That’s not a typo! Thanks to a misplaced Christmas miracle, I was not only down this month, I was down a not insignificant 4.6 pounds. Woo. It looks even better if you go back one day from April 1st to March 31st when I was 177.7 pounds. From there I’ve lost 5.3 pounds. While this leaves my rate of weight loss coming up short to reach 16 pounds by June 1st, it’s still very good and finally reverses the sluggish trend of minimal or no weight loss that has been happening for many months.
How did I do it? Let’s make a list!
- I got COVID-19 right at the start of the month and immediately shed about two pounds
- Those two pounds did not automatically come back when I recovered
- After-dinner snacking was reduced to near-zero
- Overall snacking was way down and concentrated more on lighter fare, like an occasional banana or baked crackers
- I was way more active, working out on the treadmill, doing some runs and walking, walking, walking, to the point that I completed the April 2022 fitness challenge on my watch two days earlier. The challenge was to hit 2210 exercise minutes a month or about 73 minutes per day.
- I was actually down on the last day of the month. I don’t know why, but often on the last day of the month I suddenly gain weight, as if my body delights in springing sudden disappointments on me
As always, I do not recommend getting sick as a method of weight loss, but the timing this month seemed to help pave the way for gradual loss over the course of the month.
For the year so far, I am now down 8.2 pounds and lopped off 6.1 pounds of body fat. Woo x2!
Here’s hoping I can at least repeat the effort for May. If I do, I’ll actually drop into the 160 pound range for the first time in about a hundred years.
Stats:
Weight: January 1, 2022: 180.6 pounds Current: 172.4 pounds Year to date: Down 8.2 pounds April 1: 177.0 pounds April 30: 172.4 pounds (down 4.6 pounds) Body fat: January 1: 23.2% (42.1 pounds of fat) April 30: 20.8% (36 pounds of fat--down 6.1 pounds)
