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Today marks 3 Months after I hit my weight loss target. So far I not only kept the weight off I am slightly down from my target.
I am watching what I eat but generally I am not hungry and when I splurge bad I bounce back rather quickly so I am very pleased. I have 9 months to beat the odds since apparently 80% of people who lose weight gain it back within a year.
Today I reached my weight loss target. When I started in May I didn’t even have this target in mind. I was thinking I wanted to lose 10-15lbs. When I was well on my way to that target I adjusted it and was targeting 20-25lbs. That quickly turned into a target that when complete would be 33.7lbs loss. I have a few other posts that outline what I did and how i achieved this goal. What is funny is after I got started I wasn’t afraid of the process of losing the weight. I am concerned I will gain it back eventually.
On my road to a lower weight i have learned many things about food and about myself. Recently the biggest things I have learned are who are my enemies. I didn’t think I had many of them but I have learned that not to be true. Early on in my weight loss mission I learned French Fries were not only not my friend but they were evil. They became nemisis number one. For years we were so friendly. I ate them and they kept being so tasty. Now they are generally what makes a meal ok to wow I will gain weight tomorrow.
This past month I learned of another rival, the once so nice cake. MC has been making test cakes for Teagan’s upcoming birthday parties (we are doing one for Family and one for Teagan’s friends). Being a good husband and father it was my duty, no responsibility to sample the test cakes. What I learned was two fold. One, MC makes fantastic cake but I kinda already knew that. The decorations are pretty amazing. Two, cake is now my nemesis. Granted I ate 3 slices in one day of the first test cakes but I didn’t expect to gain over 2lbs doing so. It took over a week to get back down to the weight I was before I ate the cake. I know I need self control but it is not my fault my enemies are so tasty. I am great if I just dont have any and stay away from it. That is what I do with fries, but cake is harder to resist after I have one small slice I have to have more.
I think I need to fast leading up to Teagan’s birthday. That is my current solution for birthday cake problems that are in my future!