Progress

Well, I have been very bad about updating things lately. It has been a really busy week. I am preparing for a major conference that I am going to in November and I am trying to get as much data as possible by then. I have been working really long days these last couple of weeks. That has lead to the problem of not exercising. I have not exercised since before I was sick. I am running around most of the day so I think that I am least not a big lump. I am trying really hard to get up earlier but I just don't have the energy after a really long day to get up early the next morning and work out. I am going to make it a goal again this week though. I think I will start out light and say my goal is going to be to exercise at least 3 days this week.

So, onto the progress. I did not post last week but when I weighed myself I was 273. That was 2.4 pounds that I lost that week. I am now using my non-electronic scale. I will not get pounds to the tenth but at least I know that it is a stable reading, and I can calibrate it with some free weights that I have. So, last week was some good weight loss but this week was great. I am not sure if I was retaining water or what because I was not exercising but I am now at 267 lbs. That is a loss of 6 lbs for this week! That means that since I have started this blog I have lost 11 lbs. Yay!! My pants are starting to be a little too big in places now. I am not down to the next pant size though so I am stuck in that awful purgatory of between sizes. I think clothes companies like to taunt us by making sizes go in every two sizes. I wear a size 26 pants and the next size down will be 24. But what if I am a 25? I will have to wear 26 until I can comfortably fit into 24 pants. Hopefully that will be in another month or so.

This is now the smallest I have been in probably 4 years. I was kind of keeping my weight constant until I moved to Dallas. I started earlier in the year trying to lose weight and when I weighed myself I was 289 lbs. That is the heaviest I have been. On a brighter side, I thought about it today and that means that this year (or at least since March) I have lost 22 lbs. I think that is pretty good. Well this has to be a short post because I have to study for an exam tomorrow. Next week I will post my measurements. I am not sure how much they have changed but even if it is just 1/2" that will be something. So, I will work on getting at least 30 minutes of exercise 3 days this week and as the craziness dies down here I will try to post more.