As I mentioned yesterday, this past week I have been in “maintain” mode. I went off my usual lunch and dinners several times with both a frozen pizza, eating out at a local restaurant, a major-burrito (another restaurant) and a giant rice krispy bar, just to name a few. With last week being the last week of performances for the play, I didn’t have time to do much of anything else but the play, and getting out to exercise was not an option.

So, the official weigh-in for Week Four is: 216.4

Which is a gain of about .6, which I still consider a success. Yesterday was 215.2, so I think I’m just in the heavy cycle anyway, and tomorrow I will be back down.

This next week starts another round of exercise and loss. According to my fit day profile, there is only 9 1/2 weeks until the renaissance festival, and I still need to average about 2.65 lbs per week to hit 190 in that time. I am getting a bit discouraged that it won’t happen, but even if I only hit 200, that will be a huge improvement.

In the minor victory department…. I had to buy a new belt last week, as well as new black jeans for work. In addition, my company polo shirt that never fit (size L) finally fit yesterday, as did several t-shirts I had put in the corner of the closet for when I lost weight. Over the past 4-5 years I have fluctuated from a size 36 waist, to at one point a 33 (relaxed fit of course LOL) and am currently back down to about a 34.

Not bad. I think in High School, even at 150-160 lbs I was only a 32, so I don’t anticipate going much further in actual waist size. I know where the weight is that needs to come off, it is targeting those areas that is the pain. And unlike others, right now I don’t want to put muscle back on, right now it’s just weight loss, not muscle gain.

Small victories.