Walked an hour on the treadmill, about 450 calories and 3.7 miles. It felt really good. I am stretching out more, and hurting less than I expected. No jog or lifting today. Essentially, a day off. Stayed up late doing homework, got little sleep, feel a little under the weather. Very happy, though. Weight goal was 246 lbs. for today, and the scale said 244 lbs. I am also not sore at all from running and walking yesterday, though I had upped the distance much faster than planned.
If I continue to have success like this along a reasonable time line, allowing for days that don't go well, I hope to reach 235 lbs by Monday 4 February, 3 weigh ins from now. I think I can reasonably lose 9 lbs. in 3 weeks. That would be a loss of 20 lbs. for the first month, and a very encouraging interim goal to get to along the way to 175 lbs by 1 January 2009.
From experience, I know that it will become more difficult to lose in these larger increments, so I want to strike while the iron is hot, as long as I avoid injury. If I make 235 lbs. by 4 February, we'll have to find a non-caloric reward to celebrate. I'll have to think about it.
The blog is boring and wordy, but it is working for me. I can go back and edit posts later and put in photos I am taking of myself along the way. I am just not ready to put the unflattering fat photos in until I have better, slimmer ones to compare them to.
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