An all new low…

Today I weighed myself in at 207. That’s a new low, even for me. Okay, truly it isn’t. I was 207 once before. Indeed a decade or so ago I weighed that as I was moving up the scale as it were.
Spending a lot of time weighing oneself probably isn’t a good idea. In the past I more or less avoided ever weighing myself, just getting the figures when I went to the doctor. But now, when I’m actively trying to lose some weight, I guess I’ve gotten caught up in the deal.
These days I own a wifi connected scale which records my weight and shows me a graph of the data.
 

It’s not easy to tell from the non-interactive graph, but a month ago I was 214. Essentially I lost 7 pounds in a month. That’s a bit over a pound a week which is pretty much my goal.
Speaking of goals, where do I plan on ending up? Two hundred even was my original goal and at my present rate I’ll be there at the end of April. Good deal. But I’m thinking of going a wee bit further and shooting for 185. That seems doable by sometime in June which coincides with my next physician’s appointment. Won’t he be surprised?
As I recall from my January appointment, he asked, “How’d you do it?” I explained what I was doing and he said, “Great. I wish all my patients listened to me.”
I’m not sure I listened to him specifically, but his was one voice among many saying much the same thing.
What I’m learning from all these voices isn’t so much that weight loss is the goal, but rather that taking control of ones own health is. And you know, that’s what this feels like. I’ve started asserting some control, of my weight, my exercise (more about that coming up), and my diet. Good deal.
BTW – I’m reading The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz. It’s a book about…yes…fat. It’s gotten great reviews, as well as some scathing ones. Basically it’s an inquiry into how we eat today and how we got that way. It’s pretty interesting. I’m not an expert so I can’t judge the scholarship, but I’m enjoying the read. Actually I should say, listen as I’m doing the audio version. I just got started, so perhaps I’ll talk more about later.
Aloha!