When less is more
The downside of the “gourmandise” (and “gloutonnerie”) is the calories. They add up in a frightening fashion. Even a daily hour of Hapkido failed to keep things in balance.
To tip the scales, so to speak, in my favor I started using the LoseIt iPhone app just before Thanksgiving. Without eschewing the holiday festivities, but being mindful at other times, I reached a milestone today: 15 pounds lost, and one belt size down.
That end goal weight is what the BMI tables suggest; we’ll see.
I can’t say enough good things about this free app, but I’ll try. It’s making it trivially easy to keep track of what I’m consuming, burning, and I’m getting educated in the process.
The spikes in the graph are a combination of variance in my scale, holiday meals, and weekend abandon (my next discipline challenge.
