26 Day Test:

Well, we will get a good real-life test of my last blog post over the next 26 days.

My January weight goal was to hit under 170 pounds sometime during the month. I failed. So I tried for under 170 again in February. I failed again, this time by only 1.1 pounds, as I weighed in at 171.0 at one point.

So I'm trying again for 169.9 in March. Today ( March 5, 2009 ) I weighed in ( unclothed ) at 189.6, so basically I have to lose 19.7 pounds in 26 days.

I figured blogging about it would help me achieve it. I don't want to blog about failing again. I plan on pigging out tomorrow only because I will be passing one of my favorite restaurants in the course of my job, but plan to buckle down severely after that.

We'll see how it goes. One sign of optimism I have is that many years ago, I worked 12 1/2 hour shifts in a plastics manufacturing factory. It was hot, and the work was intense and fast. They had a platform scale there that was made for weighing palletized material, but you could also weigh yourself on it since its accuracy had to be certified every now and then by an independent company.

Occasionally, I would not drink much over the course of the shift, and found that it was possible to lose a full 20 pounds of water weight over the course of a single workday.

Also, I more recently heard a football announcer who was a former NFL player say that on a hot day with all the pads and everything, it was not unusual for a player to lose as much as 27 pounds over the course of a 3-hour game.

Quite amazing actually.