. I’m kinda at a loss of words. I knew this was coming. Two weeks of eating things I knew I shouldn’t have been. Oh well. Gotta treat yourself once and a while, right? After all… It was a holiday. Who could pass up turkey, ham, chocolate milk, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, home made cheese cake, home made cookies, candy, alfredo sauce made from scratch, ect…? I gained 5.5lbs over the last two weeks. Could have been worse. I’m back up to 414.5lbs total. Maybe it’ll be a good thing. Maybe my body wont think it’s “starving” and I’ll shed some weight a little more rapidly. I guess time will tell. See ya next week.

I have a all HR meeting to go to. Working for the Training department means I’m part of HR. I had to weigh in early. Lost half a pound this week. Total loss = 25.5lbs. Total weight is now 410lbs.

I copy some of my blogs over to my myspace blog. I’ve had a few questions emailed and commented to me, and I thought I’d post them here.

Q:
Do you find that posting your weigh-ins here makes you be more accountable and helps you stick to your diet? I was curious because I always start a diet/exercise thing and then quit pretty soon because there is no one to keep after me about it.

A:
I do find that it helps. It’s also harder on the psyche. My “failures” are much more difficult to swallow, and my successes are a much greater high. I post my ups and down because now I’m not just lying to myself, but all of my readers (all 4 of them…). I’ve been lying to myself for years so its easy, but lying to my readers seams… wrong. I view it as a tool. A very helpful tool.

I’m still tryin to lose weight, Its definetely getting harder to stay motivated… how do you do it? its amazing watching your progress. Any tips or tricks?

A:
I don’t really do anything special. I’ve just started paying attention to what I’m eating. Based on my height I figured I should have about 2,000-2,100 calories to lose about 2 or 3 pounds a week with out exercise. I for the most part eat around 1,800-2,000 cals a day. Weekends hurt me a little. I love going out for breakfast on weekend mornings and that’s an EASY way to kill 1,000 calories or more! But you gotta reward yourself. If you have a “bad” meal you can’t beat yourself up. Enjoy it, and start your diet over as soon as the meal is over. That’s the great thing about diets… You can always start over.

Here’s what I might eat in a typical day

Breakfast
100 cal – Granola Bar (First thing in the morning to start my metabolism)
90 Cal – Bag of apple slices (I love you Costco!)
100 Cal – Fruit (I’ve been eating a cup of diced pineapple and about 1/2 cup raspberries)
10 Cal – Sugar Free Jello Cup
54 Cal – 4 Hard boiled egg whites
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354 Calories

Lunch
260 Cal – Sandwich (bread, turkey, mustard) (We just found bread that is 90 cals for 2 slices. That’ll make is only 190 cals)
120 Cal – Baked Doritos Single Bag
100 Cal – 100 cal pak of cookies or something
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480 Calories

Snack
90 Cal – Bag of Apple Slices
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90 Calories

Dinner
550 Cal – Turkey Burger (Turkey, Bun, Mustard, lettuce, Pickle, cheese)
120 Cal – Salad with a tasty dressing like Caesar
200 Cal – Frozen Baked Fries
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770 Calories

Desert
100 Cal – Slim Bear Klondike Bar
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100 Calories

354
480
90
770
100
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1,794 Calories Total

Last Friday after work I went to the doctor to make sure I wasn’t hurting myself with my diet. Monday morning I went to the lab and had some blood taken for testing. The results came back quickly and everything is normal. Sweet! What wasn’t so sweet is that I weighed in while I was there too. For some reason I felt the need for a sneak peek. I was 417lbs on Monday. Ouch! Up 3.5lbs.

I knuckled down and really watched what I ate, but I was still worried about weighing in today. I forgot to wear my normal shoes today. It’s raining here (I know.. weird. Rain in Portland.) so I wore my Dr. Martin boots like I always do on rainy days. I got on the scale today and I was 414lbs WITH my boots. I took myself off and reweighed. I was 409lbs. That’s 5 pounds worth of size 15 wide boots.

I figure my regular sketchers are much less. I’m going to estimate them at 1.5lbs. 409 + 1.5 = 410.5lbs. That’s a 3 pound loss. Sweet!

Another week down the tubes. I checked in at 413.5lbs today. That’s 2.5lbs for the week, and 22lbs so far. Sweet! That’s over 5% weight loss. I’ve been my co-workers for the 20 Pound Club. I’m hoping to reach 40lbs before any of them reach 20. The next highest person has lost 9lbs.

Side note:
I need to find a new weight loss graph to post on my blog. I like this graph, but it only shows the 10 most recent entries. It doesn’t show that I started at 435.5lbs. That bugs me, so I must search for a new one. Anyone happen to know of a good weight loss graph for blogs?