Monday, April 30, 2012

Upset, pleasantly surprised, then WOO-HOO!

That was my Saturday with the scale.

When I first got up, I had a place to be, so I quickly jumped on the scale. It said 264.3. What the heck? Down .4 since last week? With an average calorie deficit of nearly 2000? Didn't make sense.

Anyway, I took off for a couple of hours, and being busy, I didn't eat anything. When I got back home, I got back on the scale. 261.7. MUCH better! That made 2.9 down from last week. It actually close to matches the calorie deficit. That is what I used for my official weigh-in for the week.

I ate a small breakfast, and then went to mow my lawn.

Afterwards, I took a shower, and just for fun, jumped on the scale again. 259.9 Hence the woo-hoo.

Yesterday morning I was still at 259.9. Making a total of 40.1 pounds down since mid February.

Did more physical therapy this morning. It was good. I'm getting WAY more flexible than I had thought possible in a very short amount of time. I'm not as out of shape as I had thought.

Also, the grinding noise in my knees (the left one in particular) is noticeably less than even a week ago.

Hopefully on Wednesday I can get some good shoe recommendations from the PT, and find out when I can start the running again.

So good news for the day. That makes it even easier to stick with the plan

Moving forward...

-Silas

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Congratulations! You're on a roll! I bet that 40 pounds lost makes you feel SO MUCH better!!! I've lost 10 pounds lately and it feels terrific!

:-) Marion

Silas said...

@Marion,

Yes, 40 pounds makes a WORLD of difference! Everything I own fits better now, or is baggy and loose. I've had to go get the box of smaller clothes. It's fun.

-Silas