I successfully erased last month’s weight loss and gained a little more on top of that, so April, even though it was largely a holding pattern, was overall a big fat fail.
I ended the monthat 180.2 pounds. I have not been north of 180 since 2008, before I began my first (and successful) weight loss round, when I tipped the scales at a chunky 187.5 pounds before putting on the brakes to eating everything I could grab hold of. I am way too close to that mark now and feel bad having regressed so much this year.
Sure, I could blame the pandemic and not having a commute which forces me to walk at least a little every day, but those are excuses. The reality is I am just not trying hard enough. I just had breakfast as I type this and I’m already thinking about snacking.
It also doesn’t help that my partner (also very much overweight) is keeping a bunch of snacks around. One of the keys back in 2008 was not having stuff like that handy–removing the temptation. Oh well. I know I should be strong enough to resist.
No predictions for next month.
Stats:
April 1: 179.4 pounds April 30: 180.2 pounds (up 0.8 pounds) Year to date: From 174.2 to 180.2 pounds (up 6 pounds) Body fat (year to date): January 1: 22.4% (39.1 pounds of fat) April 30: 24.5% (44.1 pounds of fat) (up 5 pounds)