01.20.07
:sigh: Obese again
A little setback in the weight-loss report: 229.2 lbs. I can see a couple of big-calorie days (one evening of popcorn, and one day of a beef roast with red wine). So it goes. I am now just barely under the projected line of progress: a straight line drawn on a timescale from my starting weight on 9 Dec 2006 to my goal weight (185) on 31 Dec 2007. If I stay under the line, I make it. I had built up some reserve, now squandered. So this week will see rigorous adherence to 1500 calories/day and perhaps even some exercise. In the meantime, the current average is 1.4 lbs lost per week. Could be worse.
scott said,
20 January 2007 at 9:08 am
I bet $10 that in two weeks you’ll again be well under that line.
Happy Jack said,
20 January 2007 at 10:20 am
Get serious about it. Go on a vegetarian diet - nothing but lots of fresh fruit & barely cooked vegetables, plus at least 3 pints of water per day & a multi-vitamin-mineral supplement. Skim milk is okay, if you must, as is no-fat yogurt. No sugars, no sweets, as little salt as you can manage, & you’ll get there. Go swimming. Basically, it’s just a matter of moving more & eating less. * Good luck.
Steven said,
20 January 2007 at 3:07 pm
You’ll need an average weekly weight loss of 2.19 lbs to be down to 185 by the end of the year.
LeisureGuy said,
20 January 2007 at 3:31 pm
Oops. Typos: 229 lbs, not 292. Thank God. So I have to lose 44 more lbs by year’s end. Pretty doable.
The Niece said,
20 January 2007 at 5:48 pm
I thought popcorn was basically calorie-free? It’s mostly air… And what do you mean by “perhaps maybe some exercise”?! Of course you should be exercising! A little activity in your day (such as a nice 30 minute walk) will do wonders and would probably make the rigid calorie-counting less necessary (but I have a feeling that you enjoy the keeping track part
).
LeisureGuy said,
20 January 2007 at 6:03 pm
I butter my popcorn….
the daughter said,
20 January 2007 at 6:26 pm
I am with The Niece — exercise will also help ensure that you are losing fat rather than muscle as you lose weight (or even help add muscle) which will ensure that your metabolism doesn’t drop as the weight drops and add to the vicious yo-yo cycle.
Steven said,
20 January 2007 at 8:39 pm
“Obese Again (Naturally)” (sung to the tune of “Alone Again (Naturally)”; if you don’t know it,
http://letstalkoldies.com/WebX?233@811.pLf5aMmQmKT.52@.f008f36!enclosure=.f008f37
In a little while my friend
If I’m not feeling any less thin
I promise myself
to take myself
and visit a nearby gym
And setting up the weights
Imagining ice cream plates
Topped with good hot fudge
Waistline will not budge
And then when I look in a mirror
seeing all that skin
folded in
gives me a tailspin
wishing i looked like charles atlas
knowing he was almost fatless
I just can’t be spry
with a 30 BMI
Obese again, naturally
LeisureGuy said,
22 January 2007 at 8:09 am
LOL. Very good, Steven.