February 12, 2009
Magic Line in the Sand
From time to time you find yourself drawing a number in the sand. Which ever it may be about age, weight, money, it is a number that has real meaning and value to you.
I founf a line where I drew in the sand a long time ago and was pretty drepressed I crossed it. The number? 250. I weighed more than 250 pounds. Well I had to move the line again to 275. Last year I had pushed that number back again to 295 becuase I weighed in at 283.5 pounds at one point last year while I was in Canada. I swore to myself that I was not going above 300 pounds and that was the defining line for me.
I mad some changes while in Canada. I walked everywhere, I stopped drinking pop and drank more water, and the biggest thing was to cut my portions. That helped. In no time I was below 280 and flew past that line of 275. Then I flattened out based on just those things alone I got down to 255 pretty good and I kept it there for 6 months. That is almost 30 pounds off that I didn't work all that hard at but just changed habbits to acheive.
The doctors tell me that with the removal of the tumor I could see more weight loss of some 30 to 50 pounds. I am going to start working out when my doctor releases me to do so. That will help my days pass.
I did pass a milestone today however of 244.2 pounds this morning. That is nearly 40 pounds I've lost in one year. My new goal is 215 pounds. I have not been at that weight in 10+ years. Mu biggest goal is 185 but that is still a way off. If I can hit it this year that would be amazing. I didn't even hit that in college.
So for now I celebrate 244.2 and put my sights on 240, 235, 230, 225, 220, and finally 215.
Bird
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