217 !!

So, for some reason I haven't been posting, yet I've been fasting and losing weight! Very strange, b/c normally my blogging habits (weak as they are) are strongly correlated with my dieting habits (weak as they are).

Anyway, I guess I "snapped" Wednesday morning when I weighed in at 225.25. That's more than I started the year at, and possibly above my average over the past 2-3 years. Sad. I told myself that if my entire 2010 push wasn't going to go down in flames, I needed to find a way to get to 215 by the end of February. The thought being that I then aim for 210 in March, 205 in April, etc. But let's not get ahead of ourselves yet.

The obvious lever to reach for was a nice, long fast. The plan was simple: don't eat until 215 lbs. So I haven't eaten since about 11pm Tuesday night, now 59 hours ago. I think my record is about 67-68 hours? [too lazy to check old posts now] so I may be breaking that today.

I'd initially hoped to get to 215 by last (Thurs) night or this (Fri) morning. But I'm still a step or two away. And of course, doing the math a few times now, I can see that -- absent exercise -- I should soon settle into losing less than a pound a day.

I dropped 4.75 lbs in the first 24 hours (not counting the first 7 hours, during which I was sleeping). Of course mostly water. And then I lost 3.0 lbs in the second 24-hours. So I should be able to make it to 215 by tomorrow morning, but not before.

So far feeling pretty darn good...