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2018 JUL 18 -- Day 98

I hate that I am not fully back down to my lowest, and I have to eat again already. My 120-hour fast has ended. I toyed with the idea of just continuing and extending my fast, but in the end, I went ahead and ate something. I made bacon cheeseburgers with avocado for me and my husband. I made him a salad to go with his two burgers, but I only made two burgers for myself. They were 1/3 lb of sirloin each. I could only eat one of them. I gave him the rest. They were so good, though.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 342.8 lbs  
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs

I am up only 0.6 lbs from yesterday.  That's a bit of a victory. I'm pretty happy with such a low amount of weight gain after eating what I thought was a lot of food. I'm anxious to see what the scale shows tomorrow, though. Will I continue to gain? Will I plateau? Will it drop?

Of course I am hoping for a drop in my weight rather than a gain. I am confident I can turn this around if I do gain a little, though. I have seen 342 lbs on the scale so far at my lowest point, and I want to see 341 lbs and 340 lbs and lower.
My current short-term goal is to ass 325 lbs on the scale. I feel like I'm really close to it. I feel like it's do-able.  When I was over 400 lbs (or nearer to 400 lbs) I didn't feel it was so possible. I can't believe I have reached as low as 342 lbs, though. That, to me, is a bit miraculous. 342.2 lbs was the lowest I've seen. Let me see if I can do better than that!

I found that I really enjoy watching other people eat terrible things that I can't have for myself. I would like to have them. I can remember what things taste like. It doesn't matter, though, I have the ability to say no and choose my health. I like the food I can eat, so it's not too difficult. I'm glad for that. I don't feel deprived. While it would be nice to eat things like french fries, milk hakes, bread, pasta, pizza, etc... I know what those things will do to my body. It's simply not worth it.

Carbohydrates are simply not worth the toll they take on my body graph:


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