Today, being the first day of the month, is an important day to weigh in. Although I'm weighing mostly on a weekly basis just to make sure I'm making progress on the plan, the monthly weigh-in is where I get to see the progress at a higher level.
January 1: I weighed 237.4 lbs (my scale goes in increments of 0.2 lbs.)
February 1: I weighed 224.2 lbs.
Total loss for the month = 13.2 lbs.
I repeat. 13.2 lbs. Gobsmacked is I. I got on and off the scale three times and then had to bend down to look at the number because I couldn't believe my eyes.
Now, yes, I understand scale weight is essentially meaningless. I get that it doesn't say anything about the composition of that weight (fat versus lean tissue). I also understand at this point in my journey that I dicked around for over a year trying to make my need to lose fat something other than what it was. I tried to make it about bodyfat percentage and muscle building and eating this way or that way. In the end what it comes down to is I just need to get weight off. Doesn't matter what that weight consists of. If I'm doing a well-designed weight training program (which I've been doing thanks to Rog's help) then I can assume that either there is some small muscle building going on or that at least I'm not losing any muscle. That's all I can expect that this point. Maybe someday, God willing, when I'm at my "normal" weight (whatever that turns out to be), I can start looking at the overall composition of my body's weight and focus on changing that. But right now the weight needs to go. Period. End of story. And that is happening for which I'm extremely grateful. Victory!!!
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