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Today I weighed myself, as I do every day, but today was a little different.

Specifically, I was less than I was yesterday. Even more specifically, I was down exactly two pounds, from 160.6 to 158.6 pounds, marking the first time the entire freaking year I have been below 160 pounds.

I celebrated this achievement by eating an entire chocolate cake.

Okay, I had sushi. And it was yummy.

My official goal of 150 pounds is now in sight. My super-secret goal of 145 pounds is…closer. Still, even going by the stricter goal, it’s only 13.6 pounds away, which seems a lot more doable than when I was pushing 170.

And now, (imaginary) donuts.

Here”s this month’s weight loss (?) report:

June 1: 164.4 pounds
June 30: 163.4 pounds

For a weight loss (!) of exactly one pound. Not exactly a staggering amount but still down for the month and continuing the  downward trend started in May.

For the first half of the year I have gone from 165.9 to 163.4 pounds. That’s 2.5 pounds, which is pretty so-so. The good news is most of that has actually happened in the last two months, so the weight loss is accelerating. Yay.

And body fat for the first half of the year:

January 1: 19.1% (31.7 pounds of fat)
June 30: 17.2% (28.3 pounds of fat)

Down a not-bad 1.9%/3.4 pounds of fat. No wonder I feel slightly lighter when running.*

* I wish I could actually feel the difference

Before looking back on May’s weight loss/gain/donut catastrophes, let’s first look back on April:

April 1: 166.3 pounds
April 30: 165.2 pounds

A small amount of weight loss. Encouraging, if only slightly so. And now May:

May 1: 166.2 pounds
May 31: 163.9 pounds

Note that only one day into May I had effectively erased the minor but of weight loss for the month of April. However, I managed to actually move in a positive direction for the month as a whole, shedding 2.3 pounds and 2.0 pounds for the year to date.

How about body fat?

January 1: 19.1% (31.7 pounds of fat)
May 31: 17.9% (29.3 pounds of fat)

Body fat is down 1.2%. Not much, but it’s down. If Fitbit’s estimates are even remotely close to accurate it’s kind of grossbuckets to think I’m carrying nearly 30 pounds of fat around with me. No wonder I don’t feel light on my feet these days. 😛

Still, May was a month of progress, so here’s to June seeing the momentum continue as I shed pounds like some efficient pounds-shedding device.

I have achieved the improbable and lost weight over the course of the month. Not a lot of weight, but some, so hooray.Here are the stats:

April 1: 166.3 pounds
April 30: 165.2 pounds

I weighed 165.9 pounds on January 1, so my total weight loss for the year is 0.7 pounds. It’s not exactly melting off. 😛

I’m starting to run more, walk at lunch (weather permitting, which has generally been horrible ALL YEAR SO FAR) and am working to cut down on snacks (no more chips in the house, at least).

Maybe by the end of May, I will have lost an entire pound from the start of the year. A boy can dream.

The good news is that unlike February, where I gained 2.2 pounds over the course of the (short) month, in March (a longer month) I only gained 0.6 pounds.

The bad news is I still gained weight, which is not a good way to lose weight.

Here are the stats:

March 1: 166.4 pounds
March 31: 167 pounds

And February’s by comparison:

February 1: 163.6 pounds
February 28: 165.8 pounds

The worst news is that in a little less than two months I’ve gone from 163.6 to 167 pounds, an increase of 3.4 pounds. Ugh.

It looks better (?) if you compare from January 1:

January 1: 165.9 pounds
March 31: 167 pounds

The difference there is a “mere” 1.1 pounds.

In any case, I need to get off my butt and start running more, doing my walks at lunch and purging the household of all snacks except for water and celery sticks, which is just green water in solid form.

Onward to April!

How goes my goal of getting to 145 pounds at two months into the year? Let’s have a look at the past month:

February 1: 163.6 pounds
February 28: 165.8 pounds

Weight loss gain: +2.2 pounds

Whoops.

I was 165.9 pounds on January 1, so my total weight loss for the year-to-date is:

0.1 pounds

It’s impressive in a way.

On the plus side (that’s a weight loss joke), my body fat percentage has changed in a more positive way:

January 1: 19.1%
February 28: 18.3%

Body fat percentage change: 0.8%

Also on a positive note, I met one-half of my January goals by going donut-free for the entire month, no minor feat given that donuts were present throughout the month in plentiful quantities.

My goal for March is to have actual weight loss with less body fat, too. I get three extra days to accomplish this vs. February, so there’s that, too.

I was down an even two pounds today, dropping from 167.3 to 165.3. Even though I had no real snacks yesterday, this still surprised me. But it is encouraging.

Today I was bad and ate an apple strudel but was sufficiently guilty afterward to go out and do my first 5K in over four months, so it kind of worked out in the end. Not snacking is not easy but I’ve compensated for the strudel incident, behaved since returning from my run, and am fairly sure I’ll make it to bed without eating an entire cake.

Weight: 165.3 pounds -2.0
Body fat: 19.5%

Good news: With the Christmas break only two work days away, I will no longer be tempted by (and indulge in) assorted calorie-rich goodies regularly dropped off at work

Bad news: After going up by a pound following a workplace potluck yesterday, I indulged again today and expect to be up yet again tomorrow, erasing my meager progress. But from tomorrow forward, it’s all downhill. In a good way.

I hope.

Weight: 167.7 pounds +1
Body fat: 19.4%