No fooling. This blog is working for me!

The Numbers: I weighed in this morning at 421.0 LBS.  That is 5.8 lbs. down from last week, and 10.4 lbs. lost overall.

Thoughts: I have to admit.  I'm pretty excited about this week's results.  Keeping this blog and writing things down has really given me more focus on losing weight.  I've been trying to decide what to use as my ultimate goal weight, and I think I've decided on 230 lbs.  That's just over 200 lbs. lost total and it puts me in a pretty healthy place.  Based on the healthy BMI recommendation, my recommended weight is 136.4 lbs - 184.3 lbs.  That just seems crazy and unachievable to me! I don't remember exactly what I weighed in my senior year of high school during the football season, which is when I think I was the most in shape I have ever been in my life, but I don't think I was under 200 lbs. even then.  Maybe just under, but I don't think so.

It's kind of like when the bank tells you how much money you qualify for them to lend to you for a mortgage.  I always think, "In what universe could I actually afford to be in that much debt?"  That BMI recommendation kind of feels like that.  I was talking to a buddy at work about that, and we agreed that we are never going to be ultra skinny guys.  However, I can definitely get to a place where I am healthy and able to be active and do the things I want to do, where I can buy clothes in a regular store and not use a seat belt extension on an airplane, where I can feel good and even look good.  That I can do.  And I think 230 lbs. would be a great place to achieve.

And who knows?  Maybe once I'm there, I will want to go further, but I will stick with 230 as my long term goal. In the short term, I would just love to get under 400, so I'm going to focus on that.  And then 350 and 300 and so forth.  Good times ahead!  Journey On!