221.6

I seem to have plateaued. It's discouraging to know I did a bunch of yard work and didn't eat anything until dinner yesterday and still have gained a pound. It makes me want a candy bar really bad. 

But I shall persevere in the face of this minor setback and continue with the struggle, because that is what it's all about. Not the goal, but the journey. And hopefully, a little character building in the process.

The only encouraging thing is that after weighing myself this morning, I stepped on the old scale and immediately lost five pounds. I love that old scale.

Winter & Lent

Winter is like Lent. When it's over , you really have something to celebrate. Today was a great day to celebrate the return of Spring weather-wise. We have just returned from three laps around the park on our bikes.

Today's weight is 220.8 pounds. That means I've lost almost 12 pounds in 25 days. I bounced back up to 225 earlier this week and slowly made it back down to 220. I hope I can continue.

221.0

I seems as though I'm past the easy part of weight loss and now I'm at a point where I have to work harder at it. The problem is, I don't know what that means. 

The only thing I can do to work harder is to exercise more. I admit that is something I'm not doing enough of. So I'll up my efforts in that area.

However, everything I've read tells me that weight loss (or gain) is effected more by what you eat than by the amount of exercise you do.

I've been eating lots of meats, lean cuts of steaks and beef jerky. I'm also eating a lot of nuts. Pistachios and cashews.

I might need to lay off the wine, which I started drinking again on Friday.

But wine makes me so happy.

220.8

I am now a good two weeks into this diet and I'm down 11 pounds.

Last night was the first time I was able to drink wine since I started the diet. That of course did not include last weekend when we went off the diet during our ski weekend.

The CoronaVirus pandemic is top of mind for everyone now. All large concerts, sporting events and gathering have been canceled for the foreseeable future. Our church has canceled services for tomorrow and I guess we'll see from there.

So far, there are no confirmed cases of it here in Spokane but it's only a matter of time. Hopefully, all these precautions being taken will help to ameliorate the spread.

We plan to stay in today and watch the snow that fell overnight start to melt.

223.2

I seem to have bottomed out. I'm stuck at 223.2 pounds. I should give it a couple of days before I start complaining.

I went on a bike ride today and ran into the same issues I experienced on the ski hill. I have terrible stamina. I'm going to continue riding the bike after work every day and see if this is something I can get back.

Results from Decadence

We have just returned from a decadent ski weekend where Susan and I went off our diets. We ate forbidden food, we drank beer and we swore a lot. 

We returned last night, weary and ragged.

This morning, to my surprise, I weighed 223.2...the same weight I was on Friday when we left. I am pleased by this result but surprised as well.

One thing that skiing on Saturday brought to light, I am waaaaay out of shape. We only skied 5 runs. We started at 11. We were done by 2PM. 

Usually, the worst part of skiing for me is getting from the car to the lodge. Once I'm on the hill, it's all gravity and life is good.

This time, I felt the burn in my legs after just a couple of turns.

I have to get out and walk more and start riding my bike.

225.4

I am se7en days into my Lenten Diet and I'm down se7en pounds. That pleases me greatly. I think the main factor in my weight loss is not drinking beer. I take in a lot of carbs with my beer drinking.

The other portion of my diet is going well, I think. I'm not starving but I am craving sweets. I'm trying to be tough about it. I haven't fallen off the diet at all except I had some low fat yogurt that might have had too much sugar in it. The fact that it had any sugar is the bad part. After all, the diet is no sugar, no grains.

My goal for this diet is to get down to 210 pounds. I will settle for 215 but if I can get to 210, I will eat my face off with joy.