Dan Nied's Fortress of Weight Loss: Day 9

What I ate today:
We’ll go through it quick, as it is nearing 2 a.m., and today wasn’t a particularly great day at work. We won’t go into that so much, but let’s say I am not feeling at my perkiest right now.

Still, the food journal must continue, even without the fancy bullet points and such:

Wheaties for breakfast, apple and yogurt as a snack, Subway club and some pretzels for lunch, apple and yogurt as a snack, Four fat free turkey hot dogs (45 calories each), two slices of bread and a boneless, skinless chicken breast for dinner.

Total calories: Roughly 1,940
Total fat: Roughly 17

THE COUNTER
Starting weight: 299
Yesterday’s weight 298.0
Current weight: 297.8
Total pounds lost: 1.2
Pounds until 240: 57.8

There are a few things of note about the information above. First, I was quite disappointed to weigh in on Thursday and be only .2 pounds less than I was on Wednesday.

That was after a buckling-down effort of 1,500 calories and less than 20 grams of fat. But I understand variables, and I understand that weighing yourself every day completely screws with your mind. But what I need right now is a bit of a breakthrough. Sad thing is, I’ve already wasted one breakthrough, coming on Day 3 when I had lost four pounds. I gained nearly all of that weight back.

But here I am nearly 10 days into this and I have lost just over one pound. Perhaps that is the healthiest way to do it, but I don’t know if I can really keep interest in this endeavor for the next 60 weeks. Sure, sometime in March 2009, we can all throw a party celebrating my arrival at 240 pounds. But by then, won’t you be as tired of reading this as I will be of writing it?

Article Author: Dan Nied

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