Not a good week–I didn’t walk, I didn’t track, I didn’t stay focused, and I had a couple of bouts of emotional eating–but I still managed to lose 0.8 kg (1.76 lb) for the week, weighing in at 167.0 kg (368.3 lb). It’s worrying how easily I can slip off track, but at the same time, I feel like even when I do, I can catch myself before I go completely off the rails. Part of that is due to recognizing what is happening WHEN it’s happening, and immediately trying (even if not entirely successfully) to mitigate the damage. I let myself get upset about US politics (I’m an American citizen trying to ensure that my vote is counted), and that led to some emotional eating that took me two days to get under control. But I’m happy that, even if it took a while, I got there, and went to meeting to acknowledge it and move on.
I’m still on track to hit my mini-goal before the end of the month. Not quite halfway through the month, and I’ve got 2.4 kg (5.3 lb) to go. I can do that.
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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200-Pound Weight Loss 