Round 2, Day 57 – Winning on Paper, But Feeling Down in the Real

😌 Slept Like a Rock, But Woke Up a Little Flat

Last night was solid. No alarms. No tossing and turning. I woke up naturally after nearly eight full hours—a rare and welcome gift. The kind of sleep I talk about in theory, but don’t always get in practice.

And yet… my mood didn’t match the rest.

There’s a heaviness today I can’t shake. A few emotional bruises from earlier in the week are still tender. I’m feeling the cost of those “break days,” and not just on the scale. Sometimes it’s not what you eat—it’s what you carry.

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⚖️ Daily Progress:

Here’s how I’m doing today.

🔥Weight Loss

📅 Date	⚖️ Weight – lbs	⚖️ Weight – kg	🥅 Goal Status
Weight Goal	176.4	80.0	Future Day
8 May 2025	207.2	94.0	Worst Day
10 May 2025	203.5	92.3	Day 1
10 June 2025	192.5	87.3	Month 1
13 June 2025	190.3	86.3	Week 5
20 June 2025	191.8	87.0	Week 6
27 June 2025	194	88.0	Week 7
4 July 2025	194.9	88.4	Week 8
5 July 2025	193.6	87.8	Today

✅ Today’s Change: +1.3 lb (.6 kg)
📉 Total Loss (in 57 days): -13.6 lbs (-6.2 kg)
📊 Average Loss Per Day: -0.24 lbs (-0.11 kg)

💬 Good news? I rebounded from my “break weight” way faster this time. That’s real progress. The kind you can feel even before you see it.

❤️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
10 June 25 – Mth 1	133/83	150/94	141.5/88.5
13 Jun 25 – Wk 5	133/83	143/81	138/82
20 Jun 25 – Wk 6	132/90	138/87	135/88.5
27 Jun 25 – Wk 7	140/90	155/91	147.5/90.5
4 Jul 25 – Wk 8	114/72	117/74	115.5/73
5 Jul 25 – Day 57	144/83	155/92	149.5/87.5

💪 Today’s Systolic Change (1st number): +44
💪 Today’s Diastolic Change (2nd number): +14.5

That spike is no joke.

One day off meds and my BP snapped right back into high territory. Not the highest I’ve seen, but enough to say, “Hey buddy, we’ve got work to do.”

I may need to start taking medication every 2–3 days instead of every 4 or 5. Not thrilled about it, but this is about adapting, not pretending. Health is never one-size-fits-all. And it’s never static. You adjust or you stall. And this reading is turning out to be the hardest for me to figure out. I’m not going to give up until I have though.

🍬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
10 June 25 – Month 1	4.6
13 June 2025 – Week 5	3.9
20 June 2025 – Week 6	4.6
27 June 2025 – Week 7	4.7
4 July 2025 – Week 8	5.7
5 July 2025 – Day 57	5.1

📊 Today’s Change: -0.6 mmol/L
🏆 Days in Normal Range (3.9–5.6 mmol/L): 34 out of 57

💡 Finally! I’m back inside the normal range. That’s a win—especially coming out of those break days. Every number like this is a small flag on the map saying, “Keep going.”

Reflective Note: Emotional Weight Is Still Weight

Sometimes the weight that shows up on the scale is nothing compared to the weight you carry inside. You can do everything right—eat well, sleep deeply—and still wake up feeling off. That doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. It means you’re human.

So if you woke up today and didn’t feel like a winner, that’s okay. What matters is what you do with the feeling.

📌 “The comeback is always stronger than the setback.”

Your body keeps the score, yes—but so does your spirit.

Motivational Spark: Adjust, Don’t Quit

Every part of this journey teaches me something new:
🧩 That carbs have an emotional cost.
🔁 That “normal” is a moving target.
🧠 That what worked last week might not work today.

But here’s what never changes: Your power to choose again.

Today I chose to track.
I chose to learn.
And I chose to share it.

See You Tomorrow, my friend! 😊

Warmly,
Paul