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One Day At A Time. 250.7 pounds, - 0.1 pounds today, - 0.1 pounds this week, - 6.6 pounds this month, - 82.3 pounds overall

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Tom Tollefson Tom Tollefson
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The struggle is real and it can seem overwhelming. That is why it is so important to take one day at a time. This week when I think of all of the challenges before me with amazing food to eat I can get discouraged if I think about how far I've come and how far I have to go and how I can set myself back weeks if I eat everything I really want to eat in the portions I want to eat. I realize that I need to do is take one day at a time to make progress and to not worry about the next day.

Yesterday was a great day. My wife smoked an amazing beef brisket and made cornbread to go with It. Baked potatoes rounded out the meal. That was after having her fantastic wild rice soup for lunch. They were both wonderful meals and normally I would have had multiple servings of each. In the past I would not have stopped eating until I felt like I couldn't take one more bite. The result of this would have been to gain at least 2 pounds from those two meals.

Yesterday was different. I skipped breakfast so that helped with not having too many calories. Then when I did eat I took time to enjoy each bit of food. Being mindful and eating slowly not only allows the brain to catch up with the stomach in realizing that I've had enough to eat, but it also allows me to savor the delicious food and I believe it honors the person who made the food, rather than mindlessly eating as fast as possible. The result of these steps, combined with a full night of sleep and exercise, is that I actually lost weight on the scale this morning. Amazing. I am so proud of myself for having enough discipline to actually exhibit some self control.

Today is going to be a great day. This will be another day of wonderful food being readily available, but I have a full day of work to keep me busy. If I can keep myself from eating after 5 p.m. I believe that I will be able to lose weight again today. I'm so close to being out of the 250s that I'm going to push to make that happen. We'll see what happens today and we'll see what the scale says tomorrow morning!

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Indoor Biking
Intermittent Fasting
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Zone 2 Training

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