Status report - halfway through maintenance

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Well, week three of maintenance is done. I'm bobbling around just under goal at

the moment, which isn't exactly the plan. My personal goal at the moment is 8

pounds below goal (for selfish reasons - 8 pounds under goal would be 75 pounds

lost, and for my money, I want one more refrigerator magnet, darn it).

What's happened lately:

2/3 - 152.8

2/10 - 155.0

2/17 - 153.0

2/24 - 154.8

WW goal is 155, so I'm in good shape, but I need to kick it into gear and get

down a few more pounds, both for my personal goal, and because I want some

breathing room once I get to lifetime. I haven't been increasing my target for

maintenance yet, since I still want to lose some more.

I know that my main hangup right now is that I've gotten sloppy with estimating

points. I'm fine when I have a nutrition label in front of me, but I'm less

careful in restaurants and such. We only eat out once or twice a week, so

getting the estimates back under control shouldn't be a big deal. Just gotta

dust off the Dining Out book and the points slider. I also plan to add an extra

couple of workouts per week - currently doing four one-hour Jazzercise classes a

week. Not sure what I'll add - probably walking, maybe even (eek!) start the

transition to running, as I've found that walking no longer gets my heart rate

up where I'd like it to be during a workout. Can't wait for the new gym to open!

(Yes, I know that I use sentence fragments all the time. I was a math major, not

an English major...)

Chris

222/154.8/155