My recent weight loss kick has been due partly due to my dad making a bet with me and partly due to me not wanting to be a huge, fat pig anymore. Today I added another reason to the list, I want to impress my doctor with the amount I can lose.
I had my annual physical this year. Mostly all normal news. My blood pressure is down which is good, but my cholesterol is still really high. Not surprised given how much eating of eggs for breakfast I have done the past few months. That should not be an issue to get it down again.
My doc mentioned that losing weight should be help in that field too. The doc has been pressing me to lose weight for a while. It seems like every visit it's there in the after visit summary somewhere. Well, this time I throw back at him that I am losing weight, not trying but doing, and I am on track for a 2 pounds a week rate. He was under the impression that this would not be sustainable and I would probably see that rate fall to .5 pounds a week or lower and I should be happy with losing 25 pounds in a year. If It was a really good year, 50 pounds would be amazing.
So in addition to winning the bet and getting healthy, the new reason is to lose more than 50 pounds this year to sock it to my doctor to show I can do it. I don't think this should be a problem as long as I keep my current pace and keep the 1k a day calorie deficit I am managing. That will give me 2 pounds a week and I would love to break 50 pounds in the year. 75 pounds would kick some ass.
Do I see these numbers as far fetched? No. Last time I got seriously into weight loss I managed to lose about 40 pounds in 2.5 months. Not 2 years, but I managed it in 2.5 months. That was a much higher rate of loss than I wanted, some sickness and surgery helped in that total, but I know that the 50/year is a breakable goal by keeping the healthy 2 pounds/week pace I am on.
Here's to 210 by 2010!
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