Nice drop, as you can see in the graph below, from the last update post to the 19th when I weighed in at 263. A bit of a stall since then; still at 263. I'm noticing that it tends to do that - start and stop bursts of weight loss. Why? Beats me. I know enough to not assume that a day's weight loss, stall or gain, is the direct result of the previous day's calorie/exercise numbers. I'm sure it's more than just that and results, good or bad, take more time than just a day to show up on the scale.
A lot of advice posts in various fitness forums say that weight is just one factor when gauging progress. They say it's better still to track other measurements like waist size, neck size, etc. to know if you're losing and in what proportions. I wish in hindsight that I had been tracking this. I don't have a tape measure but it would have been simple to pick one up. I may start this. Better later than never. I still have a long way to go.
Which brings me to my current frustration. Still, no one has looked at me and gasped "Wow!" yet. I can see a difference in the mirror but honestly, when I take a photo of my whole body, the small changes I notice when looking up-close, especially at my neck line and face, become muted by the overall impression that really, not that much has changed. I still have a big gut. I still have chunky plump thighs and arms. And, yes, I still have the dreaded "man boobs."
I just have to assure myself that it will eventually start to happen. The metamorphosis. I'm doing this thing safely and sanely, with my primary goal focused on sustaining an overall eating and exercise routine that will endure a lifetime. This isn't a diet. I see enough of those on YouTube. I've mentioned the "diet progress" videos that suddenly stop being posted...and never start up again. Or worse, the ones where they're "fixin' to lose that weight again" after putting it all back on - and then some.
Oh, BTW, those photos I'm taking. Ya, I do plan on eventually putting them up here as a series. But not yet. Taken as a whole, I would say I'm still visibly in the "before" range of what will be my complete set of pictures. Once I start the "after" phase it'll be less of an embarrassment and more of an honest, yet proud photolog of this transition.
A lot of advice posts in various fitness forums say that weight is just one factor when gauging progress. They say it's better still to track other measurements like waist size, neck size, etc. to know if you're losing and in what proportions. I wish in hindsight that I had been tracking this. I don't have a tape measure but it would have been simple to pick one up. I may start this. Better later than never. I still have a long way to go.
Which brings me to my current frustration. Still, no one has looked at me and gasped "Wow!" yet. I can see a difference in the mirror but honestly, when I take a photo of my whole body, the small changes I notice when looking up-close, especially at my neck line and face, become muted by the overall impression that really, not that much has changed. I still have a big gut. I still have chunky plump thighs and arms. And, yes, I still have the dreaded "man boobs."
I just have to assure myself that it will eventually start to happen. The metamorphosis. I'm doing this thing safely and sanely, with my primary goal focused on sustaining an overall eating and exercise routine that will endure a lifetime. This isn't a diet. I see enough of those on YouTube. I've mentioned the "diet progress" videos that suddenly stop being posted...and never start up again. Or worse, the ones where they're "fixin' to lose that weight again" after putting it all back on - and then some.
Oh, BTW, those photos I'm taking. Ya, I do plan on eventually putting them up here as a series. But not yet. Taken as a whole, I would say I'm still visibly in the "before" range of what will be my complete set of pictures. Once I start the "after" phase it'll be less of an embarrassment and more of an honest, yet proud photolog of this transition.
