July 28th, 2008
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Current Balance for Week of 07/28/08-08/02/08
Basal Metabolic Rate: 2102
Calories Consumed: 1435.5
Calories Burned: 450
Balance: -1116.5
Starting Weight: 225
Current Weight: Will weigh in morning.
Goal Weight: 180
Pounds to GO: 45

So this is it, the first day 'back on the wagon' as it were.. I didn't do terribly well in my diet, I consumed approximately 490 calories of just plain crap. (A charleston chew, and a chick-o-stick, my weaknesses), but on the other hand I'm still 1000+ calories under.. I actually need to consume a little more today, and I'll update this post when I do.

To give myself, and anyone reading this (Which I'm sure is just my one loyal hanger-on) a refresher.... In order to burn one pound of fat, one must have a deficit of 3500 calories. Its only considered 'safe' to burn 2 pounds a week, so no more than 7000 calories down a week.

Revisiting that, it occurs to me I actually *DON'T* have much further to go this evening, I should consume no more than 116 more calories today to come out where I should be. That being said, I'll likely have a plum or somethin' for dinner.. Thank goodness I had a late lunch.

As a side note: I'm also taking a multi-vitamin now (All organic and food based products).

If I manage the 2 pounds a week, I should reach my target weight of 180 pounds in 23 weeks (rounding up)... Or just under 6 months. Which means by Christmas I should be where I want to be, and ready to start the year off with another goal in mind. Something around the 160 mark I imagine. But for now, my goal is 180 by Christmas.. I think I can manage that.

And so we start again... again... Or "C'mon! I just want to lose 45 pounds to start with! How hard is that?"

So... Its been a while since I posted on my weight loss regime, though I continued longer than this blog attests to... Even got down to 209 pounds at one point.

And then I fell off the wagon, and I'm back up to 225... I'll be starting again, as I now realize I was HALFWAY there. I'll begin again, and I will beat this thing.. I wish to be healthy, well-built, and happy with my appearance. I have a target in mind for this, beyond merely weight, it is in fact my appearance that will be the gauge I judge by.

So starting tomorrow, I'll be kicking it off again with detailed posting and tracking..

And hopefully some actual POSTING as well..

I learned something new today... Or perhaps something old came out of the fog of selective memory, and I understand something further about myself.. This helps to make everything clearer as its the root of one major problem, and perhaps more.