TEN TO GO! 243.4 pounds, - 1.3 pounds today, - 5.7 pounds this week, - 10.6 in 2025, - 89.6 pounds overall

When is the last time you were excited about hitting a goal? For me, that day is today. I am ten pounds (technically 10.4 pounds, but who's counting?!) away from being down 100 pounds total. That will be an amazing number to achieve. I can't wait. I can't let my foot off the gas. I need to keep pushing to make that happen. If I lose my focus or motivation I will be crushed. I have come so far and I've made so much progress that I feel that nothing can stop me know. However, I know that any number of things can happen to derail my progress, but I can't let that happen. 

Yesterday was a great day. I had fasted the day before I I started off feeling weak and tired. I had breakfast and I immediately felt better. I then had lunch but I was able to follow my plan and I didn't eat after 5 p.m. I also exercised in Zone 2 for 30 minutes. I didn't get a good night of sleep as I have a pain in my leg that kept me up for a while, and woke me up in the middle of the night, but I still managed to lose weight. I was really excited when I stepped on the scale this morning and realized that I lost another pound. 

Today is going to be a challenging day, as weekend days always are due to a lack of structure. My wife and I are running errands today, which includes shopping for groceries at Aldi and Costco. Costco is always a challenge for me with the food court that calls my name. On top of that, I have the challenge of a weekend day when they are giving free samples all around the store.

They really know what they are doing by luring people in with the samples and getting people to buy more than they normally would, or to buy things they normally wouldn't. My goal is to get out of that store without eating one sample and without eating at the food court. If I can do that and not eat after 5 p.m., I hope to lose weight again. We'll see what happens today and we'll see what the scale says tomorrow morning!