I think I'm about 5 pounds above my ideal weight. 5 pounds shy of a "1-pack". I'm not hoping for a 6-pack. That takes a different kind of exercise plan than walking in circles around my kitchen just before bed until my Fitbit reaches 10,000 steps. But a 1-pack would be nice.
One thing that has helped me keep the weight off for the last 3 months, besides the scare I had from my February blood test results, has been my new habit of weighing myself every day. A few months ago, I read about research that shows the benefits of weighing yourself every day. Here's a link to an article describing the research: "Daily Weight May Help Manage Your Weight. In essence, as long as someone doesn't have an obsessive dieting issue, it seems to help almost anyone to have daily feedback on their weight.
I've found over time that, as long as I weigh myself at the same time each day, my weight rarely changes by more than 1 pound from one day to the next . . . unless I've been bad. If I have bread and desert and a sweet cocktail, I might be up 2 pounds from the weight I've maintained for weeks. Just one day and I'm up 2 pounds! This motivates me to get my act together. This is "bad news" that I'm better off hearing ASAP. As long as I weigh myself daily, the problem never gets bad enough for me to need more than 1 day to fix it. This wouldn't be so easy if I waited a week, gained 5 pounds, and got discouraged.
Over time, I can imagine that I might drop a little below my current weight. Then my standards will change and I'll expect to be a little lighter than I am today. Eventually, nothing shy of a 1-pack will do!
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