This reading is highly unsual, in that it comes in November, a time of year when the "weight losing season" is usually long since over. But there have been a collection of circumstances that have led to this new low weight reading. The pic above comes from November 9th, and comes roughly at the end of a long period where I was living outside the usual location; thus, I had a different living environment for almost a month and a half, with only brief interruptions. This gave me a real opportunity to seize better control of my eating habits, as well as exercise habits, all to positive effect.
At least, the positive effect came eventually. In the beginning of that period, I found myself having a bit of a blood sugar crisis--it was up, and I couldn't get it down. There was, in truth, a little too much freedom in my living arrangements during that period, and my glucose level suffered because of it. To correct that, I've taken the step of radically cutting back on my consumption of sugary stuff, specifically sugary drinks and candy. I now schedule myself for a "soda day" and a "candy day" at (currently) two week intervals; the rest of the time, I force myself to avoid the stuff. And that, in combination with a relatiely rigorous exercise schedule these past several weeks, has pushed my weight down to a new low.
The interesting part about this is: if I had had the sense to make that adjustment a while ago, I would almost certainly be further along in the project by now.
But that's looking back. Looking forward, I'm planning a "food holiday" around the upcoming Christmas season, basically the last fortnight of the year, and I don't expect to post another new goal achieved message for the rest of this year. But, moving forward, I think I have a path that will carry me through to a better series of results in the upcoming winter, which just might set up some real progress next year when the spring and summer come. It could get interesting and exciting. We'll see how it goes.
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