An old number becomes a new number

I stepped on my Tanita digital scale yesterday morning and saw an old number at the beginning of the 4 number display. It was a ONE! As in 199.5 pounds. I can't recall the last time I was below 200 lbs. It was probably back in the late 90's when I was on my feet all day doing warehouse work. Strangely enough it's been that type of work that's helped me drop another 5 lbs the past two weeks. I'm what you might call a gray collar warehouse manager and with us starting our busiest season of the year this month I've been more blue collar than white collar. Today was my first weight workout in the past two weeks, and I could feel it a bit. It's amazing how quickly you start to fall off if you don't keep up with the weights. It wasn't horrible or anything but I could certainly feel my muscles being challenged a bit more than my last workout a couple of weeks ago.

So the only other goal I had in mind was reaching 180 lbs. This was the weight I achieved way back in the late 80's with Weight Loss Clinic. I'm just going to continue doing what I've been doing and listening to my body and hoping the pounds keep falling off at a steady pace. I can certainly still see and feel fat on my body, mostly in the torso area, particularly around the waist, the pecs and behind the armpits. That reminds me, I need to take another set of progress photos. I'll check back in when I've reached 190 lbs.

30lbs lost! Another mini milestone reached.

I see it's been 3 weeks since my last blog entry. Well that's about right since I stepped on the scale this morning and saw 204lbs on the digital readout. That means I've dropped 30lbs since I started on the TYT program or about 8lbs per month. I'm still doing the Week 4-6 exercise routine and following the food guidelines fairly strictly. I do have a weekly cheat meal or two and you notice a pound gained after one of those, but it's back to losing again the next day or so as long as you keep exercising and stay within your caloric intake. The whole program is so encouraging because you continue to see results if you stick with it. My next mini milestone will be breaking the 200lb mark. That's another 5lbs and about 3-4 weeks away. I'll check in again then.