Under 200

Today, after a few weeks off a scale, weighed myself at the gym and the magic number was 199.

For the first time in over a decade I weigh less than 200 lbs. Wow, that's good and bad. Good that it's coming down, bad that it has been up that high for so long.

I think at my biggest I weighed 217, and now I'm down to under 200! Sweet!

It started a while back, my back was hurting, my cholestrol was high, my triglycerides were high and just always tired.

Well, I started going to the gym regularly and then I made a concerted effort to eat better. Still struggle with how much I eat, but I am eating better.

When I'm on my trips, now that I have a regular schedule I only eat fast food typically once a week. When I do grab some fast food I only grab one burger instead of two and get the small fries instead of the large. I take more to drink with me so I'm not buying a soda and a coffee every trip. Instead of junk food I bring extra fruit and veggies with me to munch.

Haven't been to the gym regularly as I'd like lately, but still playing racquetball pretty regularly. When I get tired on a trip instead of buying junk food to munch, I'll stop at a truck stop and walk around the entire lot - and some of those are pretty big. Gets the blood pumpin and invigorates me to drive longer.

I was pretty excited to see that 199 come up on the screen.

Now if I can just keep it up, going down! :)