Weighed this morning - down to 204! Very exciting though I assume it will slow down over the next few weeks. Mainly it's good to see that the trend is stil going in a downward direction. If you do 10 days of jogging and eating right and you can drop 9 lbs, it makes you feel a bit vulnerable - like 10 days of poor eating and no exercise can make you gain 9lbs.
If I can get to 200 lbs, that will reverse all of the damage of last year (at the beginning of 2009 I was 200 pounds and the 13 pounds crept on over the year. My feeling is that hopefully I can get to 202 by my weigh in on Thurs and under 200 by next thursday. As soon as I pass the 200 mark, I will reconfigure my boundary markers.
Also:
- one of my 'tight skirts' is looser and is doing up much better than normal. This was on Thursday! So some weight is definitely coming off my ass. I forgot to measure this week but I will buy tape measure and measure this weekend.
- on listening to my body - I know what caused the tightness in my knee: lack of sleep! Tired = dragging heels and catching my feet = putting excess strain on lower legs = injury more likely. This week my challenge is to sleep by 10 every day. Room by 9.30, lights off by 9.45. Up at 6.15. My body is beginning to rebel, "I don't mind getting half the fuel I'm used to", it says, "and the exercise is great - well done" (my body wants to live long). "I'm happy it's gotten warmer over the last few days but it's all survivable. Thanks for running on the snow because it's less impactful on me. oh, btw - get to sleep earlier unless you want me to pack up completely."
Lack of sleep is probably impeding my weight loss, making me tired, making me more likely to eat junk food, and is crucial for the success of this weight loss. So I have to be disciplined. No more late nights playing EPW (partially kidding). I'm just a midnight sleeper generally. 6 hours sleep is probably enough to just get by and even do the exercise but the food deprivation is gonna need a better base than 6 hours sleep.
