#resultsshow

It’s been a long, interesting journey. I’ve broadened my horizons when it comes to food. I’ve undoubtedly lowered my cholesterol (no way of knowing since it’s not in the budget to go get it tested). I don’t feel the need to drink multiple, if any, sodas every day at work. I don’t really miss caffeine at all. I still wouldn’t mind some bread with certain meals.

I came home from work to have Sara tell me she’s lost 12.5 lbs. That’s EXTREMELY impressive, although she’s pissed at Anytime because according to their gym, it said she had only lost 2. Since we don’t have a reference point (and she wasn’t wearing sweaty workout gear) I’m sure their scale is a bit off from ours.

Based off of this information, I made a quick guess at what my results may be after I woke up. I was off a bit. I lost a hair under 12 pounds in 30 days. In my weird lizard brain 11.9 in 30 isn’t good enough (yes I know that 2-3 per week is ideal for long term health maintenance). I just expected to lose more than 3.7% of my weight.

Sara tried to cheer me up and tell me to look at all the positives. My clothes feel looser, my foot has hurt a bit less, we’ve eaten better, we hadn’t started working out yet, all these things. Finally she said something that I’ve been neglecting to admit.

I didn’t gain all this weight in 30 days, I can’t expect to lose all of it in 30 days either.

Things I can take from this. I’m 17.3% of the way towards my first major goal, being 250 lbs. That was my goal 3 years ago before I first went to Disney, I believe I was just shy of that goal, but I want to hit it. Sara suggest we have 30ish days of moderation and working out and then we come back to the Whole30 lifestyle. I think me working out more, training for the half, and eating better should have me (knock on wood) at my goal weight before my next runDisney race. I just can’t backslide.