Cracked 230!

After almost two weeks of stagnating around 231-233 pounds, I finally cracked 230 a couple of days ago to weigh in at 228.8!  I’m very excited about this, because it’s the first time I’ve weighed in the 220s in about 10 years.  That is a very big milestone for me, and I now begin the journey to 220, which I have not weighed since my college days almost 20 years ago.

Cracking 220 will be huge for me, kind of a bust through the dam, because I have not weighed less than 220 since I graduated from high school.  As I was gaining weight during that period in my very late teens and early 20s, I recall hitting 220 on the scale and, for the first time, thinking to myself that I might want to watch my weight.  That was almost 20 years ago, and looking back, I don’t know why I waited so long to do something about it.  It would be easy to wallow in the notion that I wasted years being overweight when I could have done something about it back then, but the fact is that it’s water under the bridge, and I simply didn’t have the mindset or the motivation to do anything about it.  I really didn’t care, at least not enough to take any action.

At this point, the diet is easy.  EASY.  All the hard stuff that happens in the first few weeks, getting used to new ways of eating and portioning out everything very carefully, is all behind me now.  I have almost no issues with hunger or temptation, because I’m eating well, and I’ve lost so much weight that I can’t imagine ever going back.  I feel better, I look better, and I step on the scale each day with anticipation – it’s become like a game to me, and I’m my own main competitor.  Every time I feel tempted by something tasty, I remind myself of  the goal, and I visualize what I’m going to look like when I weigh 185.  Once I visualize it, the temptation goes away.  I’m just not willing to jeopardize my goal for the sake of short-term satisfaction.

Sorry for the lack of posting lately, I’ll try to kickstart that with today’s post.  I have a backlog of subjects I’d like to talk about, and I’ll try to work on those this week and keep posting.  It helps keep me motivated, so there’s no reason for me not to do it.  Talk to you all later!