Hi, my name is Wil, and I’m fat. Like, really fat. At my fattest, I weighed 431 lbs (195.5 kg). That was over 10 years ago. I lost a lot of weight (but was still really fat), then slowly put almost all of it back on. This blog is part of my effort to lose even more weight, and finally get down to a normal, sustainable, liveable weight.
Back in May, I started going to Weight Watchers again. This time I weighed in at (424 lbs) 192.3 kg. Since then, I’ve been making a half-hearted effort, and had very little in the way of positive results. Two weeks ago, I started trying harder. Mostly, that means cutting out most alcohol and junk food, eating more fruits and vegetables, and being more active.
Losing 200 pounds isn’t the same as losing 20 pounds. The chances of success are almost non-existent. Almost 98% of people who try, fail. I’ve been failing at it for over 20 years. This blog is part of my new strategy to change that.
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I'm a fat, middle-aged white guy who's trying to lose weight. A LOT of weight. My goal is to lose 200 pounds. I was born in 1968 and I grew up in East and Southeast Texas After graduating high school in 1987, I went to the University of Houston and then Lamar University. In 1994 I shoved my life into a suitcase and moved to Australia. I was married in 1998, and my wife andI have 3 children (all boys) aged 19, 16, and 10. We lived in Canberra (the national capital) from 2001 until 2016, and now we're in Brisbane, Queensland. I'm a librarian by profession but currently living as a stay-at-home dad and a Gentleman of Leisure (I sometimes describe myself as temporarily retired).
I've been overweight since puberty, and gradually went from 200lbs in 1988 to 250lbs by 1998, and then to 300 a decade later, and over 400 lbs by 2011, when I first joined Weight Watchers. I lost about 100 lbs in 6 months, then quit, and then my weight bounced around between 330 and 375 for several years after that. I joined Weight Watchers again in May 2017, and discovered that I was back up over 400. So now I'm trying as hard as I can to lose over 200 pounds and get back under 200, and preferably to 186 lbs, my weight when I graduated high school.
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