Long Bones

SW: 280
LW: 192.4
CW: 190
TL: 90 lbs

There it is. 90 pounds lost, officially. I was actually here at one point during that blogging hiatus I took, but then I fell off the wagon and have had to regain my position. 90 pounds though, wow! I am really proud of myself. It is incredibly hard to lose weight in Fairbanks in the winter. I’ve been doing a good job getting exercise in (though today it was too cold to walk to work) and this past week I really cut down the chocolate consumption and ordering out. Feels good.

SW: 280
LW: 192
CW: 192.4
TL: 87.6 lbs

Wow it has been a while since I’ve done a weigh in on here. Looks like I’m up .4lbs but the whole story is that I was actually down to 187.8 and then up to 193.8 in the time that I’ve been gone. So really, I’m doing okay. Back on my game as it were. Totally ready to rock the house. I can’t exactly say I fell of the wagon there for a bit because it was really a measured jump – I took a break. I needed one. And it was Christmas. Taking a break actually stopped me from feeling bad about myself for indulging in chocolate, cookies and candy over Christmas, not to mention my truly decadent oyster stew.  Because all of that would have happened anyway.

And now: 2010. I cannot believe how truly hopeful I feel. If I keep it up, losing 5-8 lbs a month, I will be at my goal by my birthday.  As I don’t really have a number for my goal – just a feeling – I may very well be there before then. Not just weight – everything in my life, everything!, feels swollen and pregnant with possibility.  I feel like my life is a boulder at the top of a hill and fate just came and gave it a great big shove. I think that this is my year of wonders.

SW: 280
LW: 195.2
CW: 196
TL: 84.0 lbs

Yeah so a +.8 gain. Not bad considering. I’ll tell you considering what in a separate post.

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 195.2
Total Loss: 84.8

So I have no idea what happened. According to my grand unifying theory of weight loss I shouldn’t have lost a pound this week. It was a bingy PMS week, seriously. And yet, here I go shrinking again.

I’m actually really happy about this.

Still writing my nanowrimo story. It was going to be a super serious yet funny discourse on weight politics and family issues and the interconnectedness between the women around you and the woman inside you.

Instead it’s about an obese micropaleontologist who finds god. Literally. I’ve got less than 10 words so I’m way behind, but at 7.5k not too far behind. Especially as I get veteran’s day off.

It turns out I can write just about 1000 words in an hour. I’m going to try not to neglect the blog the way that I did last week.

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 199.2
Total Loss: 80.8

I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it!

I cannot describe how ecstatic I am. I mean, according to pattern my weight is going to rebound a little bit and then settle down below the current low. I’m still realistic about my weight loss pattern – I’m lucky I hit bottom when I did (okay, maybe not true, I can’t guarantee I’ve hit bottom yet) because all signs point to a small increase over the next couple days and then a really gradual drop for the second half of the cycle. But none of that matters because today I am under 200 lbs.

First thing first:

Weekly Weigh In – Monday, October 19, 2009

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 201.4
Total Loss: 78.6

This totally rocks by the way. It would have been a little more but I tend to eat a little over budget on the weekend so I get a tiny uptick. Still, so so so close to 199. I have no idea how long its been since I was under 200 lbs.

Second things second:

Sorry I’ve been neglecting the blog for the past couple of days. I have had a busy busy three day weekend. Happy Alaska Day everyone! I spent my Alaska day weekend winterizing my house and doing a nice thorough autumn cleaning. I’m kinda sorta a complete slob but oddly enough I like having my house clean. Its a cruel dichotomy.

Third things third:

It’s definitely winter here in the interior but still an incredibly mild one. It’s been getting down into the teens at night and barely over freezing during the day. Still no snow. Though it is supposed to snow a bit during the night tonight. I hope so. After the leaves are gone Fairbanks is ugerly until the snow falls.

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 204.4
Total Loss: 75.6

Last week I said “If you all notice I really didn’t lose a lot of weight this week – under two pounds. Remember what I said last Tuesday about cycles? I won’t lose any weight for about a week and then I should have a sharp drop at the beginning of next week.”

I totally called it.

Because of hormones and my personal cycle I dropped all of .4 pounds this week. Now if I had just started losing weight and hadn’t been weighing myself on a daily basis for over a year I would be getting really frustrated about now. A whole week of nada and a completely irritable mood to boot? Heck no!!

But I’ve been doing this for a while and I didn’t even get a little freaked out this week, even with the crazy bad mood.

Sooooo, moral of the story, and I know I’m repeating myself, but DON’T FREAK OUT!! The weight will come off as long as you keep eating low cal and exercising.

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 204.8
Pounds Lost: 75.2

Modest weight loss this week but I still feel pretty good about myself. I was in a mini-challenge with my livestrong group to walk/swim/bike/run/etc. 10 miles over the weekend and I ended up taking it to 11. Sorry, bad joke, but true story. Didn’t spend any time at the gym but I’m okay with that considering I walked 11 miles.

If you all notice I really didn’t lose a lot of weight this week – under two pounds. Remember what I said last Tuesday about cycles? I won’t lose any weight for about a week and then I should have a sharp drop at the beginning of next week.

I hope its enough to get me under 200.

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 206.4
Pounds Lost: 73.6

Bust – 43
Waist – 36.5
Hips – 44

BMI – 28.0 (overweight)
Hip to Waist – .81

The question is, did I really lose that many inches (1 inch off bust, 1.5 off waist) or did I manage to measure wrong last week?

I only had a small drop in weight this week, but a new all time low so I’m really happy. Mid-week I had a mysterious uptick, gained about two pounds with no good reason that I could think of, but those seem to be gone now. I’ll go into it more tomorrow (tip of the week) but the human body is a strange and mysterious thing and if you weigh yourself on a daily basis like I do, you must be prepared for strange increases and weird rapid losses. It does all average out in the end though.

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 207.2
Pounds Lost: 72.8

Bust – 44
Waist – 38
Hips – 44

BMI – 28.1 (overweight)
Hip to Waist – .82