Please hold your applause . . . .

So as it turns out I made a pretty dumb mistake today, which resulted in my numbers not being as spectacular as I had thought. But instead of glossing it over and denying things, I will own up to the fact that I weighed myself on a carpeted surface this morning. After this was pointed out to me by my roommate who did the same thing, then re-did it on a hard surface after realizing the number wasn't right, I re-weighed myself and, well, it was a significant difference in the up direction. In the back of my mind, I knew that the number I saw at first couldn't be true, but after rechecking it twice, I went with it. Who wouldn't, right?

And this is probably a common sense thing among people who are scale watchers, which I am not. In the past whenever I weighed myself it was either at the doctors office or at the gym using a medical scale, so I pretty much absent-mindedly used my scale at home in my bedroom on a carpeted floor. Duh.

Now, that's not to say that the approximate amount of weight I think I lost is grossly incorrect. Again, I did not weigh myself at the start of this round (another crucial mistake, but I attribute that to not wanting to know at the time), so my starting weight quite possibly was much higher than I estimated. So the difference may very well be the same, more or less. Or not. We'll never know.

So I was a bit discouraged, but I only have myself to blame. But I gave it some thought and I re-realized that I know some progress has been made. I know the larger work pants I had to get 2 months ago are fitting much looser than when I first got them. I have noticed a small bit significant hollowing in my belly. I've had a couple of people at work comment about me looking a little slimmer. My energy level is higher. My workouts have been much stronger. I have made some very big changes in my diet. So I can't be too put out by this whole weigh-in mix-up. There is way more positive than negative here.

This actually just puts a fire under me to work harder and to keep Bringing It and keep Pressing Play in this phase! Every day brings an opportunity to learn something and to do more.

Now to spare myself further embarrasment, I am not going to reveal the actual weight number at this time. But what I will do is post my numbers at the next weigh-in at the 60-day mark and also post the difference between now and then at that time. Because now I have real numbers to work with. So stay tuned. Besides, it's not like I have 59 more days to get in better shape. I have the rest of my life . . .

Thanx to all of you for your support and encouraging words. The journey continues . . . .