Weigh-in: Week 5

I gained 0.8 lb this week.  Less than I averaged over the past two weeks, but nothing to celebrate.  Oh well.  Time to buckle down.

Total pounds lost:  8

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On an unrelated note:

Recent conversation with my roommate upon returning from a department-sponsered lecture on a topic that relates to my major academic interests, as well as being relevant to a couple of the department's major strengths and life in the region (paraphrased):

Roommate:  How was the lecture?
AF:  It was interesting.
R:  Yeah, I thought about going, but I'm not really interested in [that topic].
AF:  Yeah.  I know you've told me before, but what are your academic interests?
R:  [Proceeds to list professional interests, followed by academic interests that this school has no real outstanding program in...or any real program in at all, for that matter].  I'm interested in everything, basically.

Er...except for at least one notable historical feature of life in the region, which affected millions of people and helped spur a national movement.  I guess that's not enough of a "something" to be part of "everything".  Dead monks' fingernails, however, are enough of a something to merit interest.

I get the sense that my roommate looks down on me because I'm organizing my academic career in a way that suits me (rather than the departments), and because I don't play along with her lame attempts at excusing her rude and stand-offish behavior using humor.  That's okay.  I don't like people who say they're interested in "everything", when their interests are actually quite limited, derivative, and are almost completely irrelevant to anything outside of academia and the Church.

Weigh-in: Week 4

I've gained 3 pounds over the last 2 weeks.  Not unexpected.  I will get back on track and lose that weight this week.

In other news, I bought a book on dealing with anger.  Hopefully this will help me out a bit.

Total lbs. lost:  8.8

Weigh-in: Week 4

Down another 1.6 lbs.  That's more than I thought I'd lose this week.  I made a few poor food choices, and was really stressed out for most of the week, but managed to stay on-plan for the most part.  I need to do a better job of tracking my Points this week.  I just started my first "real" semester of grad school, so that should be something interested to add to the mix.  I hope I can keep my head above water.

Total pounds lost:  11.8

Weigh-in: Week 3

I lost another 1.6 lbs. this week.  Not quite what I was hoping for, but still pretty respectable.  I'm now 1/4 of the way to where I want to be by the end of the year.  The going will probably be a lot slower, but I'm going to do my best to stay on track.  Hopefully in a week or two I'll be able to drop another Point from my daily allotment.

Total pounds lost:  10.2

Weigh-in: Week 2

I lost 8.6 lbs. this week!  That's not quite as much as I had hoped for, but I still think it's great, especially considering how much I deviated from the plan.

I got my first 5 lb. sticker to go on my bookmark.  Hopefully I'll be able to add another 5 lb. sticker to it next week.

I cooked a couple of WW entrees I haven't tried before last night, and I've stocked up on fruits and veggies, so I should be pretty well set for food for the week.

Total pounds lost:  8.6

Weigh-in: Week 1

Went to my first weigh-in today.  The scale showed slightly higher than I was hoping for, but I wasn't surprised by the number.  I weigh 128 lbs. more than Weight Watchers' height-weight chart lists as the healthy maximum for my height (based on BMI), and 149 lbs. more than my personal goal.  Definitely a lot of work to be done, then.

My first major goal is to lose 10% of my starting weight (standard WW), so I'll be working on that.

Beyond that, I'm hoping to drop 40 lbs. by the end of the calendar year.  We'll see.