Fri 18 Dec 2009
Forty by Forty Update
Posted by Ken Atherton under Daily Life
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So my birthday has come and gone and, bottom line, I didn’t quite make it to my goal.
I’ve spent a fair amount of the last week away from home, so I wasn’t able to weigh in on my birthday, but on December 10th, I weighed in at 231.2 pounds. Between the holidays and the increased amount of travel (both business and personal) recently, it’s been much harder to diet in the last 45 days.
But let’s not focus on the negative. There’s lots of good news here:
- I’ve lost 35.6 pounds since mid-July — and 46.8 pounds since the beginning of summer! that’s almost 17% of my body weight.
- I’ve gone from having a tight size 42 waist to having a comfortable 38.
- My t-shirt size has dropped from 2XL to XL — and in some cases I’ve even been able to fit into size L.
- I weigh less than when I reached my lowest point while living in Europe, which was previously my lowest weight in the last 10 years — although I wasn’t really trying to lose wieght then — thanks again, typical US diet. :-)
- I’ve been able to stop taking some of the diabetes medication since my diet keeps my blood sugar under better control.
So I’ve made a lot of progress, and the good news is that I’ve continued to lose weight even in the last month or so. I’ve still got a long way to go, though. In fact, I really should lose another 40 pounds from where I am now, so it’s only time to celebrate for a moment, then get back to work.
I’m not sure what to call the updates now, though. Maybe “forty while forty”?
