The One In Which Reality Catches Up...

Hey, I'm only human. I only had one full gym day this week...both Saturday and Sunday were shortened workouts to deal with assorted tasks (hair cut, car wash, etc.). Combine that with a fast food lunch on Monday (hadn't gotten to the store), going out for a wicked large burrito in Santa Ana's ghetto (training a co-worker), and going to DAPGF's favorite tapas buffet on Saturday, and I didn't make my goal weight. For the record, my goal for the Sunday weigh-in was 280.6 lbs, for a 1.5 lb drop from last Sunday. And despite the above, I tried. I ate as conservatively as possible...not always easy with DAPGF wanting to go out for our meals, and we walked after eating as much as DAPGF's flu or whatever would allow. In the end, Sunday's weigh-in was 281.4 lbs., less than 1 pound down from last week.

Now, that was disappointing, but still useful. I did lose .7 lbs for the week, which is still something. More importantly, I was able to identify the specific shortcomings I encountered and can hopefully either avoid them or devise more effective ways to accommodate them while minimizing the damage. I am trying to change my eating habits permanently, and being able to recognize some of the bad habits that I have should help me in being able to devise ways to change them for the better. That being said, my goal for Sunday 5/11 is 279.9 lbs. If I am successful, that will be my first foray below 280 in quite some time. If I were still on schedule, the goal would be 279.1 lbs. And to evoke the margin of error discussed previously, somehwere in the 278 lbs range would be a slick idea. So my official goal is to crack 279 lbs, with the minimum set for 279.9 lbs. Unofficially, I'm going to work extra hard to actually drop below 279 lbs and get somewhere into the 278 lbs range. Despite not achieving my goal, I'm still dropping the weight. I'm going to do my damndest to keep it up.

Good luck, peeps.