I walked 20,000 steps today, according to my Fitbit pedometer. That’s a bit unusually high. Normally I do 15,000 or so. But every little bit helps. When you are asserting your control over your body, you take advantage of any natural help you can get, and I like to walk and pace a lot. That helps in losing weight: more activity, more calories burned, the more weight I will lose.
My food intake and calorie count
Breakfast – Italian bread (120); salami (160); relish and horseradish sauce (20);
- 300 calories
Lunch – 10oz nachos (450); Ole wraps (100); sour cream (30);
- 580 calories
Dinner – pizza (600); Brussels sprouts (25)
- 625 calories
Snacking – 100g ice cream (200)
- 200 calories
Total for the day: 1705 calories (limit 1700). Fitbit says I burned 4218 calories today.
Burn baby burn
It will be very interesting to watch what happens to my body between now and my target weights. My initial target was 205 pounds and oh my goodness, I am less than 10 pounds away from that. That’s just a month’s work for the Doctor of Things.
I want to see what 190 pounds looks like, so I will probably set that new target for myself just to see what happens. What will my waist size be at 190 pounds? I have no idea, because I have been overweight so long. Will I start getting cold more easily in the winter? Will it feel different moving around? It has started to feel easier getting up, squatting down, and similar. I have talked before about how I am a bit more resistant to summer heat, even at 230-140 pounds. It will also be fun to go into stores and know that stuff on the regular shelves will fit me.
This is all very optimistic talk, but my record is good. It’s important to remember the fundamentals: eat only when physically hungry. I keep myself on that goal by insisting I have total responsibility for my body and how much it weighs. And setting up goals and rewards!
Let’s see what happens tomorrow. Good night!
-The Doctor