Numbers Game

I just looked it up: I have to burn 3500 calories more than I take in for every single pound I lose.

I would like to lose 50 pounds.

50 lbs x 3500 calories = 175,000 calories I have to unload.

It may sound daunting to put it that way to some people, but it kind of comforts me, and puts me into a mindset to stick this out for the long haul.

I did not eat a spare 175,000 calories in one month, to put this weight on. I am not going to take off 175,000 calories in one month, or even two.

It's going to take some time, and it's going to get discouraging. I've never managed to do it, I have only failed, again and again. I wonder if I will some day embarrasingly take down this blog.

I hope not.

I hope that this time around, on those 1/2 pound, or 1 pounds weeks, that I don't get discouraged.

I want to remember to celebrate 1750 or 3500 calories off, even if it takes me 2 or 3 or 4 weeks to get rid of them.

As it stands, I have lost 6 pounds so far. That means I have eliminated 21,000 calories from my diet in the last 10 days.

Only 154,000 more to go.

Woo hoo!