Weigh day (276.7)
Well it’s weigh day. The 15th day of the month. The one day a month you are guaranteed a post from me.
I weighed in at 276.7 today. That means I have lost a total of 56.3 pounds since January 1st, 2007. Without looking back I think that means I have lost 5.3 pounds since my last weigh in. It was nice to finally break the 280 barrier. Now I have my sights set on 269.
I am trying to be more careful on the weekends. I can do pretty good through the week with limiting my foot intake but man on the weekends it is brutal. It is so easy to gain back on Saturday and Sunday everything that you lost Monday through Friday. And I have also tried to stop watching the scale so much. The thing that scares me most about not watching the scale is that I might put on ten pounds between viewings. I know that is not going to happen if I just watch my intake but still I have that fear.
I was scheduled to have a stress test along with blood work at the hospital this month but that fell through. I arrived at the hospital all ready to go only to find that a paperwork snafu was going to make it necessary to reschedule the appointment. I hate hospitals and clinics and the health care system in general. Not the people in it. I admire doctors and nurses and all of the many various technicians that make their living in the health care field. I just hate the bureaucratic nightmare that it is.
I was born at the hospital where I was going to have my stress test. I had my tonsils taken out there and I had my appendix taken out there. But they had no record that I existed. The lady at the desk asked me when was the last time I had been to the hospital and I told her that it was back when I was in high school. I had no idea that you had to make fairly regular visits in order to stay in the system. Couple that with the fact that the doctor who was supposed to have ordered the test failed to order it so when I showed up it was a surprise to everybody.
The hospital left a message on my answering machine this morning that they want to do the test tomorrow morning but I am not going to do it. I am going to set it up for later. Accepting their appointment time with less that 24 hours notice makes me look too easy.
I am anxious to see the blood work results. The stress test is just something I am doing to get my wife off of my ass. The doctor who did my EKG said that it looked perfectly normal. My blood pressure was 124/80. The more weight I take off the better I feel.
But even after 8 months it still seems like I am hungry all of the time.
I don’t think I will get under the 270.0 barrier between now and this time next month but I am going to give it a try. So far every 30 days I have taken off some weight. One month I lost 8 ounces but overall I average losing .2481 pounds per day. If I can keep my average I could possibly lose 7.4958 pounds between now and September 15th. That would break the barrier but as time goes by my average daily weight loss is decreasing.
If the 15th is ever on a Friday that will be good. Friday’s are my best days. I just have to stay away from those rib shacks and steakhouses on the weekends.
Go, Buck, go!
The closer you get to your goal, the slower it goes, but that’s ok, because this isn’t a race… What are you going to do when you get there? Go back to your old ways? I don’t think so. So, you might as well settle in for the long haul. No hurry.
You rock!