Day Forty-Three - Weigh In #6 - Hitting the Target

Weigh ins are always nerve racking.  The first few, I knew I had lost weight.  I could visibly see the difference as well as feel that my body had changed.  Then there was the setback week after our trip to Michigan.  These past two have really made me nervous when stepping onto the scale.  So at this mornings weigh in I was another four pounds down.  This brings my total weight loss to 30.4 pounds.  After seeing such big drops in my other weigh ins, it was hard to see a loss less than five pounds.  Then I reminded myself that this is exactly what I was planning on.  Several big drops to get my progress started, and then leveling off at a healthy drop per week.  If I keep this up, it is a possibility that I could be around or even under 300 pounds by Christmas.  That would be awesome!

I've been thinking about some of the differences I've noticed in these past few weeks.  Most of my pants are not staying up well (even with a belt).  I'm pretty much on the last hole of my belt, and should be moving down to the next size fairly soon.  My legs feel like they have a lot more strength and stability.  I picked Bekah up tonight when I got in from work.  I didn't feel the strain in my legs holding her up in the air (which might also be because she has dropped her baby weight plus more.  That's right, my baby is look'n fine!).  I guess I should note the strain wasn't from her weight, but from my poor health and loss of strength in my legs.  I also have had a lot less issues with my IBS.  This isn't just from eating better (I still have things that would upset my stomach.  Such as the pizza I had for dinner).  It's also from a probiotic I have been taking regularly (Pro Bio 5).  It is amazing what this probiotic has done for my health.  I'll look forward to talking about that in the future.  I also think that my overall mood has been more joyful.  I don't have the monkey of gluttony weighing on my soul all of the time.  The guilt of overeating or lying to my wife about stopping for food (directly or just by not telling her about it) can have a major effect on my countenance.  So here is to feeling better both physically and spiritually.  I'm thankful to be bettering myself as I lose my butter half.

Eating was good today.  I had a few more snacks than I meant to this evening.  I did get to exercise, and even went over my normal time because I didn't realize I had passed the 40 minute mark!