Day 7 of 100 (10.3 of 41 pounds) 25.1%
There was a big church get-together in Phoenix over the weekend for 18-25 year-olds to play volleyball. Really, it is more about the everyone hanging out and meeting new people from around the country. As you can see from the picture, Christian attended and climbed a palm tree. I have now idea how far his off the ground nor where it is nor who took the picture–Kelly sent it to Lorena in the middle of the night. Looks pretty cool.
Month: March 2019
Day 5 of 100 (9.9 of 41 pounds) 24.1%
This morning, I finished my latest read through the New Testament. This last pass, one time through the whole Bible and two times more through the New Testament was with the ESV. The next pass will be through the New American Standard Bible (NASB) version. I am still getting a lot out of it and enjoying it more and more. The plan is to follow the normal pattern and read through the whole Bible followed by two additional reads through the New Testament. I am going to try to do the entire Bible again in less than a single year, but using a more structured approach. For now, the plan is to read four chapters every day in the Old Testament and then slow down to three chapters per day when I get to the New Testament.
Day 4 of 100 (8.6 of 41 pounds) 21.0%
This deer stood outside my office window about 10 feet away from me on the other side of the glass door. He (It seems like a he–I might be wrong, but that looks to be the start of some horns between his eyes and his ears) happily ate grass while I moved around and snapped a few photos. We see a lot of deer in the yard again after somewhat of a hiatus in the winter when we only saw a few.
It is hard to believe I am a little over 20% of the way to my weight loss goal. I know this whole deal will slow down pretty dramatically after this first jump, but it is nice to see some progress at the start. The first 100 day goal is not the final end of the plan. The final end is an additional 15 to 20 pounds after that. At least that much, but I need to see how I feel before I decide when to stop.
Day 3 of 100 (7.5 of 41 pounds) 18.3%
A few days ago, I tied my old record for fatness. I am a pretty short guy (5′ 7″) who should not be weighing 231 pounds. But that is where I was three days ago. So, I popped a note to Jon, my old weight loss buddy and 1955 birth year partner and fired up a new weight/calories/steps graph for us. Then I started back in on eating more healthy and walking. I looked back to the last time I weighed that much and calculated that I lost 40 pounds in 100 days. At that time it was without consistent walking. I have decided to give myself a 100 day kick start to get myself under 190 lbs. To do that, I will have to lose approximately 2.9 pounds per week for about 14.3 weeks. I like these kinds of things and plan to keep track here. I got a good jump on it the first few days, but that will slow down pretty dramatically. For the record, here are the first three days:
- Day 1 of 100 (4.5 of 41 pounds): 10.9%
- Day 2 of 100 (6.8 of 41 pounds): 16.6%
- Day 3 of 100 (7.5 of 41 pounds): 18.3%