"For $5 I will guess your weight!, step right up!"

I know you've seen them at the carnival or amusement park somewhere, that annoying person who tries to get you to pay them money to tell you how fat you are.  Why on earth would anyone ever do that?  I think they have to be within like 5lbs +/- or you win a prize.  I actually did it once because people always tell me that I never look as big as I actually am.  At the time I weighed around 195lbs I think and this lady at Six Flags asked me to step on the scale.  Prior to me getting on the scale she had written down a weight that she thought I was.  Do you know what this fool wrote down? 165lbs!  Now ma'am...I may not look like 195lbs but I sure as he** don't look like 165lbs!  Needless to say I won a stuffed animal and walked on with my big self! LOL.

I kind of feel like that every week when I get on the scale.  Wondering what the "lady" is going to tell me I weigh that day and hoping she tells me less and less each week!  Well yesterday (Monday) was weigh-in day and although I didn't have to pay $5 I did get my results and here they are for you now....

Starting Weight: 209lbs
Last Weeks Weight: 188.2lbs
This Weeks Weight: 186.6lbs
Difference: -1.6lbs
Total Weight Lost: -22.4lbs

While I was hoping for a 2lb loss, I will take 1.6lbs!  That is certainly better than the 1lb I lost last week and brings my total to -22.4lbs lost!  Amazing!! I  can definitely see it in my body and my clothes.  As I keep repeating, I still have quite a ways to go but I am very happy at the progress I am seeing in the mirror!

So as it turns out, counting calories garnered similar results to doing Weight Watchers.  For the time being I'm going to keep my WW plan but I think I might be slightly addicted to counting calories! LOL.  It's actually kind of fun when you are figuring it all out and finding all sorts of foods that you can work into your day is exciting!  I try to keep my calories good calories and not eat too much processed sugar and things like that, but I certainly allow myself to indulge once in a while, just like on Weight Watchers.  The great thing about counting calories though, if you over eat your calories, you just work a little harder at the gym and burn them off.  On WW even though we get activity points when you work out, sometimes for 30 minutes of effort you only get 1-2 points when you needed 10, whereas with calorie counting 30 minutes of effort can result in 300+ calories burned which might allow you to have that cup of ice cream or piece of cake if you want it! :-)

It is another successful weigh-in and even though my WW app told me yesterday that I was losing weight too quickly (whatever!) I am very pleased at the results and the success that I have had!  I will begin Week 16 this evening and am officially on the downward slope of finishing my program, 10 weeks to go after this week!  How is your progress coming along?  Is anyone out there? :-)

That's all I have today!

Keith