My Journey To ... Me!

Day 70: Weigh-In Eleven

2007-11-19T19:12:42Z

This past week has been concentrated on building muscle. On past occassions when this occured, I did not lose weight -- in fact, that week I gained 0.2 pounds!  I did not want to step on the scale today because I feared nothing good was going to come of it!

Weight Last Week:         159.6
Current Weight:              157.8
Week Difference:               1.8
Week Percent Loss:           1.04%

Total Weight Loss:            15.4
Total Percent Loss:            8.89%
Pounds to go:                   22.8
Progress to goal:              40.31% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

When this is added to my weight loss before the contest, I am more than halfway along!

My big bad no-no's of the week:

1. I had Mexican food on Monday night. I had leftovers from it on Tuesday. Not that Mexican food is bad, but I had beans and rice--according to The Plan from The Gym, they are never to be eaten at dinner and never be eaten together in the same week. HA!

2. During the course of the week, I ate an entire bag of blue corn organic chips (lightly salted) and lots of homemade salsa. HA!

3.  I had those organic veggie corn dogs that have a lot of sodium.

4. What, did you think I was going to say that I ate a fried chicken or something?

I just cannot stop grinning!

Day 64: I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more...

2007-11-15T17:10:31Z

Last night when I was on my road trip, I crossed over quite a few milestones. The most significant one has nothing to do with weight loss. One of the more minor ones is this:

Last night, while on a walk with a friend, I crossed the 1000 mile mark in walking. I have walked 1000 miles (and now a bit more) since July 9th, 2007. While the people at The Gym tell me that I am losing weight on their plan, I hate to tell them that fruits and veggies are nothing new to me.

For those that are mathematical like me:

1000 miles = about 2,000,000 steps
I walk at 2 steps/second.
I have walked 1,000,000 seconds.
Or 16,666 minutes.
Or 278 hours.
In 126 days.

That's about 2 hours a day. (I usually do three hours on days that I have off work.)

The one thing that I am sad about is that I did not fall down -- by a door or otherwise. I guess perhaps I did proverbially. I don't know. We'll see.

And just in case you were wondering...

I live 23,389 steps away from the airport. I found that out this morning when I returned my rental car and walked home!

Day 63: Weigh-In Ten

2007-11-15T17:00:13Z

Yes, I post this one late because I have been a busy, busy girl!

Weight Last Week:         161.0
Current Weight:              159.6
Week Difference:               1.4
Week Percent Loss:           0.81%

Total Weight Loss:            13.6
Total Percent Loss:            7.85%
Pounds to go:                   24.6
Progress to goal:              35.60% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

And when I weighed in, I was wearing heavier clothes than normal because I was on my way out of town. Yeah.

The home scale was reading just over 158...

In terms of where I initially started on my own, I am almost half way!

Day 56: Weigh-In Nine

2007-11-15T16:56:09Z

Weight Last Week:         161.8
Current Weight:              161.0
Week Difference:               0.8
Week Percent Loss:           0.46%

Total Weight Loss:            12.2
Total Percent Loss:            7.04%
Pounds to go:                   25.4
Progress to goal:             31.69% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

When oh when will I break 160?

Day 50: Precious Declaration

2007-10-30T14:55:56Z

I must be losing weight. This morning I was brushing my teeth in my undies. Midway through they fell off because they are just too big for me (mind you, the elastic in them was still quite good!)

I would almost go shopping for undies, but why buy something that I will wear only for a week or two? I can survive until I finish the process. Besides, isn't that what safety pins are for?

Something tells me that soon I will have a LOT of scrub rags. As in 40+ pairs (thank you Mom for being afraid that I am always wearing holey ones, even when you just bought the last round only a couple months before).

About a week or so ago I announced that I was wearing a size 12. At the time, I did not divulge what exactly that size 12 was, so now is the time to clarify the size issues.

At the beginning of April when I said I was NOT going to go up yet another size (i.e. to a 16), I was a bit indecently stuffed into my pair of size 14 jeans with an elastic back. The indecent part is that the were tight across the area right below my belly button where I have my largest front 'tire'. Combine that with the rear end and you have problems. Just about everyone was unaware of this little issue because I always wear something that covers my middle and these pants were incredibly baggy everyone else (as in the bottom of the rear end, thighs, and legs).

By the summer, after losing about five pounds, the pants fit much better.

I still was wearing the pants at the beginning of the competition. They were even looser, but were now technically 'fitting' me. I have not put them on for a number of weeks and do not intend to put them on again unless it is Halloween 2008 or beyond. Most likely they will become quilt blocks!

Since then, I have been wearing my size 14 'skinny jeans'. On occassions in the past when my weight was down (from not eating for a few days or when I went to a reunion after having my wisdom teeth out), I was able to pair them with a pair of Spanx and just squeeze into them. I can now wear them sans Spanx, sans holding my breath while zipping, and sans walking around with my mother telling me that they really do not fit!

The 12 I wore the other week was a skirt. Skirts from my closet are much more forgiving because they are not short or tight. However, the fact that I was wearing a skirt that I had not worn since 2004 did help matters.

This morning I pulled one of the big crates of outgrown clothes down from my closet. I remember in 2003-2004, I refused to move up to a 14 and mostly wore two pairs of bottoms: my overalls and my carpenter pants. The carpenters were closest to the top and were the testing ones.

These carpenters were always tight through the rear and stomach, but baggy elsewhere (as per the style of the day). I did not have on any Spanx but figured that if I could just get them on... that would be good enough!

I got them on,,,

I got them buttoned...

I am sitting here in them right now and I do not have a stomach ache while doing so!

Cool!

I really wish that the same story was going on above the belt with other areas, but I know that will eventually come. I am just pleased to be dropping the weight as well as I am.

For those of you that may think otherwise, walking does pay off. For example, last night I walked eight miles (yes, eight miles). This equates out to two steps per second and took 2.5 hours. My route is not an easy one -- in this town it is not hard to find big hills and you know that I am out to climb them all!

So this morning while I was on the phone with my mom and she was chastising me for suggesting a trip to the Olive Garden on their next visit down, I told her what I ate yesterday (a lot of beef ravioli covered with fat free cheese, a handful of peanut M&Ms, plus other regular good stuff) and she was sure I had put on weight. Actually...

I am down a few ounces!

Oh yeah, walking (or any physical exercise) is good!

Although all of this is very exciting and my life is going okay, I am still suffering my depression for the Smell The Color Nine.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hpz8aJqAdAM

Day 49: Weigh-In Eight

2007-10-29T19:37:58Z

Yet again I have not been the best blogger. What a week.

This week I ate a lot of bad stuff. I had a magic cookie bar and Culver's frozen custard on Monday. Tuesday night/Wednesday lunch saw the disappearance of an entire loaf of Parmesan-Garlic foccasia bread (like a 3-lb. loaf...). Friday when I got home from shopping I had a bowl of beef ravioli with shreaded Italian cheese blend on top (about 2 servings). Friday night I had a huge smoothie at Ben and Jerry's on State Street (granted, I had it made with Black Raspberry frozen yogurt, but still it was 20 ounces!).

Other than this, I ate my normal fare. I hoped to stay at the same weight.

Here are this week's results:

Weight Last Week:         163.0
Current Weight:              161.8
Week Difference:               1.2
Week Percent Loss:           0.69%

Total Weight Loss:            11.4
Total Percent Loss:            6.58%
Pounds to go:                   26.2
Progress to goal:             29.84% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

This brings my total weight loss since April 1st to 18.2 pounds. This brings my weight loss since my last trip in early July to 15.2 pounds. I wonder if the difference would be noticeable to certain people yet...?

So how is it that I can lose weight when my diet is not perfect? And what can you do if you want to be like me?

Here are my three easy steps:

1. Water. Oh my gosh, drink water!!! While you are told to drink 64 ounces a day, I am averaging about a gallon a day. Yes, that if right. I have an old cranberry juice bottle (64 ounces) that I lug around. I have to drink one entire one during the work day and then one while I am at home.   Based on my schedule, this means that I drink one between 8 am and 3 pm and another between 3 pm and 11 pm.

Of course, when I tell people this they say two things:
-Aren't you constantly in the bathroom? No. For the first few days I was because my body had to get used to it. After that, everything balanced out.
-But I am not that thirsty! Granted, the first few days you have to make yourself drink it. After that, you actually crave it. It's weird, but it works.

Other liquids can drank too in addition to water. I drink a lot of milk and Bolthouse Strawberry-Banana and Blue Goodness Smoothies (only 8 ounces of smoothie a day). Avoid juice unless you squeeze it yourself. No soda (regular or diet) at all because that just messes up the ionic balance (salts) in your body.(and it is a diaretic).

2. Calories. You have to count your calories. Eat what you want, but in moderation. You can have ice cream, but don't eat the entire pint. Eat a half cup of it. If you want to lose weight, eat 300 calories less than 10 times your weight. For example, I currently weigh 161.8, so I eat about 1300 calories (161.8*10=1618, 1618-300=1318).

Also, stop eating four hours before you go to bed. If you get hungry before bed, drink a glass of water. Do not eat any protein at breakfast. Do not eat fruit, starches, or sugar after 3 pm (or 8 hours before bed). Include a leafy green vegetable (this does not include head or leaf lettuce) with your dinner. Eat at least a cucumber a day.

3. Move!!! It does matter if you walk or run or do pilates or whatever. You have to get your heart rate up and keep it up there! I usually aim for about 140 beats per minute and keep it there for a good 25 minutes or so when doing cardio. In addition to this, I walk somewhere between 5 and 8 miles a day (up from my normal 2-3 miles a day before). A healthy person should walk 10,000 steps a day -- this equals about 4.5 to 5 miles a day, depending on the length of your stride. If you continued your current diet and just added the 10,000 steps a day, you would lose about 10 pounds a year.

And yes, it takes 2-3 hours to walk that much. However, I have found that it is a good way to get rid of stress. You have a lot of time to think about everything that is going on in your life and to figure out how to take care of it. Or take along a friend and you can push each other to keep going.

Alright, I need to go for a walk! As much as I would like to enjoy my weekly victory, I have other things on my mind today and I need to go figure them out.

Addendum: 9:56 AM 10/30/07

Calories: 1250
Steps: 20,098

Day 44: Desert

2007-10-25T19:07:53Z

Why am I so thirsty today? I have drank more than a gallon of water today and right now I feel the need for yet another glass. What is up with that?

Calories: 1298
Steps: 18732

Day 43: Adored

2007-10-24T18:09:45Z

Last night I was such a bad girl!

After eating a Magic Cookie Bar earlier in the day, I had Culver's Frozen Custard! But it was so good.

When I weighed myself this morning, there was only a pound difference in my weight. I will take care of that today.

Last night I went for a long walk and listened to the new CD from Collective Soul. The last song on it was repeated so many times that I few it will get weared out!

Oh, "Boy", you are so adored...

And in weight loss news, this week's weight loss tally for Fitness Together-Middleton is incorrect. The numbers do not add up to 20.4 pounds!

Calories: 1290

Steps: 19753

Day 42: Weigh-in Seven!

2007-10-22T18:48:32Z

The last week has been exciting for a number of reasons, so there have not been too many posts...

Last Friday I went to The Gym to be weighed in and was told that I weight 169.6 pounds. A body composition was done and supposedly I have more fat and less hydration and muscle than when I started the contest.

WHAT? How is this even possible? My pants no longer fit and the necklines on some of my tops are becoming a bit indecent!

For a good 15 minutes I was chewed out for eating protein bars from Wal-Mart instead of the 'approved' ones through The Gym by The Gym's company. Yeah, whatever. The amusing thing is that my bars have double the protein. They also have fiber! Unfortunately (according to owner of The Gym), they have 2 grams of sugar and he was sure that 4 grams of sugar a day is making me fat. Also, I must be eating a lot of salt.

The truth of the matter:
-Light salt makes me retain water like there is no tomorrow.
-Unlike my other teammates, I am not dehydrating myself with diet soda or coffee.
-So unlike my teammates, I actually look much different!

As a kid, I never rebeled. However, Saturday and Sunday I was a complete rebel when it came to food! I ate potatoes, corn, peas, and a lot of peanut M&M's. Now if I told this to the people at The Gym, they would probably go find some tree bark and make me eat that for a week.

I really thought I would be in hot water, but I was just so sick of eating lettuce, carrots, and protein all week to get my weight down. This morning, I daintily stepped on that scale...

Weight Last Week:         164.4
Current Weight:              163.0
Week Difference:               1.4
Week Percent Loss:           0.80%

Total Weight Loss:            10.2
Total Percent Loss:            5.89%
Pounds to go:                   28.0
Progress to goal:             26.70% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

After this, I scooted over to The Gym and they recorded 163.4. This was a -6.2 pound difference. The lady that weighed me (and that helped chew me out on Friday) got really snotty and said I must be doing something to trick them. Oh yeah, I just live to trick you lady! Sheesh!!

I cannot wait until my real, official reveal at the end of all of this! This is so worth Reason #9. *ghetto nod*

Now I am off to eat a bar that my cousin-in-law sent home last night. Muhahahaha!

*random dance around room and bathroom...*

Holy cow! While dancing past the bathroom mirror I saw...

...clavicals!

Day 37: Down a Size

2007-10-18T14:31:49Z

I am wearing a size 12 today.

The last time I wore anything in a 12 was 2003. At that point, it was a bit tight, but it was not until late 2003 that I bought a pair of 14 jeans.

There will be something special to report on tomorrow because I just got an email...

Calories: 1389
Steps: 12038

Day 36: Superstar!!!

2007-10-17T16:17:22Z

Just so you all know, I am saying "Superstar" in full Molly Shannon fashion! Now if it where right after my workout, the underarm thing could be almost true too. Though I have never seen the movie, thanks to Zoochica I know the moves!

For those of you that are important and know what is really going on here, you have likely received the official email. Why is it that I look like I have some kind of disease where I jerk around a lot? I will have to see if I do this normally...

Calories: 1387
Steps: 18973

Day 35: Weigh-In Six

2007-10-17T01:13:04Z

*sigh*

Weight Last Week:         164.2
Current Weight:              164.4
Week Difference:              +0.2
Week Percent Loss:          +0.01%

Total Weight Loss:             8.8
Total Percent Loss:            5.08%
Pounds to go:                   29.4
Progress to goal:             23.04% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

There are a number of reasons for my slight gain:

-Last night's sub.
-My injury. This week I put on more muscle than lost according to my body composition test today.
-I've got nothing...

However, when I went into The Gym, they were not worried at all. "You lose a lot and then the next week you don't. That's okay!"

It is? Why has this not come up in the past when they were getting on my case about not losing enough?

PlantSciGirl and I went for a long walk in the rain tonight.

Calories:  1208
Steps: 10893

Day 33: A Day without Dinner

2007-10-17T00:56:19Z

Is it too much to ask for a break at work?

Oh, wait, I am the one that says when I take my breaks and when the others I oversee do. Hmmm....

Work was very busy today with our big sale going on. However, it was made worse by the employee that skipped out last night. She made sure I was aware of the fact that she did not want to be there. Each time I thought I could go for a break, she decided to stomp out for a smoke (can I just say how much I do not enjoy working with mostly uneducated people and their various problems -- hangovers, cigerettes, baby's daddies). After close, she told me that she had finished closing her area. When I did my final check before locking the store and turning everything off, I found that she in fact had not!

I finally left at 12:07.

Calories: 907
Steps: 24082

Day 32: Someone Get Me A Chair...

2007-10-17T00:48:24Z

Today was filled with the following events:

-I worked open to close because one of the second shift folks called in sick. The one day that I actually work a morning shift and think I will have a night off only to find out that I really don't. *sigh*

At The Gym, they have been having their own Loser contest. This week... I WON!!! I was the biggest loser with a loss of 4 pounds (for some reason, they have had me at the same weight since the beginning of the contest). Anyway, I won a very nice pink watch!

Must have sleep...

Calories: 1283
Steps: 23,873

Day 31: I've Really Got Nothing...

2007-10-17T00:41:39Z

I do not have much to say today because it has been a long day at work...

Calories: 1432
Steps: 16,976

Day 30: I Will Believe It When I See It!

2007-10-17T00:28:16Z

Today I resprained my ankle while working out. It is not bad, but I know it is going to hold me back the next few days. The old brace has been brought out and for the next few days I will look a bit odd.

Last week I had to suck in my stomach tightly to see bumps on the slimmest part (across my belly button area).

Today... I can see it without any sucking!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!

Calories: 1306
Steps: 17,098

Day 29: Another Smackdown, Another Disappointment

2007-10-10T16:45:57Z

When I went to The Gym today, I was put down again for not losing enough weight this week.

Mind you, I LOST 1.8 POUNDS!!!

According to them, I should have lost .2 pounds more. "We guarantee a lose of 2-3 pounds per week on our program." And I am not losing it. Their punishment for me: they are no longer going to sell me protein bars.

I tried my best to be disappointed and all, but thank goodness for all those years of acting back in school. First, perhaps if I weighed 300 pounds, I could lose 2-3 pounds a week. Even on the Biggest Loser show they have weeks where they do not lose that much! As for the protein bars -- the constipation bars -- I hate to tell them that I ran out of them some time ago and refuse to ever buy them again. Perhaps the reason why the bars supress your apetite if because they bind you up so bad that nothing else can go in!

Instead, I have been using two different kinds of bars. When I am at work, I have the South Beach Diet Meal Replacement Bars in chocolate and choco-peanut butter flavors. They taste better, are larger, double the protein, 25% of my daily fiber, and have only 40 extra calories. If I am at home, then I have Pure Protein bars. They are equivalent to The Gym's bars in protein content and all, but again have FIBER!

I also was taken to task about my steps. Apparently, it is impossible for a woman to walk that much in a day. Since I am on my feet walking all day at work, I just let them crab about it.

I had a great thought today. Since April 1st, I have lost 15.8 pounds! The last time I weighed this was in 2003 (and in 2006 when I had my wisdom teeth out, but that really does not count because I was on liquids for a week).

Calories: 1295
Steps: 13098
Exercise: 30 minutes on gym circuit, walking at work

Day 28: Weigh-In Five

2007-10-08T21:25:30Z

I will do my best to reserve my smugness here:

Weight Last Week:         166.0
Current Weight:              164.2
Week Difference:               1.8
Week Percent Loss:           1.05%

Total Weight Loss:             9.0
Total Percent Loss:            5.21%
Pounds to go:                   29.2
Progress to goal:             23.56% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

Take that, Gym people!

Mind you, a 10 minute drive to The Gym found that I had gained almost four pounds. Yet, I did not eat or drink a single thing. My scale at home said 165.

The last time I weighed 165 was when I had been down to visit the campus in mid-February 2004 and really did not eat much for three days. Before that, It was sometime during the summer of 2003.

Addendum (10:23 pm)

Calories: 1362
Steps: 10498

Day 27: You scream, I scream, and then my head disappears behind the cone...

2007-10-08T21:19:02Z

Yes, that is right. I did have ice cream today!

PlantSci Girl and I made a pit stop at Ben and Jerry's. I was a very good girl and had the chocolate fudge brownie frozen yogurt.

I am fearful for tomorrow's weigh-in, but I believe that my method (eat healthy food) is better than that of the gym (eat cucumbers, lettuce, our constipating protein bars, and lots of unsalted tuna).

On the lighter side, we went for a walk around the zoo and witnessed quite the altercation. There was a little skinny guy and a big fat woman fighting. It was unsettling...until she mentioned her 'baby's daddy'. Oh my! I had a good laugh and said that they should be on Jerry Springer or the like. I know that I should not have been laughing as the cops came, but it was so insane and we were quite far away.

Calories: 1492
Steps: 11924

Day 26: Oink

2007-10-08T21:11:01Z

Today I ate like a pig (by the standards of my 'diet plan')

I had two slices of pizza...

If I do not lose anything this week, you know I am going to be disappointed!

Calories: 1504
Steps: 10487

Day 26: Another Man Workout

2007-10-08T21:03:43Z

After a throughly unimpressive day at work, I headed for The Gym for a work out. As usual, I was chastized for my lack of weight loss. I worked out for 50 minutes and by the end felt rather nausous. I came home, emptied the contents of my stomach, and went out on the balcony to recover in my rocking chair...

Five hours later I woke up! Now that it is after 11, I cannot get back to sleep. Lucky me.

And yes, I am going to eat dinner in a few minutes. I don't care if I am not supposed to eat for four hours before I sleep. I am starving!

Calories: 1411
Steps: 15972

Day 25: Well, blow me over and call me a strawberry!

2007-10-08T20:58:24Z

When I visited the gym today, we talked about stress. "Maybe that is your problem. Let's take your blood pressure!"

Is 104/71 a good blood pressure?

Needless to say, my life 'stresses' are of my own making. It is not that they are so minor, but I do not let them affect me in profound ways. I just know that if things are meant to happen, they will!

After work, I supped my sorrows (er, I mean stresses) with a strawberry-banana smoothie. Did I mention that I am not supposed to eat strawberries, bananas, or yogurt?

Calories: 1392
Steps: 16535

Day 24: Caramel Apple Pops Rock My World

2007-10-08T20:48:03Z

Yes, I did eat a caramel apple lollipop this evening. Ha!

I also got a stern talk to about my weight at the Gym:

I'm not losing three pounds a week! I need to eat less.. I should now eat 900 calories a day, have no dairy, and have I considered cutting out fruit completely?

Whaaaaaat?

To make myself feel better, I had potato soup, butternut squash, pineapple, and a caramel apple lollipop for dessert with a big glass of milk. While I have never been a stress eater, I do take pleasure in eating healthy foods that are considered evil and that actually contain fiber. Can we say binding protein bars?

Take that!

Calories: 1307
Steps: 23063

Day Twenty-Three: Look Elsewhere to Place the Blame

2007-10-03T02:29:32Z

While I was the one 'getting in trouble' last week, two of my teammates have displaced me in the 'not losing weight' game.

I am the third-highest loser on my team this week. For complete stats, please check out the official website that you received in the mail.

To bring you all up to date on last week:

-I changed my diet on my own. I said if I lost even .1 pounds I would stick to it because I knew my birthday would involve many no-nos. I changed it and still lost! Take that!

-I heard about it all week at my Gym. I was not losing weight. On Friday they were fed up enough with me and were sure I must be drinking regular soda or eating chips or something (NOTE: if I did not drink soda and eat chips before, why would I now?). To prove that I was not losing weight, they redid my body composition. The results shut that woman up in no time flat! On 9/21 I had lost about 6 pounds of fat since the beginning of September and gained a little over a pound of muscle. As of last Friday, I have lost about 11 pounds of fat and gained over four pounds of muscle. Of course, one could say that this was the lag period from their diet. I know though that it was changing my diet after 9/21. The addition of FIBER and other healthy foods like beans, potatoes, and milk has helped.

-I was given a pedometer. My 'goal' is that I should walk 70,000 steps a week. In my first day of having the thing (also my first night in my new position at work), I walked 23193 steps. HA!

Somehow, in the time it took to drive from the Hospital to the Gym yesterday, I gained 3.2 pounds. I did not eat or drink a thing. Keeping this in mind, I went home and weighed myself. My scale reflected about a pound more than the Hospital.

Today I did not do much because I was so exhausted from the last few days at work. It is not so much that my new job is tiring, but working the closing shift four nights in a row when you are a morning person wears you out and means that you get about five hours of sleep. Not good...

And just like Sesame Street...

Today's blog is brought to you by Strawberry Banana Smoothies, the best big no-no food ever!

Calories: 1429
Steps: 12093

Day Twenty-Two: Weigh-In Four

2007-10-01T18:24:49Z

I know, I am a bad person to have not written anything all week. But in my defense, it has been a busy week!

Here are the new numbers for this week:

Weight Last Week:         166.6
Current Weight:              166.0
Week Difference:               0.6
Week Percent Loss:           0.35%

Total Weight Loss:             7.2
Total Percent Loss:            4.16%
Pounds to go:                   31.0
Progress to goal:           18.86% along to goal weight

Starting Weight:             173.2
Goal Weight:                  135.0
End Goal Percent Loss:    22.06%

There will be an addendum to this tonight, where I will tell what has occured this week. Although I have lost only a little over a half pound, there are many reasons why I am not disappointed over these results!

(Unlike the song, I hope it is not 7 years and 50 days to Reason Nine.)

Calories: 1501
Steps: 27690