Week 49

Down 1 (58.8 lbs total)

I'm still not tracking again except in my head so I'm pleased with this loss. It will compensate for the huge gain I expect to see next week after I account for the weekend of fabulous food and champagne at the seasonal get-together of my girlfriends in Vancouver. D and I stayed, as usual, at the Metropolitan Hotel and did our traditional run through Holt Renfrew to pick up my favourite Jo Malone perfume. Then we went to Meinhardt's for our food shopping and then over to S's for an evening of truly pleasurable talk and laughter. I hope we all have another 35 years together to continue the tradition.

I hope that I can go into January with my loss total somewhere between 55 and 60 lbs. It will be a kind of victory to have maintained my weight over this autumn of job loss, gloomy weather and seasonal eating and drinking.