85! Alright, there’s just 5 days left until I reach the end of the 90 day goal! For the most part, it’s not been as bad as I thought it would be, though obviously I had a few challenging days here and there. But I only really felt like quitting once, and that was only for one day.

Both yesterday and today my weigh-ins were in the high 170’s (179 point something both days) – and so that also has me feeling pretty good. You don’t get to see the first number change too often (for me only once), so seeing the 2nd number change always feels like a big accomplishment.

At this point, I’ve not been wearing any of my XL clothes anymore at all… or the bigger L ones. I still have a few M’s that don’t fit just yet, but are getting close… But being able to wear these clothes feels good. So I’ve pretty much shifted my entire wardrobe now.

I was able to locate the time for yesterday’s 5K. It’s not an amazing time, but surprisingly it’s on par with some of my better recent solo 5k runs that I was doing in preparation, despite the fact that this run was most definitely harder – I mean, I didn’t have obstacles and such on any of my solo stuff, and even just the course itself was way hillier.

Time was: 31:52, a pace of 10:16/mile

Ok, so… 85. There are 85 Federalist Papers, the last of which, “Concluding Remarks”, was written by Alexander Hamilton.

84. So today was the day of the 5k.

It went pretty well, honestly. Now, the 5k was a bit different than I expected… there were obstacles and such… they had us run up and then down several stories of a parking deck. So it was not flat as I had hoped. The amount of walking I did was pretty limited, and was mostly when an obstacle sort of broke my rhythm. In any case, I was pretty much expecting I’d be walking across the finish line, and that wasn’t the case, so, I’m happy with it.

Then later in the day I went on a bike ride. Not bad, but, I am pretty tired now.

Nothing to report diet-wise except that it continues to go well.

Alright, 84… How many Earth years it takes Uranus to orbit the sun once.

83! Yet another day down, and only 7 more to go.

Tomorrow is the first of the two 5Ks that I am signed up for. Things have cooled down quite a bit in the past few days, which I am quite glad for, as it will likely make completing it without walking at all a bit easier for me… Though, I am prepared to walk if need be.

Once that is done, I have plans to go for a bike ride, which should be pretty nice. So, tomorrow will be lots of physical activity… whereas today was not so much.

I spent the morning doing some writing, and then a few housekeeping type things I’d been putting off for awhile… then I spent the rest of the day playing Final Fantasy XIV. Walked the dog a few times in there as well, so, not completely devoid of movement… but, a fairly lazy Saturday.

So with tomorrow starting the final week of the 90 day commitment, I really should probably officially make my decision about what I am going to do after it soon. According to my app, after this week I will be at 177.5, which is 2.5 above where I “hoped” to be – I won’t call it a goal, because I figured it was unlikely I’d get there in 90 days. I think where I HAVE gotten to is pretty good for that time period, but, it’s not my ultimate destination. In fact, neither is 175… 165 is where I’m headed. So you can be sure that some sort of continued diet is in my future.

We’ll talk about it on Day 87 or 88. I’ll have officially made a decision by then.

Anyway, 83. Apparently, when a Jewish person reaches 83 they may celebrate a second bar mitzvah. I didn’t know that until a few moments ago.

82! Just 8 days left!

Nothing noteworthy today, and I’m super tired, so this is just a post for the sake of saying I posted.

82…  Both the NBA and NHL operate 82-game regular seasons.

81! That mean’s 9 days left…

My scale’s batteries crapped out on me this morning, and then I forgot to get new ones… I took the old ones out and put them back in and it’s working again for now, but, I’m sure time is short for them. Need some new ones.

Didn’t run – super humid out, and also rainy… oh well. I’ll go into Sunday’s 5k well rested at least. Hoping I’ll be able to do the whole thing without stopping – if it’s flatter than my normal route, that might be possible.

Anyway, that’s it for tonight. 81…. ‘The Eighty-One Brothers’ is a Japanese fable. I know nothing about it. If it wasn’t so late, I’d spend time looking it up and tell you something about it… but, this time around, you’re on your own. Google it!

80. Woah. 8/9 of the way there. 10 days remaining. The home stretch. The final countdown.

Today was mostly uneventful. Weigh-in was a new low, which I always like. We’ll see if I get to where the app says I should by Saturday.

Tomorrow I will do my last run before this weekend’s 5k. Hoping it goes decently. Looks like rain… hopefully it’ll be a light rain? If so, that usually actually makes the run pretty nice. If it’s a heavy rain… then… maybe I won’t be able to get another run in before the 5k. Should be OK either way I think.

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got to say.

Now, as for 80: It was the length of the Eighty Years War (remarkably enough).

79! Man, I started this thing a long time ago.

Have you ever heard someone say something like, when you have a goal, you should imagine yourself like 2 or 3 months from now, and think of how far along you would be in that goal then if you started now? Or kind of the reverse, imagine if you still haven’t started 2 or 3 months from now, and then you thought back on that moment when you could have begun. Yeah, it’s really true. Despite the fact that at times the weight loss has been frustratingly slow, or at least that’s how it felt to me, I really have gotten further in this time than I think I really expected even.

I just finished my first run in… awhile. And the 5k I’m doing is this Sunday! Hopefully it’s a flat(ish) course, if so I probably have a decent chance of jogging the whole way instead of having to walk for a bit. I’m only going to have a chance for one more run before it (Thursday). If it’s not flat, then, I will probably spend some time walking. It is what it is. Hopefully by the time of the Turkey Trot I’ll actually be able to get a decent 5k in reliably. I’ll most likely have added at least a few carbs back into my diet by then.

If you’re wondering where I am weight-wise right now, I’m hovering around 183 at the moment…  my little app that averages out the weights I enter every day and makes predictions says I should be 180.6 by Saturday. That would be great, because if it does happen than I’ll be in the 170’s by the end of my 90 days.

Ok.. anyway, 79! It was the year that Mount Vesuvius erupted.

78! I’m knocking this one out a bit earlier than usual just because… I forgot to do one the other day and I don’t want to forget again. And I doubt anything particularly noteworthy will happen later this evening.

I’m gonna do my first run in awhile tomorrow night – I could probably do it today, but when I’ve been sick I like to wait until the day AFTER I’m feeling up to it again before I resume running, just to be sure of such things. I have a 5k coming up here real soon as well – Actually I’m not sure if it’s this Sunday or next. I’ll find out. In any case, it should be fine – even if I have to walk for a bit of it *shrugs* whatever.

I made a bunch of soup today – I don’t normally do much in the way of soup, but, I think I’ve been eating the same sort of stuff long enough that having some soup is a nice way to change things up – I had a bit of it while I was sick and that sort of gave me a taste for it I guess.

Anyway… 78! The total number of gifts in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas.

77! Alright! I didn’t forget tonight! We’re already off to a better start than last time.

So I’m in the final 2 weeks of my 90 day commitment now. I’ve had some ups and downs, thankfully the hard times during the diet have been relatively few. Now that I’m here, it feels like the time has gone by pretty fast. But I probably shouldn’t speak too soon… surely a lot can happen in just under 2 weeks.

I decided to again try on what I think might be my smallest jeans… barring possibly if I still have some jeans that I had back in college (If I still have those, I’m not sure where they are). They fit now! I also tried on a shirt I’ve owned for 3 years but never worn other than to try it on to see how it fit. It also fits! I still have a decent ways to go to reach my goal…  Basically another 18 pounds. But I’ve come a long way. Obviously that goal isn’t going to happen in 2 weeks… I won’t hit that 174 marker in 2 weeks probably either… but that’s OK. Things did seem to speed up this week though… if that continues through the next couple weeks, the chances of me extending this are pretty good. I mean, I want to eat and drink some of the things I’ve been off of for awhile, but if it keeps feeling not that hard to continue, and the weight keeps coming steadily off, then why mess with it? We’ll see. On Day Ninety I’ll make some kind of decision.

Anyway, 77! In certain numerological systems based on the English alphabet, the number 77 is associated with Jesus Christ. CHRIST is C = 3, H = 8, R = 18, I = 9, S = 19, T = 20, which added together equal 77.

76! Was yesterday… oops. I totally forgot to post before I crashed last night. Oh well.

So I’m gonna keep this quite short. I had another new low for my weigh in yesterday, which was kind of shocking. There had been a brief uptick the day before, but things have been moving a lot more steadily that last week than they have been prior.

Alright, so 76. I’m doing this one off the top of my dead. 1776 is the year we adopted and signed the declaration of independence!