Unexpected Losses

Where this entry's title might in another blog indicate something of an unhappy nature, in this case, it is quite the opposite.

I am down to 176.5...yay! Almost where I want to be before I go to Seattle. Now I just have to keep it off until next Friday, when I leave.

I suppose it's not completely unexpected that I would have lost some weight. I have been doing pretty well...yesterday I had a bunch of really small things all day long, like a granola bar or a PB&J sandwich on wheat. I've been eating Lean Cuisines for lunch, partly because it's just so much easier to keep those in the freezer than to rely on other people to pick something good for lunch. I've also been riding my bike just a tiny bit every afternoon, just trying to get the hang of it before I have to do it for real.

If I manage to stay at this weight through tomorrow, I will start back on the Wii Fit this weekend. I won't be able to get much accomplished before I have to leave, but I will be able to see where I am on strength and balance. I would also like to ride the bike this weekend, maybe do a little of the St. Mark's Trail. The whole thing is 17 miles long, so I will need quite a bit more practice before doing all of that...but for now, part of it will do.

I might end up riding the St. Mark's Trail as part of my biking week...that will be easy to do during the week, because there won't be many people on it. We'll see.

I would so love to lose some weight in Seattle. We're camping for several days up in Canada, and I know we're doing camp-cooking for a lot of that time, so it shouldn't be too difficult. I won't be able to put a whole lot of shit in my coffee, or eat snacks, and I'll presumably be walking all over the place, so I don't think it will be terribly difficult.

I'm excited. I feel like this is finally really going to happen. : )