Motivation Project–Week 1

Well one week has passed in my Motivation Project and all is well I suppose.  That is to say, I am still motivated to get down to 180 lbs. and I am making a little progress.  You can read this blog post for the rules.  Here are the results for the week.

Day	Date	Wt 1	Wt 2	Wt 3	Avg Wt	Artist	Album
1	8/19/2013	204.5	205.0	204.5	204.67	4 Him	4 Him
2	8/20/2013	202.0	202.5	202.0	202.17	4 Him	The Basics of Life
3	8/21/2013	201.5	201.5	201.5	201.50	4 Him	Face The Nation
4	8/22/2013	202.5	202.0	202.0	202.17	4 Him	Obvious
5	8/23/2013	202.5	202.0	202.0	202.17	4 Him	Ride, The
6	8/24/2013	201.5	201.5	201.5	201.50	4 Him	Walk On
7	8/25/2013	202.0	201.5	202.0	201.83	Acappella	Hymns For All The World

So, not surprisingly, I do not weigh 180 yet and so I have lost (7) CDs from my collection.  I did have a little fun and created a chart as well.  While I am a big fan of Excel, I am not a fan of charts but here it is.

I am only down 1/3 lb. for the last 6 days so that is not so good but based on the last few times that I have attempted to lose weight I am not too concerned.  This is simply how my body works.  Overall I lost 3 lbs. and that is a good pace to be at for now.

I can tell you that the wife is very motivated as well but in a different way.  When she read my initial blog post about this project she began to dream of day 91 when she can make me throw away my Klank CD.  In previous weight loss attempts she was always in my corner but this time is different.  I think she is mentally calculating the number of CDs she truly wants to be rid of (Klank, Megadeth, Metallica, etc.) and then weighing that against me giving up and making this project null and void.  We will see how this goes.  53 days to go until I run out of CDs that I am OK doing away with.  This should be interesting.

Jon