End of Month 5

Day 0: 303.6

End of Month 5: 255.8

Lost 47.8 lbs

I look at my numbers, and I'm amazed. Did I think that I would have lost almost 50 pounds in five months? Absolutely not. Honestly, I wasn't even sure that I would be able to stick with it for more than a few weeks. 

Day 152

What I did:

• Had a relatively low-stress day. It's been awhile...

Day 151

What I did:

• Enjoyed the rain that we had all day long

Day 150

What I did:

• Cleaned out the refrigerator. That was scary...

Day 149

What I did:

• Completed the project that I've been working on for the last week. It was icky, and I'm glad that it's finished. I just hope that there aren't any problems in QA.

Day 148

What I did:

• Attempted to toast marshmallows using a candle and a fork. It didn't go well. It was a fun experiment, though. I should have stopped after the first one. Stomach says, "ugh."

End of Week 21

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 20: 260.8
End of Week 21: 258.0
Lost 45.6 lbs

I'm now closer to the 50-mark than the 40-mark. Pretty cool, no? Honestly, I didn't think that I would get this far, but here I am!

Day 147

What I did:

• Took out the garbage? Not much of accomplishment...
•  Made it through the whole day of work. That was an accomplishment.

Day 146

What I did:

• Took a rest day, since it's Sunday and all

Day 145

What I did:

• 20 minutes of pounding on a punching bag

Day 144

What I did:

• Saved the world, or at least a small piece of it, for a little while

Day 143

What I did:

• Thought about doing some exercises, then chickened out and fired up Final Fantasy XIV, instead

Day 142

What I did:

• 2 sets of 40 scissor leg lifts
• 2 sets of 30 seconds of planking
• 2 sets of 40 half-crunches

Day 141

What I did:

• 3 minutes with a jump rope. Doesn't sound like much, but I had to go really fast or the jump rope didn't work.
• Had a pretty successful day at work. I didn't finish the project I've been working on for two weeks, but I had a major breakthrough, and I should be done tomorrow.

End of Week 20

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 19: 263.0
End of Week 20: 260.8
Lost 42.8 lbs

Another two pounds gone. I wish I had something monumental, inspiring, or just plain clever to say right here, but my brain is fried right now. Not really sure why.

Day 140

What I did:

• ... I can't even pretend to put something here today

Day 139

What I did:

• Gave a talk in church about how children have learned Gospel truths through the songs in the Children's Songbook. A lot of people told me later how much the enjoyed it. "Very moving," said one woman. Another told me that it was the best talk she had ever heard. Probably a little hyperbolic, but we'll forgive her.

Day 138

What I did:

• Went 1-3 in the Fate Reforged prerelease. Bleh, whatever.

Day 137

What I did:

• Thought back over the day and realized that there was nothing that I would particularly like to remember

Day 136

What I did:

• Recorded my calorie count. That's about it.
  

Day 135

What I did:

• Thought of something clever to write here. No, wait. That wasn't me...

Day 134

What I did:

• Made some poor good choices once I got home. Pizza and a hot fudge sundae. My tummy is actually kind of regretting it.
• Played two games of Magic: the Gathering with my amazing wife--something that I've wanted to do for 12 years.

End of Week 19

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 18: 264.8
End of Week 19: 263.0
Lost 40.6 lbs

I'm back under the 40-lb mark. Yay! And stuff. Now that the holidays are over, I should be doing much better with the food and the eating thing.

Day 133

What I did:

• Stayed at work for the whole day. Today, that was an accomplishment.

Day 132

What I did:

• Took my wonderful wife out on a date for her birthday. I probably should have split my dinner and saved the rest for lunch tomorrow.

Day 131

What I did:

• Herded cats. I mean, kids.

Day 130

What I did:

• Opened my birthday present: a brand new computer!
• Ate pizza and totally didn't care!

Day 129

What I did:

• Survived. Yeah, that's about it.

Day 128

What I did:

• Had an at-home date with my amazing wife. It involved macaroons and "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion". I picked it.

Day 127

What I did:

• Paid bills instead of doing anything fun

End of Week 18

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 17: 263.2
End of Week 18: 264.8
List 38.8 lbs

A little setback this week. My 12th anniversary was on Saturday, and we made it a special day, by which I mean that I ate way too much good food. It was all kinds of awesome, though. The holidays are all but over now, so things should get back on track pretty soon.

Day 126

What I did:

• Had a more or less successful day at work

Day 125

What I did:

• Taught a new batch of kids at church. New year, so I get a new class. Same age group, different kids. They seem to be pretty awesome.

Day 124

What I did:

• Celebrated my 12th anniversary with my wonderful wife. A lot more than I should have. We took our two youngest kids out for a vacation day (the oldest is visiting my parents). It was a very nice time with good food and even better company. Just not exactly a good day for the diet. My worst day since I started. And I wouldn't change anything about it.

Day 123

What I did:

• Went to work and... um... uh... well, that's about it

Day 122

What I did:

• Started playing Final Fantasy XIV. It's pretty fun so far. You should come and play with me! I'm on the Jenova server in one of the North America data centers (I don't remember which one).