February 1: 290.5 lbs.

That’s a loss of 6.5 lbs. from January 1, and a definite step away from the cliff.  Nearly all of the loss is a result of (mostly) month-long pescetarianism (a vegetarian diet plus seafood).

I added poultry back on January 26, and overindulged a bit.  Without doing that, I think I’d have finished in the high 280s, where I spent most of the third week.

The novelty was good for my thought processes, and essentially erased several bad habits.  (I found I didn’t have much interest in fast food without eating beef or pork, for example.)  It became important to me to have a nutritious and correctly-sized breakfast.  Generally this has been a bowl of high-fiber cereal with skim milk.  (Wow, I guess I’m that demographic now.)  Haven’t been snacking much, and when I have I’ve made good choices.

Improvements I need to make include eating and drinking less at night.  The “just because I’m home” beer largely needs to vanish, for example, and I really should stop eating anything after 7 or so.

For February, I’m keeping sensibly-prepared poultry available.  I’m also adding three “cheats” a month.  When I spend a cheat, I can eat red meat for a meal, or unhealthy poultry (buffalo wings, for example).  I’ll see how that goes, but I suspect I may be able to do that indefinitely.

Finally, it’s time to think about my activity level.  I’m not going to get too wound up systemizing it from the outset, because I know from long experience that I’ll resent it and quit.  My doctor suggested that I start with making sure I walk two miles daily.  I have a pedometer, so that’s easy enough to measure.  Moreover, when the weather breaks, I’m sure I’ll have renewed interest in geocaching.

Sounds good to me.  I’m expecting to keep the train rolling this month.

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