Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Searching for the truth

I keep hovering around 350. Now I'm at 348.5. I'm afraid I may be plateauing. Maybe not. It's just been a rough couple of weeks. Time to fight through it and get to work.

The scale at the doctor's office is bonkers. Two weeks ago it said I weighed both 347 AND 357 with the counterweight. Last week it said I weighed 362 with the counterweight. So I'm guessing I actually weighed 352 if I go by the previous readings (+10 with the counterweight). Today, without the counterweight, I weighed 348.5. That's a loss of 3.5 lbs. This is good! However, with the counterweight I weighed 356. That makes it a six pound weight loss. Not sure which to believe. I think I'll stick with the 348.5. If I can just break 340 I'll feel better about what that scale is saying. On top of all that, the scale at home says I am at 349.2 lbs. The thing I don't like about that digital scale is that the reading fluctuates depending on where I place my feet and my balance.I lean forward: 347. I lean back: 352. I try to stay balanced and remain still for a few seconds. I did that today and it read 349.2 lbs., twice in a row.

So for this week I need to increase my workout intensity and really watch my eating habits and calorie intake. I did splurge on my free day this past Sunday. I had a Burger King Whopper for the first time in a long time. It was so delicious! My mouth was watering on the way over there.

I want to lose weight and I want to be below 300 lbs.!!

Ok, so here's the interesting part. When I first started all this, according to the doctor's scale, I weighed 435 lbs. According to THE EXACT SAME SCALE I now weigh 348.5. This means that I am 13 lbs. away from losing 100 lbs.!! Theoretically, of course. That's the part that cracks me up. I know that can't be right. That is why I now say my starting weight was around 410 lbs. because I do not feel like I've lost 100 lbs. yet. YET!