80 Sticks of Butter: weight loss

Monday, August 16, 2010

New blog...New way of life

OK, so I never thought that I'd ever be one of those bloggers who has two blogs...

Then again, I never thought that I'd have even one blog, noodle around on Facebook, be addicted to an iPhone, live on the East Coast, or weigh more than 200 pounds.

Who knew?

All of these things...

They are my reality.

So, here I am starting yet another blog to record yet another journey...this one the road to weight loss and fitness. My plan for this blog is to:

record my progress and be accountable to all of you
whine about my setbacks (and, sadly, there will be a few setbacks)
express my fears and my joys (hopefully more joys than fears)
share recipes and exercise tips that seem to work
offer inspiration
seek inspiration

And it's likely that I'll do more, but just as likely the "more" will evolve organically over the life of the blog.

Now, if you'll excuse me...much as I would like to write more I must dash. Breakfast to prep (for tomorrow) and then kitchen to be cleaned up and made ready for more healthy cooking!

The Story of 80 Sticks of Butter

A number of years ago, a dear friend of mine just starting on her weight loss journey was seeing a nutritionist. During the first week, my friend reported the loss of her first 2 pounds, saying, "Well, it's just 2 pounds," to which the nutritionist responded, "You sound like this is no big deal! Think of it this way - 1 pound equals 4 sticks of butter...so you just lost the equivalent of 8 sticks of butter!" Quite a unique way of looking at shedding pounds.

As of August 16, 2010, I have lost the equivalent of 80 sticks of butter (I'll let you do the math...) However, I still have many more sticks yet to lose. This is a record of my journey.

Melting Away in 2010

8 January - BMI = 29.38
8 January - 156 sticks of butter
13 December - BMI = 29.38
13 December - 156 sticks of butter
15 November - BMI = 29.38
15 November - 156 sticks of butter
8 November - BMI = 29.88
8 November - 144 sticks of butter
25 October - BMI = 30.09
25 October - 136.8 sticks of butter
18 October - BMI = 30.09
18 October - 136.8 sticks of butter
11 October - BMI = 30.27
11 October - 132 sticks of butter
4 October - BMI = 30.45
4 October - 127.2 sticks of butter
25 Sept - BMI = 30.56
25 Sept - 124 sticks of butter
20 Sept - BMI = 30.86
20 Sept - 116 sticks of butter
10 Sept - BMI = 31.15
10 Sept - 108 sticks of butter
5 Sept - BMI = 31.3
5 Sept - 104 sticks of butter
31 Aug - BMI = 31.45
31 Aug - 100 sticks of butter
27 Aug - BMI = 31.6
27 Aug - 96 sticks of butter
20 Aug - BMI = 31.97
20 Aug - 86 sticks of butter
16 Aug - BMI = 32.19
16 Aug - 80 sticks of butter
1 Feb - starting BMI = 35.14