a milestone

Finally under 240. 239 to be exact. 17 pounds gone in 13 weeks. At least 27 more to go.

Setting the goal is difficult. At first I had the ambitious goal of 201. After talking with a personal trainer, that adjusted upward to 212. Now that I'm over 1/3 of the way to 212, that seems like it might not be enough weight loss. I haven't been 212 since some time in 1990 or 1991, so it's hard to say if that's an appropriate goal or not. Perhaps the trainer simply thought I would end up wanting lots more upper-body muscle.

Notable - I lost two pounds on a week where I overate on three consecutive days thanks to a colleague's gift of oatmeal cookies - the one sweet I simply cannot resist.

Onward.

As we enter August

and near three months of SLD, I'm down to 241 - total of 15 lbs lost.

Odd thought - when I started, I was nearly 10% above the weight on my drivers license. My goal is nearly 10% below the drivers license weight.