Cheater

Alright alright, I cheated on my lent promise...I weightless myself today...luckily it was worth it and my weight was down to 285...felt pretty good to make some progress.

The Lent Season

Alright so maybe this year will by my last year of ambiguous things that I give up.  This year was sweets...but what exactly is sweets?  Cookies? Cakes? Candy? Icecream?  To me it is all of the above. And that is a little rough on me.  But what is even more rough is me not weighing myself...I have not done it for over a week and it already is killing me.  But here is to God giving me the willpower and determination to stay the course!

Lent

During the Christian calendar there is a very special time that we use for reflection, repentance and for drawing nearer to God. I like a lot of Christians am trying my best to do all three of these things...as tradition goes I have decided to give up sweets for lent...cookies, candies, cakes, etc...all gone for 40+ days...along with weighing myself.  The next time I will know how much I weigh is after the celebration of Jesus rising from the dead.

Beginning to become frustrated:

So I have been going to the gym (4 times per week), controlling my caloric intake (2400 - 3000, depending on level of exercise) per day and my weight has not gone down at all in the last several weeks.  I am trying to stay positive and see what is going on...I am going to claim that it is muscle mass...(maybe true, maybe not, it's not really important)  I am going to keep up my work and see where it leads me...I am going to take a vacation from weighing myself for one month...and see what happens...so the next time I am going to weigh in will be April 4th...Hopefully I won't still be at 289.