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2018 MAY 28 -- Day 47

I did it! I hit my short-term goal! Today my scale said 358.6 lbs! I can't believe it. I am so excited, elated, amazed, ecstatic, overjoyed, and all other of the best adjectives to describe this feeling I can't think of right now.

Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 358.6 lbs 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs

I am under 360 lbs finally! I knew I was still losing fat even if the lying liar of a scale showed otherwise. When I got home from work this morning, my scale had the audacity to say 365.4 lbs! How dare it! I was a bit swollen, and I'm not sure how that happened. I have a theory about the electrolytes, but that's neither here nor there.

By this evening at 6:30 PM when I woke to start getting ready for work, the weight dropped to below 360 lbs for the first time in... well, forever! I now weigh less than I did when I was 13 years old!

Picture day!

And also time to set a new short-term goal. This time, I want to see 325 lbs or fewer on the scale. I can do this!

Here are images for the comparison:




I can definitely see the difference. It's not too big of a change, but it's enough that I can see it. It's in my face, especially, I think. I also believe that belly scar is finally healing up. I had spilled a pot of boiling water on myself, and it's been red and angry-looking for quite a while. I think the autophagy is working!

I have hit the 48-hour mark on my current fast. I'm actually at 57h:20m right now. I feel great! I have set a fasting goal of 72-hours, but I think I may try for longer. I want to go as long as I can so that I can see the best results in weight loss. I'm so excited that I have finally found something that works for me! I am going to be transformed!

I know it's unrealistic, but ideally I would fast for the next 300 days, and then be set for the cruise we are planning in March of 2019. Maybe I can do short-term fasts, eat for a day, and then fast again, and then lather, rinse, repeat until our trip. Maybe that will do the trick. I don't know yet. I'll see how it goes.

I can't wait to see the full transformation graph:





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