Thu 20 Aug 2009
Forty by Forty — One Month in
Posted by Ken Atherton under Daily Life
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Today is a little more than one month into my personal “Forty by Forty” challenge. It’s been kind of a tough month to lose weight. We have done lots of traveling (so much that I’ve fallen behind blogging it all!) — and lots of eating out — but I’m starting to get on track.
On July 15th, I weighed 266.8 pounds.
This morning, I weighed in at 261.0 pounds.
First the good news: it’s almost 6 pounds that I’ve lost, and any month that goes like that, I’ll take, even if I don’t reach my ultimate goal.
The bad news: I’m slightly behind my goal. I have just over 16 weeks left until my 40th birthday and just over 34 pounds left to lose. One month ago, I needed to lose two pounds a week to meet the goal — now I have to lose about 2.1 pounds per week in the remaining time to hit the goal. That’s actually not too scary, but I strongly suspect that the last 6 pounds are going to be much harder to lose than the first 6.
The next month shouldn’t be so difficult. I should be eating at home more often and the exercise routine is becoming more of a habit. I actually walked almost 9 miles today, which my Nike+ counter suggests should have consumed about 1700 calories. That’s half a pound right there.
My weight since June 29th. Even though I am not quite on track for the goal I set on July 15th, my total weight loss over the last 2 months has been good. I’ve lost 16 pounds this summer.
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