• Weight: 122.2 lbs.
• No workout today
• Total inches: 114.4
• Protein: 116 g (on target)

I’m close to my starting weight and size. Panic!

Not really, but the trouble with tracking numbers is becoming lost in the data. Five days in, and it’s going in the opposite direction.

Having crunched millions of pieces of data over the years, I know how important it can be to look at both the big and the little picture simultaneously. Five days isn’t enough to judge anything on.

(Part of it can be attributed to user error. Each day, I can’t seem to measure each thigh properly, because I can’t get the measuring tape around my leg in the same exact location every time. Arms, belly and hips? No problem. Thighs? Like measuring a wet cat.)

Target weight: Days 1-5

Do I eat more? No. Do I work out more? No.

I kinda wish I could ignore the numbers for the next 25 days, but I know they’re keeping me on track, even if each day isn’t perfect. I’ve read friends’ diet blogs, and I know from their years of daily blogging that they have triumphs and setbacks. But in the end, they lost hundreds of pounds because they kept at it.

I’m not panicking. I’m enjoying the ride, wherever it takes me.