My Weight. An Update.

As I have mentioned a few times before, my weight is an issue for me. The bonus goal I made at the start of the year was to lose 20 pounds. I recorded my weight as 277lbs. My weight today is 255lbs. That means I have lost 20 lbs. I succeeded in my goal—hurrah for me.

The goal was reached by controlling my diet and using intermediate fasting. It allowed me to lose weight with little effort.

I will be correcting and adding to my goal. No sense waiting around for me to get fatter. I have also flatlined. Plateaued. I am not losing any more weight. This means I will have to change my habits. Taking up some more exercise will be beneficial. With the COVID lockdown and shortages throughout, I have ordered a pair of sneakers online. They are stuck in Montreal for some reason. Once I get that, some jogging is in my future.

I am not a fan of gyms. I have had a few gym memberships in the past and have always ended with spending more money than it was worth. The deals tie you into a set membership. Or if there is no contract, then the price is expensive. Plus, they are always far away from where I live, and I hate having to fight through traffic to get to the gym.

Running seems like it is a decent solution. I used to run in high school. It is something I want to start again. Maybe do a marathon once I get to that level, and they allow marathons. If they enable marathons.

I recognize that I need to change my lifestyle. It consists of me sitting at my desk, working for twelve to fourteen hours a day. I need to move more and be more active. It is a habit I need to pick up, I need to figure out how to do this while still getting my work done.

This journey is not something I can do alone. It takes support from many people for it to become a reality. The easiest way is to visit my Amazon Author Page and purchase one of my books. They are available in all countries and for free in Kindle Unlimited. I do have a tip jar set up at Ko-Fe, where you can buy me a coffee. Or you can also visit me on Facebook. Your help and support are much appreciated.

My weight loss so far.

In January, I made my yearly goal post. In it, I made a bonus post about my weight. Half a year before that, I had decided to add a goal about my weight onto my 2019 goals. I used calorie counting, and after about a month or so, it got exhausting, and I stopped.

21. (Bonus) Get back in shape physically by losing 20 lbs.

One issue I have been fighting with is my weight. I’m out of shape and to be blunt. I’m fat. I need to fix that. So my goal for 2020 is to lose 20 lbs and to keep it off. My current weight is 277lbs. This time last year it was 287lbs. That means I lost 10 lbs last year. It’s okay, but I need to do better.

My weight fluctuated as I paid attention to it before giving up on watching it altogether. On Feb 15th, I weighed myself, and I was back up to 285lbs. Back to square one. Amid my semester with five courses, there was very little I could do to get more exercise.

The amount of misinformation on the interwebs is immense. I had no idea where to turn and how to get in shape. With the COVID stuff ramping up and the stress of homeschool kids, finishing my semester and working on my novels, I didn’t pay any attention to my weight.

A week ago, I weighed myself, and I was at 267lbs. I had somehow managed too loose weight. I did this by accident because during the day I would forget to eat. Some days it would be after 2pm for I had my first meal. I would be busy and forget to eat anything.

After a week of trial and error, I weighed myself this morning, and I am now at 261lbs. From Jan 1st, 2020, to now, I have lost 16lbs. More if you include the added weight I had gained back.

I had learned this is intermittent fasting. Where a person restricts the intake of calories for an extended period of the day, then eating a meal(s) afterward while still trying to keep the amount of food to a healthy quality and quantity.

This is the best result I had in a long time, and the way I got it is simple. I am not putting pie in my pie hole. I don’t eat sugar. I don’t eat candy. I stay away from that. I also try to watch my servings sizes. I still go back for four servings of spaghetti, but they are small servings.

While others have worried about gaining weight during this pandemic, I am losing weight, and I hope to keep going forward in the future.

This journey is not something I can do alone. It takes support from many people for it to become a reality. The easiest way is to visit my Amazon Author Page and purchase one of my books. They are available in all countries and for free on Kindle Unlimited. I do have a tip jar set up at Ko-Fe, where you can buy me a coffee. Or you can also visit me on Facebook. Your help and support are much appreciated.