March 3, 2010--Dieting Scorecard (224.5 lbs)

Morning Weight: 224.5 pounds
Diet Goal: 219 pounds (.5 pounds lost, 5.5 pounds to go)

!!!!!!!!!!! Today was the 3rd straight day of being under the first diet goal of 225 pounds so that's one diet successfully completed. It's possible that I'll bounce up to 225 in the next day or two, but I really think that I'll never, ever see that setpoint of 228 pounds that was blocking me in recent months or any weight that begins with "23".

With those 7 pounds gone and out of the picture, I'm not going to refer to them with any total weight loss count. My guess is that I'll do much better by focusing fully on the diet at hand, which is to lose the 6 pounds between 225 pounds and 219. Getting out of the 220's is going to be a huge achievement so I'm excited about succeeding on this new diet.

6:00--walked 45 minutes
6:50--260 calories

7:00--I've had a sore throat and a cold since the weekend. Yesterday I just about lost my voice totally. Today I'm sucking on lifesavers and Jolly Ranchers for "medical reasons" so I'm not counting them as calories. Yes, that does sound like cheating, but it's my diet and my rules, so I can assure you that this is 100% perfectly legal as long as it doesn't become a habit.

12:00--600 calories
2:30--250 calories
5:30--250 calories
8:00--320 calories

Daily total = 1,680 calories plus the lifesavers