Everything is continuing to go well. I have gotten better control over my tendency to eat too much when going out, and haven’t had to throw up recently. I’m also allowing myself a little bit of carbohydrates, including an occasional bite of rice or potato. I even ate one french fry a few days ago!
Ground beef is well tolerated in smaller quantities, up to a few ounces at a meal. I’ve also tried chicken breast and chicken shredded in a sauce (butter chicken curry). The chicken in sauce went well, and felt good. The chicken breast stayed down, but I won’t be in a big hurry to repeat that. I also tried a little bit of fried chicken (popcorn chicken from KFC), and that went just fine. I don’t seem to have any problem tolerating moderate amounts of fats, which is both good and bad. I haven’t tried a significant amount of sugar, though I am eating high-protein fruit yogurt with no added sugars (Oikos Greek Triple Zero).
In terms of calories, I’m generally eating 600-700 each day. Oddly, I seem to do better towards the upper side of that; I feel better.
I bought an e-bike, and am using it to commute to work at least three days out of the week. It’s lovely; the electric assist makes the hills easier and means that I’m not exhausted and sweaty when I get there, but it’s still a mild workout. It’s a twelve mile round trip ride over fairly hilly terrain, and the bike requires pedaling (the motor doesn’t propel on its own, it assists pedaling force). I highly recommend it. Saving the money on gas and knowing I’m not adding nearly as much CO2 to the atmosphere feels good, and it’s a good way to get some exercise each day.
I’m not lifting weights at the moment, but I did spend this weekend building a decomposed granite pathway in the yard, so that gave my back and arms a good workout.
Weight loss is continuing nicely. It had slowed a bit, but seems to have resumed at a fast pace. I set myself three goals:
220 pounds, which I would consider a success
200 pounds, which is my overall target
180 pounds, which is my “stretch” goal. This may not really be realistic, or even entirely desirable; I would actually almost be out of the “overweight” BMI range at 180. But we’ll see.
In any case, I am below 218 today, so we’ve reached goal #1. Yay!