15 weeks out

Nov 09, 2010

Weight: 298
11/9/10

I was super excited this week to get into twonderland (200's on the scale) this week.  I can't imagine what it would feel like if (or should I say when?) I was in the promised land.. wonderland that is.  I haven't weighed less than 200 since I was in high school.

Well once I briefly dieted to 197.. but I didn't stay there for too long at all so I don't really count it. Today I hit another milestone.. 90 pounds lost.. I try to have every 10 pounds lost be a baby milestone, so that's 9 of them for me.

I have a few other cool milestones coming up.  10 more pounds to become a century club member. 14 pounds to lose to get to my half way to goal mark.  After that 249 will be another milestone, because it's closer to wonderland than it is to the 300's. :)

After that my next milestone will be 233 which was what I weighed last time, before my life got into turmoil with my mother's death and all of the other crazy stuff.  After that will be wonderland of course, and then goal at 180. 

When I hit 180 I'll re-evaluate based on my body fat percentage.. I intend to get some serious muscles lifting, so a heavier weight might be just right for me.  In other news, I'm not struggling with hunger as much as I used to.  I still have a lot of times that I want to eat too frequently, but I am realizing that the physical hunger isn't what I am dealing with.

Now I am just trying to deal with the head hunger.  I have noticed that big time BOREDOM really effects my appetite.  When I am at work some times it is boring and that's when I really want to eat and graze.  I am trying to listen to music at work rather than being too bored and that seems to help.

Just have to try and remember to stick more closely to my schedule of eating at work especially.  This weekend was especially eye opening to me in terms of hunger because I actually FORGOT to eat for more than 6 hours.  That's pretty strange for me.

My son spent the weekend at his grandmas so I got to work on a surprise for him. I got super excited about reorganizing my house and setting up a cool playroom for my son which meant rearranging closets, making piles for goodwill, sweeping, carrying stuff, moving furniture, etc.  Lots of physical exertion too which was great exercise and very productive.

It also included several trips to stores to get organizational stuff, decorating stuff, etc.  I was enjoying cleaning and decorating so much, I delayed my breakfast for a few hours, then delayed lunch by an hour, then didn't even look for dinner until more than 6 hours after lunch.

So now to help me with weight loss I am trying to find more things that get my interested, out of the house, and keep me from getting bored and eating out of boredom.  That in itself is strange for me because I spent so much time at home.. but now I want to get out!

I stayed at home because I was both physically and emotionally comfortable at home and it hurt to walk and I was embarassed to have people see me a lot.  The more I avoided going out, the more bored I became, and the more I ate to deal with it.. viscious cycle which is now breaking.. WONDERFUL!

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