Everyone loves a good twist ending, don’t they? I mean, it has to be one of the greatest literary devices there is. Lead the audience along one obvious path for as long as possible, then—wham!—pull a one-eighty on them. They never saw it coming, did they?
As my week slowly passed by, I was pretty sure I knew how it was going to end. I watched the numbers: 207, 207.5, 207, …. As sure as the movie Titanic was headed for a watery ending, I was positive things wouldn’t improve this week. And as the last week before (dare I say it) Thanksgiving, I was really hoping for an uptick to get me through the week that’s guaranteed to be a disaster.
| Day 119 | |
| Starting Weight | 224.0 |
| Current Weight | 204.5 |
| Change from Last Week | -1.5 |
| Lost So Far | 19.5 |
| Pounds To Go | 5.5 |
But in a twist M. Night Shyamalan himself would be proud of (and after spending nearly an entire week above 206) I actually hit 204.5 on weigh in day. Nothing bad happened Saturday, food-wise, and I guess it showed. So even though I hit 204.5 eight days ago, this one is official. And it is the lowest point in the current diet. Which is good, because I’m gonna need all the help I can get.
On that note, hope everyone has a great turkey week!
on November 24, 2008 at 6:20 am
Congratulations Charlie for this great achievement. Losing weight has to go down as one of the hardest things humans do to themselves.
on November 24, 2008 at 6:41 am
Great loss!! I knew you would do it 🙂
on November 24, 2008 at 7:17 am
Great news to get pre-Thanksgiving! Speaking of, have a great Turkey Day :).
on November 24, 2008 at 8:20 am
Just don’t eat it all back on Thursday 😉
on November 24, 2008 at 9:06 am
Heck yea sir, good work! Good luck on Thursday.
on November 24, 2008 at 9:07 am
Yea Charlie!!! That is awesome. 🙂
on November 24, 2008 at 9:08 am
You da man Chahlie!!
on November 24, 2008 at 9:39 am
Congratulations! I bet you still have a huge smile on your face!
on November 24, 2008 at 10:00 am
Great loss!
I, on the other hand, was up 2 lbs this morning, after favorable weigh-ins all week.
C’est la vie.
on November 24, 2008 at 10:00 am
Good job Charlie! You’ll be okay, Thanksgiving is just one day!
on November 24, 2008 at 10:32 am
Good for you!
on November 24, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Love the surprise ending!
I too stepped on the scale, but it was up. I know why — I haven’t been writing what I’ve been biting. Which always comes back to bite me in the end. Sigh. I am, however, going to reform and lose weight over Thanksgiving. Just watch me!
on November 24, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Whoah! Nice work!
on November 24, 2008 at 4:27 pm
congrats on the loss this week! 🙂 Good luck making it through the holiday season – stay on track and you will be fine 🙂
on November 24, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I predict you will LOSE more weight this week!
You really dont need to binge on the pumpkin pie. Just have one slice and you’re good to go…………..
Tusc ;o)
on November 24, 2008 at 6:02 pm
You ROCK, Charlie.
on November 24, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Congrats Charlie! Awesome!
on November 25, 2008 at 5:19 am
Woohoo! Go Charlie. Get down with your bad self!
on November 25, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Weigh to go Charlie! Keep down the good work.
on November 25, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Wow. Look at all the positive feedback! The interwebs are awesome. I feel bad, though, because I was back up to 206 the very next day. BUT … I have a feeling things are back on track. We’ll find out next Monday.
Which is December.
OMG.