I’m a Loser 07.08.11

Weight Loss
Weight: 267.5
Weight: 265.0
Net Weight Change : -2.5
Total Weight Loss : 46.5

Notes:
This week I discovered two facts: A Bud Light is worth fewer points than a Killian's Irish Red, but regardless of which you drink, it's hard to keep count and even harder to do the math after you've emptied thirteen or fourteen of them into your belly. So... I lost track of my points and just gave up trying to count them sometime around 10PM Saturday night.

I'm not sure how I managed to lose 2.5 pounds considering the insane amount of food and beer I ingested over the last week, but maybe the equally insane amounts of exercise had something to do with it. I fully intend to be very bad this weekend as well, so I'm guessing my debauchery will catch up to me at the scales next week, but I'm thinking it doesn't matter much. I wanted to be down to 260 in time for a book signing on Jully 23rd, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get it lined out in time. I've lost 8.5 pounds in three weeks. It won't kill me to back off and enjoy life just a little bit. And who knows? If I keep swimming, lifting, and biking like I have been, maybe I won't gain a pound. We'll soon see.

I don't want to buy more clothes now, because I still have about 25 pounds I intend to lose, and any clothes I buy today are going to be too big in three months. But the clothes I bought three months ago are falling off of me now.

I've never been much of a clothes horse. I never enjoyed shopping for new things to wear. But when I get down to 240, I'm going to donate all of my current clothes (except for one set, which I'll be wearing) to the Salvation Army. Then I'm buying new stuff all around - shirts, jeans, underwear, socks, slacks, shoes, and a few tailored suits. It may be the the first time I will enjoy clothes shopping in my entire life.

Along similar lines, I have two tattoos I've been designing for years, one for my back and one for my belly and chest. I'm going to get them when I'm finally back in good shape.

Anticipation of these things keeps me motivated.