Weight Loss - Part Deux - (I think that means 2 in French or something...)

On August 25 2010 I hit my goal to lose 110 pounds in a year. In stead of a year, lucky me, it just took 7 and a half months. The thing of it is, according to that silly 'BMI' thing losing 110 pounds only gets me from the obviously un-healthy obese (330 pounds) -see photo-



down to where I'm knocking at the door of overweight (220 pounds.)
-see a couple pics from today -



at 5'11 ish I now fit into what I call 'normal fat guy' mode, meaning that when I look around there are quite a few folks that have the extra pounds that I have... some might say that I'm just being patriotic at this weight... supporting the 'American way of life' as it were. :-P never the less, I still feel that it's not optimally healthy.

It is now October 18th 2010, in one week it will be 2 months since I hit the, lose 110 pounds, goal. I have 'maintained' my weight (thanks to Arizona Slim and not going totally crazy on Cheese Burgers and Pizza... except that one time... Ahem, I digress...)




It is time to re-commit myself to a new goal! I still have quite a ways to go to get to 185, which is what I weighed in High School - wouldn't that be a hoot to get back to that weight?? I don't think that is too 'extreme' or anything, as that silly 'BMI' thing says that 185 STILL puts me about 10 pounds over the 'average' weight for my height. The only thing 'Extreme' if you think about it, is the fact that I was just 18 pounds away from weighing TWICE what the BMI says the average dude of my height weighed. Sure that 'average' is from like 50 years ago, but still, yikes you know?

Here is a shot of me at that High School Weight:




This time around, I want to be a 'tich' less intrusive to my face book friends, so I shall eschew the daily updates of my weight tracking and exercise that I did last time. That said, I would still like to 'report' my progress. I find that by posting my weight to the 500+ face book friends, it helps to motivate me to do better. So, I will settle on reporting once a week.

Each Monday I will post via Twitter or FaceBook - what my weight is, and perhaps some thoughts on the goal from the week previous... for instance if I had a bad week, I may talk about things I can do better in the future, if I had a great week, I could mention some of the things that helped.

So! I have a plan! it's time to get back up on the horse and ride it to a healthier lifestyle! Thanks all for the encouraging comments and support in person, and on Face Book. I feel like that really helped in my quest to improve my life style.

Speaking of... can I just say that life minus that 110 pounds has been INCREDIBLY good! seriously, it is difficult to express the improvement of my energy level, and thus my desire to 'do' more in life. it is HUGE!




From little things like being able to actually 'run' back to the car to grab something I forgot, and feeling like participating in fun activities that I would have 'passed' on last year. To bigger things like being able to focus on getting more done at work, and Dating and romance. What a freaking change 110 pounds has made in my life.

Like I said, I recognize fully how much farther that I have to go - and that I'm not a 'paragon of strength and fitness' or anything. Nope, I'm just a pretty regular guy, but the big difference is that now, I can do 'regular' things where as before they just seemed beyond my grasp.

ok, enough gushing, it's time to go for a walk and burn some Calories!

My 'Mile Stone' goal will be to reach 205 pounds by Jan 1st 2011. (that was the old date that I was going to try to hit 220 by.)

Once I hit 205, I'll set a time for when I'd like to be at 185... I may also mark the occasion by doing a full head shave... or at least go WAY short all over.

Wade -out.