Discuss fat? Heck yes! Part 7

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December, 2005 I found myself weighing in the 190s AGAIN! (Why is it so much harder fighting 10 pounds then a 100?) In 2001 I had taken out all my weapons to either finally win my fight against fat or just give up. When I was lecturing at my fat classes I always joked that I had been fat for 31 years and now I planned to be thin(ner) for the next 31 and then at the age of 62 I would become the fattest senior citizen in the USA but after observing for many years I realized that there was too much competition and I would never be the winner in that contest! There was my goal of staying in the 180s-- though I could get to the 170s I knew I wouldn't be able to maintain it and I was comfortable with myself and liked the way I looked at about 185 and all my clothes fit perfectly. I had made a food chart/diary up where everyday I put down every morsel that went into my mouth including when I strayed. (I now have 5 years of those charts filed away!) Not only did I write down what I ate but I kept track of the calories, sodium, protein, carbs, fats, saturated fats, cholesterol and fiber with the maximum amount of each I could have everyday--if I went over any item I would have less the next day. I bought a book giving the nutritional and breakdown, count of every food. I already had a scale to weigh food but today most boxes, packages, food items have the breakdown on them. I, also, bought only no-salt added and low/no fat items. I could basically eat anything--and I did--as long as I kept count. I've always eaten quantity over quality unless I could get both--no more buying 2-3 pounds steak or chicken as I know I would eat it all at one sitting. If I wanted something 'special' I would go to a restaurant to have it as most portions are controlled. I weighed only on Mondays & Thursdays at 6 PM--and recorded the results. (And, of course, naked!) I got sloppy during December--it had nothing to do with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.--I don't/didn't need an excuse to over eat. Knowing my (and other fat people's) habits I didn't wait until Monday to get started so on January 1, 2006--A SUNDAY!--I started--and as of the first Thursday in February I weighed (at 6 PM, nude) 182.5 pounds--I had lost an average of 1 pound a week which is a great rate to lose weight at. Yes, I had won the war and was even able to pat MYSELF on the back! As with every addiction is it one hour, 1 day, 1 week at a time but with 190 as my STOP figure now I really don't anticipate any more problems--I am a Pollyanna, positive, happy person. Tomorrow, in the last of this series, I will post thoughts, hints, 'fat' jokes, facts, stray thoughts and ideas plus more--hopefully to help, even enlighten.