Bounce Back

Part of the reason why I didn't get too down about going back up last week is because of what happened this week. As is my usual bit when I take a slight step back, I take a big step forward the following week. This week, it was dropping 5.6 pounds and hitting the 325 mark.

I'm certain part of what helped this week was having a full mouth scaling done over two days which essentially limited me to eating soup on those days followed by my sleep schedule being so wonky that I only ate one meal on Sunday with a couple of snacks. I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, though.

So to summarize the path to this point:
Starting Date: 7/6/09
Current Date: 5/24/09
Starting Weight: 400# (minimum--could have been more)
Current Weight: 325#
Total Loss: 75#
Goal Weight: 200-225
% to Goal: 37.5-42.8

I'm accepting at this point that I am unlikely to hit the 300 mark by 7/6. That's essentially six weeks left until that point. If I lose at the recommended level of two pounds per week, that will put me at 313 on 7/6. I would have to double that plus a little extra to get that point, and that isn't healthy weight loss, opening me up to other health problems and the potential of rubberbanding. On the good side, however, I had a good chance of hitting the 300 mark by the time my daughter is born, and that's good enough for me.