388.8 is a great weight for a date like 8/8/08.
So I'm claiming 388.8 ... even as I admit I'm 5.4# over!

All right, I'm showing 388.8+5.4=394.2, the weight that my scale reports today ...but I *WAS* 391.0 on 8/1 and I *COULD* have made 388.8 if I had stuck to fish & eggs for a week instead of going offplan, confusing myself and challenging my metabolism. I just hate to let such a significant date pass without giving myself credit for a dream - a sweet dream that I did not make a serious goal and treat right by making better LC choices.

Dreams are important.
This one deserves mention.
Let's honor our dreams!

Oh, I'm not totally delusional.
I know that I have 5.4# to go,
to reach 388.8 for real.

But I need to capture the dream that flitted through my fancy on 8/1, a dream of owning a weight of 388.8 on 8/8/08. By playing with numbers, I can escape being disappointed in how poorly I honored myself by digressing into casual carby eating to 'celebrate' seeing 391.0 on my scale on 8/1. It's an Aspie tweak on life, I think, to twist the kaleidoscope of my mind to find an image that gives me pleasure.

I get pleasure from seeing a weight of 388.8 on 8/8/08, a date that marks 6mos of owning a talking scale that has helped me work my way down ounce by ounce (with upward bOunCes pound by pound, it seems!).

I am grateful for gifting myself with a scale for my 64th b'day.
I am mindful that I shall be 65 in 6mos - and I can weigh less
on that day, but only if I eat mindfully, make good LC choices
day by day, bite by bite. HOW LOW CAN I GO? I wonder!

I am so grateful for the support and assistance from my LCFriends!!!
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Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/394.2/199
WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O
432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6
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432.4#(2/8/08; I got a talking scale)
Feb -5# March -13# April -5.8# May -6# June -6# July -5.8#
August: 391.0(8/1) 8/8/08: 388.8(+5.4=394.2)
Sept: 9/1
Interim goals: 432.4 430 420 410 399 390 380 370 360 350 340 330 320
310 299(2/5/09) 290 280 270 260 250 240 230 220 210 199
5'10"; 64yrs; Your feedback is welcome at my blog
Tango, anyone?