Home Stretch

Now I'm in the home stretch.   Having gotten down to 204.4 last weigh in, and thus becoming normal weight, I did not want to get on the scale the next day and hear that sad music tone before it tells you that you're overweight.

  So I took a few days off the weigh-ins and worked super hard at walking.   So I did running on Wednesday morning and also did 100 min of treadmill every night, and tried to keep very vigilant on the number of calories I was consuming.

  The result:    4.4 pounds lighter than last time.   I am exactly 200 pounds!

  Molly has been a great help there.   She's stopped putting a big plate of meat next to me at dinner, and is always making a salad for me to fill up on.   I think her efforts to help me plus the 100 min of treadmill is what really did it.

  So my new goal is 195 pounds.     I will officially end my diet there.   That would be 25 pounds lighter than when I started this blog.     Unfortunately I will still have a lot of body fat, and I won't have my 6 pack at 195 pounds, but I'm tired of having my whole life focused around weightloss.

   I will go on for a while trying to keep under 200 as I get back to a more normal life.    Maybe this summer I will try for lower, like 180.  It would be easier then because of all the opportunities for running and biking in the outdoors.

  So...   5 pounds.   I'll bet I could do it in two weeks if I keep with the extreme effort.   Salads and walking to Wegmans and 100 min treadmill every night.   2 weeks then I'm done.   That seems doable.