Crossing Thresholds

One of the interesting things about any long term project are the milestones along the path.  For my diet I've got quite a few interesting ones.  This past week I crossed two of the early ones.  In terms of weight, I got myself back under 260.  That's an important threshold because it means I'm back below the starting weight on the diet five years ago.  Back in October of 2011 I was at 265 pounds and feeling kind of bad about myself.  Getting below 260 was that first step on what was a mostly successful plan to change my life...up until I spent the last couple years wasting all that hard work.  The driving force to get back to it was the realization that I'd drifted back above that mark, which once again made 260 a good first step.

The second milestone was crossing 25K for points on the diet.  It's only an eighth of the way to the goal of course, but it's an important round number.  I crossed that mark about three days ago.  Much like breaking 260, it's an important early milestone.  It means I've kept things honest for several weeks now.  That in turn means the diet is starting to become a habit again.  Today is the 23rd day of the diet.  At this rate I will complete the diet on day 153.  It probably won't happen that precisely.  If I start getting my exercise numbers up, or my foods down that will change the averages.  Plus vacations are coming up, and those are almost certainly going to mess with things.  But the first two big milestones have been passed.  Onward to 250 pounds and 50K for points.

Food today:  breakfast included a multi-vitamin gummi, honey nut cheerios, milk and light lemonade (395 calories), lunch was another Subway day, with a meatball sub accompanied by chips and diet coke (690 calories), dinner was two grilled hamburgers (one with cheese) and some steak fries (950 calories) along with the day's second multivitamin.  No real snacking today.

Exercise today:  no point scoring, but I did walk 12,000 steps.

Totals
Food eaten:  2035
Calories Burned:  0
Daily Points:  965
Weekly Points:  2811
Total earned:  30098