So, here it is, the start of my 4th Biggest Winner weight loss competition as part of the City of Las Vegas' Corporate Challenge. The weigh in was yesterday and their scale put me at 438 lbs. I thought it might have been a couple of pounds light and when I got home and on my scale it showed 440 lbs. So there it is. Now this is actually a bit heavier than I was on Tuesday and that was a result of eating some salty foods and drinking a ton of liquids. I expect that increase to disappear in the next day or two as I flush out my system.
What I find strange is that while we have medaled, taking the bronze last year, and I have lost weight in the competition, it obviously has not 'stuck'. Let's look back just a single year to last year's competition. I started the competition with a weight of 448 lbs. and ended at 420 lbs. for a loss of 28 lbs. You will notice that that is significantly less than yesterday's weight and especially my weight of 458 lbs. back on 2/8 when I started my personal weight loss challenge.
What this tells me is that if I set my sights on a concrete goal, then I am actually pretty good at doing what I need to in order to lose weight, but when there is no target I let my eating slip way out of control. I see that this is not just a short term change that I need to make in order to meet these short term goals, but it needs to be a lifetime change in my eating behavior. I am working to make that lifetime change a reality.
So, until I get to where I need to be, I am going to keep putting short term goals out there and then striving to meet them. I have my 6 month goal of losing that 80 lbs. and I am going to hit it, no if's ands or buts, but then I am going to continue on until I reach my ultimate target goal of under 250 lbs.
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