Day 19: -20 lb DOWN in nineteen days

Well, there has been a gap in my journaling, corresponding to a couple of days when I just battened down and stuck to my eating goals, because I was feeling ill with a kind of head and stomach flu at the same time, and it was all I could do to go on small walks.

Today I am weighing in at 20 lbs lighter than just 19 days ago. That's outright scary. It's amazing what sticking to a strict eating plan (that isn't even remotely related to starving) together with working out twice a day - can accomplish.

Twenty pounds is a lot. I know it's only 12% of the way from where I started to my goal, but . . . I am on my way, and I have a substantial accomplishment for less than two weeks of sustained effort.

This is worth doing. That's really clear.

Oh and I changed gyms. Smaller, closer and with less drama, was a huge upgrade. It's too bad that I will dearly miss some of the friends I made at the previous one, and quite a few of the more laid back coaches (whose ring I didn't have to kiss).