Almost back on the program

It’s cold out. I walked today. It was just a mile, and it took twenty minutes instead of my normal fifteen, but considering I haven’t walked regularly since July I guess that’s doing pretty well. I have walked some here and there in the mean time, but not on a regular basis and never more than three or so miles at a time. I should be doing six a day now, and I’ll work my way up to it pretty quickly, but it bothers me some that I’m not there now.

Of course, I should be almost to my target weight of 180lbs by now too, and I’m currently sitting at 279. And yes, at the end of the project in October I was down to 265, I’ve screwed up a bit.

Anyway, if I get back on the diet and walking gig and start losing at the same rate I was targeting before (my actual weight loss was well ahead of target when I started the project, and only a few weeks behind at the end) I’ll be down to 180 by next Christmas. Hopefully the sit-ups will do something for my pants size before then. That’s actually a little more important to me. I want to get back down to a 36×32 at the most. 34×32 would be better. My smallest waist as an adult was 32×32, but I was nineteen, living on my own for the first time, and didn’t know how to buy groceries properly so I always had an empty fridge. Of course, back then I was so busy at work and I actually had a social life so I really didn’t think that much about eating either. Two large pizzas and a few gallons of coke could get me through the week with no problem.

The upshot of the pants size thing is this: if I don’t LOOK fat I’ll feel better and it’ll be easier to lose the weight. Right now I’m still in a 42×32.