Weigh In Number 8

First, the measurables for this week. It's getting to be old news, but this week was pretty good again:

204 lbs, 16.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess since Jan 1st: 20.5 lbs.

I'm somewhere between 1 and 3 weeks away from breaking 200. Like I've said before, that number is very important to me (although it really just marks the halfway point for my weight loss). Somewhere around 200 lbs, I'll hit a "wall", where the things I've been doing will no longer be enough to sustain weight loss. I'm not about to lower my calorie intake (I'm near the bottom that's acceptible for men), it'll be time to get serious about exercise.

Right now, I'm still just doing the minimum (treadmill, situps, pushups). When "the wall" hits, I'll have to pick up the weights. At that time, I'll have to do something counter-intuitive. I'll have to raise my calorie intake by 200 to 300 calories per day. Most of it protein. If not, I won't have the strength to properly workout.

I've done this several times before, so I can tell you I know what I'm doing :) .

The only bad news, Thursday, I met up with my brothers to go to a hockey game. They didn't notice anything. You'd think losing 15 lbs would show up in my appearance enough to be noticeable. I'm beginning to wonder if having longer hair in counterproductive. I've always thought it thinned a person's face - but maybe not.

Dang, that last paragraph looks like it could have been written by a woman. I'm a weird dude.

Weigh In Number 7

I debated which number I should post this week. You see, the very first weigh-in was so unbelievable, I weighed again. Sure 'nuff, it was then 1 lb higher. I weighed two more times, all at the 1 lb higher weight. So, I've decided to go with that for two reasons: a) It's probably the correct weight and b) It'll make my weight loss next week look better :) .

So, here are this week's measurables:

207 lbs (first weigh-in was 206!), 3 lbs lost this week, 13.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of total weigh loss: 17.5 lbs .

200 is in sight! Probably two or three more weeks at the rate I'm going. I've said before how important that is to me.

I still haven't cut my hair. I'm finding that after 40, it doesn't want to cooperate. The back just isn't growing very quickly. I DO have a mop on top of my head, though. I should break down and form my pre-mullet now.

Weigh In Number 6

This is the first time in 3 weeks I've been able to log into Blogger to post here at Follow the Mullet. To recap: at last weigh in on Feb 2nd I, had lost 3 more lbs. I weighed in at 211.5 .

So, here are this week's measureables:

210 lbs ; 1.5 lbs lost this week; 10.5 lbs lost since first weigh in; Since Jan 1 guess: 14.5 lbs lost.

I can live with that. The week started out horribly with an emotional-eating Taco-Bell run on Saturday night, followed by Super Bowl Sunday. I was then sick on Monday. I didn't get myself back on track until Tuesday.

So, 1.5 lbs ? I'm happy!

Now I'm wondering why my scale actually showed an "even" weight - it has ALWAYS tacked on the ".5" at the end of the measurement.

Anyway, this should (hopefully) be a good week - I'll get under 210 ! When I break 200, there will be a big celebration. 200 is a very important number for me, psychologically. Above it, I am various degrees of "fat". Below it, I am various degrees of "in shape" . It's just a number, I know, but it means a lot to me.