Monday Morning Weigh In - Down to 154
I’m down a pound, but still twelve pounds away from my original goal of 142 by months end. I now have to reset my goal so I’m aiming for May 29th, based on my current weight loss schedule. Yes, I’m disappointed that I’m not there yet, but giving up and going back is not an option. Onward and downward.
I usually take pictures of myself at arm’s length, but I can’t get my whole body into the photo that way. Once I throw a tripod into the mix, things don’t go so well, so for now you have a “self portrait” taken yesterday with the help of a mirror. It’s not a clear likeness, but should serve to prove that I am not 300 pounds and telling tales about losing weight. There will be more pictures by the next weigh-in and more about cameras and control issues later.
Hey there, Slim.
Love those “S” words.
Thanks R.B. A dear friend came to visit recently, took a look at me and called me “bitch”. That was good too!
Congrats on increasing the decreasing and you strike an excellent pose Jo! May 29 is an excellent date to aim for not only because it’s my birthday but also because I’ll be 42 — which just so happens to be the last two numbers of your goal. It’s friggin’ density I tell you. Density!!
Now the pressure’s on for me to wind up the cam and get all Avedon with my mirror image. Hoo boy!
You look fabulous! Be proud!
Thank you Will - May 29th will be a day to remember, Memorial day, your birthday and less of me to cart around. Nice line up.
Hi Kuleana - thanks! I’m walking a little taller these days.
Wow Jo, you look fantastic. Well done indeed.
Hey, lookin way stylish, Jo. Congrats!
You look mavalous dahling…
Make someone play photographer… David just indulged me with a one hour session.
And I’m probably the most annoying model in the world.
Oh very nice, Josephine!
Rona, David, Julie and Adriana - thank you for your welcome comments.
Good idea, Julie, about having someone play photographer, but it would have to be someone I could lose myself with and trust completely. Right now that only leaves me.
So BEEUUtiful are you. We have to talk. Most of my life I didn’t weigh enough to give blood (110 #) but then I got Lupus and a hypothyroid (tied into the Lupus -which tries to kill me on a regular basis - just went through another round and won) I am just dying (OK, didn’t I just say not trying to die???) to get back to the me that once was… I’m not 300#, but I am a size 14… What are your secrets baby??? Let me know. Sunshine is a good thing,
Sunny
Thank you Sunny. Sounds like you have quite a health challenge ahead of you. Best of luck to you. My diet is very healthy and it does allow for small quantities of very good chocolate. A book is in the works that will include what worked for me, as well as what didn’t work. The book should be finished by the time I reach my weight loss goal.
[...] Two Twenty Eight!!! Hot damn, that’s a four-pound drop since Sunday for a 32-pound total loss that not only eclipses my initial goal of 230, but also has me but one pound away from being my fittest since the conclusion of my 475-mile San Francisco-to-Los Angeles bike ride that ended in October of 2003. Hallelujah! Now that Jo “Slim” Gillis, a fine fellow blogger, American Idol-izer, and shedder of pounds, has started taking pictures of her bad self to prove her dieting success, I’m thinking I’ll need to start producing visual evidence of my ongoing evaporation sometime soon. But for now I only am willing to offer up — in memoriam — a photo taken of the 270-pound version of me in the summer of 2000 just prior to the public opening of the L.A. Zoo’s Red Ape Rain Forest (that’s my mom on the left and one of the zoo’s giraffes in the background — my guess is Kito, perhaps the most prolific male giraffe ever in captivity, who died last year): [...]
Taking photos of yourself is always a challenge
All the best with your challenge!