Round 2, Day 49 – 🚀 Unbreakable: Why I Don’t Quit — And Never Will

🔥 Truth Time.
All this experimenting? Yeah, it’s slowing my progress a little. But you know what? It’s teaching me something priceless — how to maintain my weight once I hit my goal. And trust me… I will hit that goal.

Because quitting?
❌ Not in my DNA.
❌ Not how I’m wired.

“I never give up. I never give in. I never surrender.”

I am stubborn as a mule — in the best way. Especially when it comes to keeping my word to myself. Because if I don’t honor my promises to me, how can I ever expect to honor them to anyone else?

That’s not just discipline.
That’s self-respect.

But, it is starting to grind. This time though, I won’t quit on these daily reports. I’ll keep them going and also do another blog post about general hints and tips I use to keep my health at my age. I’ve set that goal as a post a day for the next 30 days, just to kick that off and keep myself doing my daily reports.

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⚖️ Daily Progress:

Here’s how I’m doing today.

Weight Loss

📅 Date	⚖️ Weight (lbs)	🥅 Goal Status
Weight Goal	176.4 (80.0 kg)	Future Day
8 May 2025	207.2 (94.0 kg)	Worst Day
10 May 2025	203.5 (92.3 kg)	Day 1
16 May 2025	198.2 (89.9 kg)	Week 1
23 May 2025	195.3 (88.6 kg)	Week 2
30 May 2025	192.5 (87.3 kg)	Week 3
6 June 2025	195.1 (88.5 kg)	Week 4
13 June 2025	190.3 (86.3 kg)	Week 5
20 June 2025	191.8 (87.0 kg)	Week 6
21 June 2025	188.9 (85.7 kg)	Great Drop!
22 June 2025	195.3 (88.6 kg)	My Biggest Jump Ever!
23 June 2025	199.5 (90.5 kg)	Another HUGE jump!
24 June 2025	196.9 (89.3 kg)	A HUGE correction.
25 June 2025	193.4 (87.7 kg)	Another nice drop.
26 June 2025	195.8 (88.8 kg)	The expected jump.
27 June 2025	194 (88 kg)	Today

📉 Today’s Change: -1.8 lb (0.8 kg)
📉 Total Loss (in 49 days): -13.2 lbs (-6 kg)
📉 Average Loss Per Day: -0.27 lbs (-0.12 kg)

⭐️ Reflection:
This is what progress looks like — not straight, not perfect, but real. I’m still trending down, and that’s what counts.

It won’t be for long if I break the diet because of my blood pressure, but that’s the downside of experimentation; it’s about the readings more than the results.

Blood Pressure (BP)

📅 Date	📉 Best of 3	📈 Worst of 3	📊 Average
BP Goal			120/80
Worst days	134/86	161/88	147.5/87
10 May 25 – Day 1	151/86	168/88	159.5/87
16 May 25 – Wk 1	133/83	150/94	141.5/88.5
23 May 20 – Wk 2	125/86	134/88	129.5/87
30 May 25 – Wk 3	132/79	138/81	135/80
6 Jun 25 – Wk 4	146/85	157/97	151.5/91
13 Jun 25 – Wk 5	133/83	143/81	138/82
20 Jun 25 – Wk 6	132/90	138/87	135/88.5
21 Jun 25 – Day 43	128/79	134/80	131/79.5
22 Jun 25 – Day 44	128/75	144/80	136/77.5
23 Jun 25 – Day 45	113/74	124/75	118.5/74.5
24 Jun 25 – Day 46	138/86	149/84	143.5/85
25 Jun 25 – Day 47	135/89	145/93	140/91
26 Jun 25 – Day 48	105/69	119/71	112/70
27 Jun 25 – Day 49	140/90	155/91	147.5/90.5

💪 Today’s Systolic Change (1st number): +35.5
💪 Today’s Diastolic Change (2nd number): +20.5

👀 Reality Check:
Over my danger line of 140/90. If I don’t fast tonight, it’s meds tomorrow. No messing around with this one.

Blood Glucose

📅 Date	🍬 Glucose (mmol/L)
Blood Glucose Goal	4.2
23 Apr 2025 – Worst day	7.4
10 May 2025 – Day 1	6.4
17 May 2025 – Week 1	4.4
23 May 2025 – Week 2	5.3
24 May 2025 – Week 3	4.4
6 June 2025 – Week 4	5.2
13 June 2025 – Week 5	3.9
20 June 2025 – Week 6	4.6
21 June 2025 – Day 43	4.2
22 June 2025 – Day 44	9.4
23 June 2025 – Day 45	6.2
24 June 2025 – Day 46	5.4
25 June 2025 – Day 47	5.9
26 June 2025 – Day 48	6.3
27 June 2025 – Day 49	4.7

📊 Today’s Change: -0.8 mmol/L
📊 Days in Normal Range (3.9–5.6 mmol/L): 32 out of 49

Back in the safe zone!

🌟 Mindset Check:
Look, this road twists. It dips. It throws punches.
But here’s the truth…

👉 Winners don’t win because it’s easy.
👉 Winners win because they don’t quit.

Every day I show up. Every day I rise. And every day I’m one step closer.

See You Tomorrow! 😊

Warmly,
Paul