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2017 OCT 13 -- Day 55

I have lost a lot in the past two days. In the past two days I have eaten at least 1,200 calories per day. This is about twice as much as on the prior days when my weight barely dropped at all. This is very interesting.

On the 11th, I consumed 1,268 calories. On the 12th, 1,245 calories. From the 10th to the 11th, I went from 381.2 lbs to 379.8 lbs. That was a drop of 1.4 lbs. Then from the 11th to the 12th (now), I dropped by 1.2 lbs from 379.8 lbs to 378.6 lbs. I ate a total of 1,368 calories today, and I am very curious to see what I weigh tomorrow.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 378.6 lbs ⇩ 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs

If this major whoosh down continues to happen, I may hit my initial goal of losing 20 lbs this month. I'm at 15.2 lbs loss so far, and I have 5 days to go in this 30-day period. If I can continue to drop one pound per day over the next 5 days, I will hit the mark.

I'm realistic, though. I am prepared to not see a dramatic loss like that by Day 60. My average rate of weight loss so far this month is at .61 lbs per day. With that trajectory, I am on track to end the month around 375.6 lbs. I'm amazed at being 378.6 lbs today, but 375 lbs? That seems so impossible. I don't know why, though. I am only 3 lbs away from it. It's very close.

Three pounds to go to get to impossible graph:


My husband is up a bit from 235.8 lbs yesterday to 236 lbs today. He is still just staring, though, and this bouncing around of his weight is what I expected to see. He's making better food choices, and that's important. He only ate about twice as much s I had last night on game night, do that is a step in the right direction for sure. I have some really good, balanced, lower calorie meals planned for us this week. I'll be making Beef Stroganoff and shrimp paella in the pressure cooker.  The amount I am making should easily carry us to the end of he week with leftovers. I also made my own ginger salad dressing to go on our salads.

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