Losing a Hundredweight

Week 361

2012-01-16T18:25:00.003Z

0.4lb loss

Not as dramatic as last week, but still in the right direction

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 4lb - 186lbs
Body fat: 27.2%
Total Weight Loss: 89lbs

Week 360

2012-01-09T13:55:00.000Z

2.4lb loss!

On track all week and it's paid off. Let's hope I can keep going...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 4.4lb - 186.4lbs
Body fat: 26.3%
Total Weight Loss: 88.6lbs

Week 359

2012-01-02T13:08:00.002Z

4.8lb gain

As the old saying goes, "it's not what you eat between Christmas and New Year, but what you eat between New Year and Christmas that makes the difference."

Hopefully the worst of the gains is now behind me and I'll be back on track now

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 6.8lb - 188.8lbs
Body fat: 25.5%
Total Weight Loss: 86.2lbs

Week 358

2011-12-27T15:43:00.001Z

1.6lb gain

Well, that's nothing like as bad as I was expecting, which leads me to suspect some of this past weekend's indulgences are going to catch up with me on the next weigh-in.

Wishing you all a merry feastmas, and hoping damage limitation is in action.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 2lb - 184lbs
Body fat: 25%
Total Weight Loss: 91lbs

Week 357

2011-12-20T09:23:00.000Z

No change.

OK, this is the weight to measure against see how successful I can be at damage limitation over Feastmas

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.4lb - 182.4lbs
Body fat: 25.3%
Total Weight Loss: 92.6lbs

Week 356

2011-12-13T11:01:00.001Z

1.8lb loss!

Well that's a relief, although with Xmas so close now, it might be the last loss for a few weeks. Need to see if I can stay on track this week to provide a slight cushion for the following week...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.4lb - 182.4lbs
Body fat: 25.3%
Total Weight Loss: 92.6lbs

Week 355

2011-12-05T09:00:00.000Z

2.6lb gain

Maggie and I went away for the weekend, which is always a bit dangerous. Looks like I paid the price for it...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 2.2lb - 184.2lbs
Body fat: 25.3%
Total Weight Loss: 90.8lbs

Week 354

2011-11-29T10:04:00.001Z

0.6lb loss!

Good to be back under 13 stone again. Although we go away this weekend for a couple of nights, so there's a good chance I'll be back over by next week...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 13.6lb - 181.6lbs
Body fat: 25.7%
Total Weight Loss: 93.4lbs

Week 353

2011-11-21T10:41:00.001Z

0.2lb loss

I seem to have levelled out with little significant change for over a month

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.2lb - 182.2lbs
Body fat: 24.3%
Total Weight Loss: 92.8lbs

Week 351

2011-11-07T10:40:00.000Z

No change

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.4lb - 182.4lbs
Body fat: 24.7%
Total Weight Loss: 92.6lbs

Week 350

2011-10-31T22:38:00.000Z

0.4lb loss!

Well, I'm more than happy with that. It was my birthday last week and the chocolate cake was soooo over indulged, I was certain I'd have put on 3lbs, so to have still made a loss is like an extra birthday treat

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.4lb - 182.4lbs
Body fat: 24.7%
Total Weight Loss: 92.6lbs

Week 349

2011-10-24T16:59:00.002+01:00

0.4lb loss

Well I'd hoped for a bit more of a loss - especially as it's my birthday tomorrow so I'm likely to put on a pound or 2 from that - but at least it's a loss

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.8lb - 182.8lbs
Body fat: 23.7%
Total Weight Loss: 92.2lbs

Week 348

2011-10-17T19:42:00.004+01:00

5.6lb gain.

Even though that is over 2 weeks, and we were away on holiday with several treats, it's still quite shocking. That kind of gain is more associated with Christmas, and I didn't indulge on those levels.

Still, nothing I can do about it now other than get back on track...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 1.2lb - 183.2lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 91.8lbs

Week 346

2011-10-04T23:57:00.003+01:00

3lb loss in 2 weeks!

I was at the Wigtown Book Festival for 10 days as "Artist in Residence" (see main blog). Despite temptation, I pretty much stayed on track and am glad to see it paid off

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 9.6lb - 177.6lbs
Body fat: 24.1%
Total Weight Loss: 97.4lbs

Week 344

2011-09-19T10:13:00.001+01:00

2.2lb loss

That'a relief after last week's gain!

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 12.6lb - 180.6lbs
Body fat: 24.5%
Total Weight Loss: 94.4lbs

Week 343

2011-09-12T10:09:00.000+01:00

4.4lb gain

Maggie and I were away for a weekend which resulted in meals out and trips to cafes, and even a rogue ice cream so it's hardly surprising, although still a bit more of a gain than expected

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.8lb - 182.8lbs
Body fat: 24.9%
Total Weight Loss: 92.2lbs

Week 342

2011-09-05T10:00:00.000+01:00

No change

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 10.4lb - 178.4lbs
Body fat: 24.9%
Total Weight Loss: 96.6lbs

Week 341

2011-08-29T11:29:00.000+01:00

3lb loss!

I've been on track all week, but I wasn't expecting a loss that big.

However, the gain was higher than I was expecting last week, so perhaps that was a blip included in it (or this is a blip and I'll be higher next week). I suspect my actual loss is probably more like one and a half to two pounds

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 10.4lb - 178.4lbs
Body fat: 24.9%
Total Weight Loss: 96.6lbs

Week 340

2011-08-22T09:11:00.000+01:00

3.6lb gain

Over 2 weeks, including a holiday with lots of indulgences. The hope is this week begins the turnaround...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 13.4lb - 181.4lbs
Body fat: 24.3%
Total Weight Loss: 93.6lbs

Week 338

2011-08-08T09:08:00.005+01:00

0.4lb loss

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 9.8lb - 177.8lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 97.2lbs

Week 337

2011-08-01T09:03:00.008+01:00

1.8lb gain

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 10.2lb - 178.2lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 96.8lbs

Week 336

2011-07-25T17:24:00.000+01:00

0.2lb gain.

Quite frankly I'm astonished it isn't more, considering it was my wife's birthday last week and that included various treats, including a very scrummy chocolate cake...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 8.4lb - 176.4lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 98.9lbs

Week 335

2011-07-18T12:23:00.007+01:00

0.4lb loss!

Happy with that

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 8.2lb - 176.2lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 98.8lbs

Week 334

2011-07-11T10:23:00.000+01:00

1lb gain

The pound I lost last week had reappeared this week and I have no idea why. Been on track all week.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 8.6lb - 176.6lbs
Body fat: 24.3%
Total Weight Loss: 98.4lbs

Week 333

2011-07-04T23:47:00.000+01:00

1lb loss

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 7.6lb - 175.6lbs
Body fat: 24.5%
Total Weight Loss: 99.4lbs

Week 332

2011-06-27T19:06:00.000+01:00

1.4lb gain

Sigh...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 8.6lb - 176.6lbs
Body fat: 24%
Total Weight Loss: 98.4lbs

Week 331

2011-06-21T10:29:00.000+01:00

2lb gain?

OK, so it was my son's birthday last week, but even that shouldn't have accounted for 2lbs. Sigh... it seems I'm steadily creeping upwards. I'm now nearly 14lbs heavier than my lightest last year, and I've dropped back under the 100lb weight-loss mark.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 7.2lb - 175.2lbs
Body fat: 24%
Total Weight Loss: 99.8lbs

Week 330

2011-06-14T14:31:00.002+01:00

1lb gain in 2 weeks.

No idea what happened to last week. Forgot to weigh in

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.2lb - 173.2lbs
Body fat: 24.1%
Total Weight Loss: 101.8lbs

Week 328

2011-05-31T00:45:00.000+01:00

2.4lb loss in 2 weeks.

Not entirely sure what happened last week, but it was about Thursday before I realised I'd forgotten to weigh myself on Monday, so I just left it until today.

However, given a large celebratory meal this evening, I'll be very surprised if I haven't gained by next week

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4.2lb - 172.2lbs
Body fat: 23.6%
Total Weight Loss: 102.8lbs

Week 326

2011-05-16T19:45:00.000+01:00

0.4lb gain.

Still not really sure what I'm doing wrong. As things stand at the moment there's little I can do to change my diet, and because of the CFS I cannot increase my activity levels. So it looks like it's just slowly creeping back up.

Which is intensely annoying as I'm not even eating cakes, bakes or other super tasty stuff I crave.

Sigh

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 6.6lb - 174.6lbs
Body fat: 23.1%
Total Weight Loss: 100.4lbs

Week 325

2011-05-09T09:44:00.000+01:00

1lb gain

Sigh...

Am basically on track, but don't seem to be moving anywhere

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 6.2lb - 174.2lbs
Body fat: 23.3%
Total Weight Loss: 100.8lbs

Week 324

2011-05-02T09:00:00.001+01:00

0.4lb loss

A step in the right direction

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.2lb - 173.2lbs
Body fat: 23.7%
Total Weight Loss: 101.8lbs

Week 323

2011-04-25T19:41:00.002+01:00

1lb loss!

Well I was completely on track all week, despite some severe cravings, so it's nice to see a loss.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.6lb - 173.64lbs
Body fat: 24.1%
Total Weight Loss: 101.4lbs

Week 322

2011-04-18T19:49:00.000+01:00

1.4lb gain.

Well, this was a bit more predictable - a 2nd helping of cake on my stepson's 30th birthday, plus we've had to grab fish & chips for dinner twice this week. It all accumulates.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 6.6lb - 174.64lbs
Body fat: 23.1%
Total Weight Loss: 100.4lbs

Week 321

2011-04-12T09:44:00.000+01:00

1.2lb loss

I'd like to think this was for real, but the last several weeks haven't seemed to have reflected my eating habits.

All I can do is keep going and keep making the healthier choices and fight the cravings

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.2lb - 173.2lbs
Body fat: 23.7%
Total Weight Loss: 101.8lbs

Week 320

2011-04-05T09:00:00.000+01:00

2.6lb gain?

I don't really understand that one either. Perhaps last week was the blip, not the week before

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 6.4lb - 174.4lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 100.6lbs

Week 319

2011-03-28T20:46:00.000+01:00

Accumulated gain - 1lb

Last week I wasn't around on Monday, having been away for the weekend. However, on Tuesday I weighed in at 175lbs - a 3.2lb gain on the previous week.

It didn't make sense and I decided to just see what this week said instead.

Sure enough I seem to have dropped over 2lbs since last week - which again seems unlikely.

The 1lb up from 2 weeks ago seems about right, so I think last week's reading was just a blip and can be safely ignored.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4.8lb - 172.8lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 102.2lbs

Week 317

2011-03-14T14:05:00.000Z

1lb loss!

After a couple of weeks of nothing, despite being on track, it's a relief to finally lose something. I hope it's the start of a trend and not a blip

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 3.8lb - 171.8lbs
Body fat: 23.7%
Total Weight Loss: 103.2lbs

Week 316

2011-03-07T23:25:00.000Z

No change.

Hmmm. I've been pretty much on track for the past couple of weeks now, but have basically stayed at the same weight. Have I plateaued?

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4.8lb - 172.8lbs
Body fat: 23.1%
Total Weight Loss: 102.2lbs

Week 315

2011-02-28T22:19:00.000Z

0.2lb loss.

Not much, I know, but at least I've stopped gaining.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4.8lb - 172.8lbs
Body fat: 23.7%
Total Weight Loss: 102.2lbs

Week 314

2011-02-21T11:13:00.000Z

1lb gain.

Well with my daughter's birthday last week, and the fact my wife and I managed a surprise short weekend away together, so that meant a meal out on Saturday and popcorn at the cinema, then I have to feel quite fortunate that it was only a 1lb gain.

But, apart from those things, I was completely on track all week. I seem to have reached a point where I am containing any extra eating - it's not triggering a series of binges. The following day - even the following meal - I'm back on track again.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5lb - 173lbs
Body fat: 23.3%
Total Weight Loss: 102lbs

Week 313 - 6 years

2011-02-14T22:43:00.000Z

0.4lb loss.

To be honest, I was hoping for a bit more. I've been completely on track this week, and given the recent gains I thought a good week would make more of an indent.

Another reason for hoping for a greater loss was today is my daughter's birthday - this has meant a birthday dinner with lots of treats and a birthday cake - which is all going to show up in next week's figures, even if I stay completely on track again.

Meanwhile, perhaps I should mention that tomorrow (15th Feb) marks the 6th anniversary since we made the shift to focusing on healthy eating. Although I'm not actually that much lighter than I was 4 years ago

- see http://losingcwt.blogspot.com/2007/02/week-105.html

Most of the weight was lost in the first year, with most of the rest lost in the second. Since then it has crept up and down, rising to 26lbs more than I currently am, about 18 months ago, but also falling to around 8lbs lighter than I am now, back in late Autumn.

What is clear with all this, is that this is a lifetime thing. I will not reach the end. I will not reach a point where that will be it, I can just take my eye off the ball and just eat without monitoring.

Left without checking, my weight starts creeping up. Hell, it's been creeping up now, even though I am checking. But without the weekly ~~excuses~~ stats I put on this blog, I know it would be a lot worse.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4lb - 172lbs
Body fat: 23.1%
Total Weight Loss: 103lbs

Week 312

2011-02-07T12:00:00.001Z

0.4lb gain.

Double sigh...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4.4lb - 172.4lbs
Body fat: 23.7%
Total Weight Loss: 102.6lbs

Week 311

2011-02-02T10:09:00.000Z

0.4lb gain.

Sigh...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4lb - 172lbs
Body fat: 23.5%
Total Weight Loss: 103lbs

Week 310

2011-01-26T09:46:00.000Z

1.8lb gain.

Oh dear. Not so happy about that. I knew I wasn't going to lose anything but I'm a bit surprised by that level of gain.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 3.6lb - 171.6lbs
Body fat: 22.8%
Total Weight Loss: 103.4lbs

Week 309

2011-01-17T14:28:00.001Z

1.6lb loss!

Pleased with that. Been mostly on track with only a couple of small extras which I feared would count against me, but don't appear to have.

Relieved.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 1.8lb - 169.8lbs
Body fat: 23.2%
Total Weight Loss: 105.2lbs

Week 308

2011-01-10T12:04:00.000Z

0.8lb loss.

I'm pleased with this. When I stood on the scales this morning I was thinking my weight last week was what it was 2 weeks ago, so thought at first I'd put on over a pound. I was relieved when I checked and found I'd actually lost nearly a pound instead.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 3.4lb - 171.4lbs
Body fat: 22.5%
Total Weight Loss: 103.6lbs

Week 307

2011-01-03T23:26:00.000Z

2.2lb gain.

Well that could have been a whole lot worse.

Basically that's a 6.4lb gain across the Festive season. If I can get back on track this week, then I can feel satisfied that damage limitation strategies were largely successful. Although I'll feel happier once I've dropped back below 12 stone.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 4.2lb - 172.2lbs
Body fat: 23.1%
Total Weight Loss: 102.8lbs

Week 306

2010-12-27T10:22:00.000Z

2.4lb gain

Could have been worse.

The fightback begins today, but experience has shown that after a couple of days of over indulgence, it's like back to square one with resisting the cravings. The yearning ache for sweet fatty foods goes through the roof and it can take up to 3 weeks of being strictly on track before they calm down again.

Trying to combat the cravings while there are still sweet fatty foods in the house makes the problem 10 times worse.

At least what I do have on my side after nearly 6 years of doing this, is experience and recognition of all the symptoms. Even when I'm losing the battle, at least I know why and can still slip in a few damage-limitation measures.

I know, for example, that deciding to give up until the holiday season is over means I would have an extra 10lbs to lose come January.

I know that each sensible meal, or healthy snack I have is still worth it.

Accumulatively, if I come out of this weighing 180lbs instead of 190, then it is still a good thing and worth trying to achieve.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 2lb - 170lbs
Body fat: 21.7%
Total Weight Loss: 105lbs

Week 305

2010-12-20T10:00:00.000Z

1.8lb gain.

And so it begins...

I had hoped to stay on track a bit better this week before Feastmas, but some of the temptations were just a little too, er, tempting

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 13.6lb - 167.6lbs
Body fat: 21.5%
Total Weight Loss: 107.4lbs

Week 304

2010-12-13T13:47:00.000Z

No change.

Considering there have been at least a couple of mince pies and one or 2 other pre-festive treats, I think I'm quite happy to have stayed the same and not gained this week.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 11.6lb - 165.6lbs
Body fat: 21.2%
Total Weight Loss: 109.4lbs

Week 303

2010-12-06T17:08:00.000Z

2.2lb loss!

I'm happy with that. On track all week and it's wiped out the gain from last week.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 11.6lb - 165.6lbs
Body fat: 21.5%
Total Weight Loss: 109.4lbs

Week 302

2010-11-29T21:43:00.000Z

2.2lb gain

Disappointing, but unsurprising. We had a gathering at the weekend, for which Maggie was cooking and baking pretty much all week long. So quite apart from the actual evening itself, there was all the tasting before hand and all the leftovers the following day - and these included some of the scrummiest cakes known to mankind.

I never stood a chance...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 13.8lb - 167.8lbs
Body fat: 21.5%
Total Weight Loss: 107.2lbs

Week 301

2010-11-22T20:25:00.002Z

No change.

A little disappointing, but at least I haven't put any on this week

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 11.6lb - 165.6lbs
Body fat: 21.5%
Total Weight Loss: 109.4lbs

Week 300

2010-11-16T10:11:00.000Z

0.6lb loss.

Week 300.

Few people are still going with weight-loss blogs this long - either because they've achieved their goals or have given up completely. So why am I still going?

The thing is, I think there's a good chance this is a lifelong thing for me. I don't think I will ever actually get to a point where food is no longer an issue for me. It will always be a struggle on some level or another, so my weight is always likely to bob up and down a bit, depending on my state of mental health.

The function of this blog has always been for me to write down my weight each week so I can either feel a sense of accomplishment if I've lost weight, or have to make a public excuse if I've put it on.

For the foreseeable future I don't see that changing.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 11.6lb - 165.6lbs
Body fat: 21.3%
Total Weight Loss: 109.4lbs

Week 299

2010-11-08T09:16:00.000Z

0.6lb loss.

Heading back in the right direction.

It's been a near perfect week, although at the moment I'm eating more oatcakes as a way of staving off cravings.

Thin rough oatmeal oatcakes, dry (no toppings) have a crunch and chew value to them without too much in the way of calorific excess. Slightly tastier than cardboard and they don't trigger food binges.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 12.2lb - 166.2lbs
Body fat: 21%
Total Weight Loss: 108.8lbs

Week 298

2010-11-01T12:04:00.000Z

1.2lb gain

Well no surprises there given it was my birthday last week, and I did indulge.

Hopefully should be back on track this week

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 12.8lb - 166.8lbs
Body fat: 21%
Total Weight Loss: 108.2lbs

Week 297

2010-10-25T11:49:00.000+01:00

1.8lb loss!

Solidly back on track for a week and the payoff is immediately noticable.

However, as it was my birthday today (Monday), which consisted of a fair amount of over indulgence, I doubt I'll be looking at a loss next week, even if I stay on track for the next 6 days...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 11.6lb - 165.6lbs
Body fat: 21.3%
Total Weight Loss: 109.4lbs

Week 296

2010-10-18T10:16:00.000+01:00

3lb gain

Away on holiday last week, which is why there was no update and the weight gain is pretty hefty.

It could have been a lot worse - at least I'm still under 12 stone - but it was enough to mean the cravings are strong again, and are likely to be for the next couple of weeks until I get used to not having sweet things again.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 13.4lb - 167.4lbs
Body fat: 21%
Total Weight Loss: 107.6lbs

Week 294

2010-10-04T18:04:00.000+01:00

1lb gain

Strictly speaking it was a 1.8lb gain followed by a 0.8lb loss, but I didn't get round to posting the stats last week due to all sorts of family matters going on.

I won't be posting next week either, but should be resuming normal service in 2 weeks.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 10.4lb - 164.4lbs
Body fat: 20.5%
Total Weight Loss: 110.6lbs

Week 292

2010-09-20T10:15:00.000+01:00

1.4lb loss!

Well that's a relief. After 2 weeks of gains, there is always the fear that perhaps I'd reached the limit of how low I was going to go. Fortunately being back on track properly has meant I've started heading in the right direction again.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 9.4lb - 163.4lbs
Body fat: 20.3%
Total Weight Loss: 111.6lbs

Week 291

2010-09-13T10:17:00.000+01:00

0.6lb gain

Well, I know exactly where that's come from - 2 rock buns and 3 homemade custard cream biscuits.

Maggie was comfort baking -something she's known to do under times of stress. Needless to say it's a psychological war zone, and we never come out unscathed.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 10.8lb - 164.8lbs
Body fat: 20%
Total Weight Loss: 110.2lbs

Week 290

2010-09-08T00:39:00.000+01:00

1lb gain

Just as a big marker comes into view, it starts to recede again...

I am aware of little extras creeping in across the week. Need to be properly back on track again

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 10.2lb - 164.2lbs
Body fat: 21%
Total Weight Loss: 110.8lbs

Week 289

2010-08-30T17:23:00.000+01:00

1.6lb loss!

Very happy with that. I've been on track all week, but I'm still surprised when I lose anything more than about half a pound.

I'm now only 0.2 of a pound short from losing 112lbs, or in British Currency 8 stone - which is a British hundredweight - something I never actually believed I would ever reach.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 9.2lb - 163.2lbs
Body fat: 21.1%
Total Weight Loss: 111.8lbs

Week 288

2010-08-23T11:20:00.000+01:00

0.2lb gain

I can live with that. There have been a handful of extras which meant I knew I was unlikely to lose anything this week. However, what this does mean is it consolidates the large loss last week, which I was concerned might have just been a blip.

Should be completely back on track this week.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 10.8lb - 164.8lbs
Body fat: 21%
Total Weight Loss: 110.2lbs

Week 287 - 50kg

2010-08-16T09:42:00.000+01:00

2.4lb loss!

Although I've been back on track all week, I wasn't expecting a loss of this magnitude, so I'll have to see next week whether it's sustained or is a blip.

However, dropping under 11st 11lbs, or 165lbs means I've hit the 50kg marker.

During the winter, the coalman delivers bags of coal weighing 50kg, and I can barely pick them up for more than a few seconds, and I need my son to help me decant it into smaller bags.

It now seems mindboggling that 5½ years ago I was carrying that amount extra on me every day.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 10.6lb - 164.6lbs
Body fat: 21.3%
Total Weight Loss: 110.4lbs

Week 286

2010-08-10T12:30:00.000+01:00

0.4lb & 0.8lb gains

The past couple of weeks has included 2 trips away for 2-3 days at a time, as well as excessive tiredness and illness, resulting in precious little physical activity.

The upshot is gains (as well as a missed blog update), but cruicially (for my own self esteem at least) I'm still under 12 stone. And everything should be back on track, as from this morning.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 13lb - 167lbs
Body fat: 21%
Total Weight Loss: 108lbs

Week 284

2010-07-26T12:52:00.000+01:00

0.2lb gain

Although it's a gain, I'm delighted with it.

Last week it was my wife's birthday, so in addition to a huge slice of chocolate cake, we'd also had ice cream earlier in the day when we went out for a picnic, and popcorn in the evening when we went to the cinema to see Toy Story 3.

Consequently I had fears of putting on a pound or more. So to have only gained 0.2 of a pound is a good result in my book.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 11.8lb - 165.8lbs
Body fat: 22.1%
Total Weight Loss: 109.2lbs

Week 283

2010-07-19T10:14:00.000+01:00

0.6lb loss!

Still heading in the right direction. After the larger losses of the previous couple of weeks I wasn't expecting much, so to still lose over half a pound feels good.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 11.6lb - 165.6lbs
Body fat: 22.1%
Total Weight Loss: 109.4lbs

Week 282

2010-07-12T09:51:00.000+01:00

1.4lb loss!

Well that was a surprise. I'm still doing what I've been doing every week so given the 1.4lb loss last week, I wasn't expecting the same level of drop this time.

So this puts me in sight of losing 8 stone - only 3.2lbs away from that figure - and 8 stone is 112lbs which is a hundredweight in British measurements, not the US 100lbs.

I never expected to get down this far

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 12.2lb - 166.2lbs
Body fat: 22.1%
Total Weight Loss: 108.8lbs

Week 281 - under 12 stone

2010-07-05T09:09:00.002+01:00

1.4lb loss!

Not only is that a good amount to lose in a week, but highly significant for me is it takes me under 12 stone.

For those who measure purely in pounds or kilos, I know stones are an odd scale. 1 stone = 14 pounds. Don't ask me - I didn't invent it, I just grew up with it.

However, because I grew up with it, each time I cross a stone it has much larger significance than crossing, say a 10lb or even a 10kg marker.

But to have reached a point where there is an 11 in front almost makes me weep, for it puts me in the realm of the weight I was as a young man, before I started gaining.

As well as being the upper limit of the "normal" range for my height, according to the BMI charts, 11st 4lbs is the weight I have in my head as what I was around the ages of 19 to 21 years old. I am now 11st 13.6lbs.

I do not expect to get down to 11st 4lbs, but to be within the same "stone" almost makes me dizzy.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 11st 13.6lb - 167.6lbs
Body fat: 22.2%
Total Weight Loss: 107.4lbs

Week 280

2010-06-28T13:06:00.000+01:00

1lb loss!

Phew! After last week's unexpected gain I had a moment of fear that it was going to unravel. However, it was just a blip and if I'd lost 0.4lbs last week and another 0.4lbs this week then I would have ended up in the same place and felt quite content.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 1lb - 169lbs
Body fat: 21.4%
Total Weight Loss: 106lbs

Week 279

2010-06-21T10:48:00.000+01:00

0.2lb gain :(

OK, I know 0.2lbs is little more than the weight of a good fart, but unfortunately it breaks the 15 week run I was whooping with joy about last week.

I really cannot think of anything I have done differently this week, so I'll just have to put it down to a blip and hope I continue in the right direction next week

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 2lb - 170lbs
Body fat: 21.7%
Total Weight Loss: 105lbs

Week 278 - under 170lbs

2010-06-14T11:24:00.000+01:00

1.6lb loss!

This is a bigger loss than expected, but then the thing is always to look at the trend in preference to the individual weeks.

And the trend is, over the past 10 weeks I've lost 9.2lbs. But the main thing is I've been consistently losing something every week for 15 weeks in a row, and that accumulates.

My 34" jeans are no longer tight and my baggy shirts are becoming rather ridiculously large.

At some point I am going to have to go out and buy some clothes that actually fit, rather than drape. But to be honest, I have no idea where to begin.

As I got larger, my clothes choice was dictated by what I could buy that was large enough to fit. And as I've been coming down, other than jeans and underwear, I've carried on wearing the same clothes.

I still haven't really accepted the idea that I can in fact walk into any high street shop now and find clothes that fit. But I've never been a fashionista, so actually have no idea what would suit me.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 1.8lb - 169.8lbs
Body fat: 22%
Total Weight Loss: 105.2lbs

Week 277

2010-06-07T10:28:00.000+01:00

0.4lb loss

Although I still have at least 13lbs to lose before I would stop being "overweight" and into the "normal" range, at this stage, every loss feels like an unexpected bonus.

Last time I was below 175lbs I just considered myself in maintenance mode, but I'm begining to think a couple more pounds loss is still likely

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 3.4lb - 171.4lbs
Body fat: 22.8%
Total Weight Loss: 103.6lbs

Week 276 - a new record low

2010-05-31T10:17:00.004+01:00

I don't know what happened to last week's stats - clearly I forgot to write in week 275 and my 0.4lb loss that week.

However, the big news is this week I have lost 1.6lb. And this is highly significant for me

By taking me down to 12st 3.8lb or 171.8lb, it now means I'm the lightest I've been since I was in my early 20s.

My previous lowest point was back in July 2007 when for one week only, I was 12st 4.2lbs, or 172.2lbs. Then I bobbed back and forth around the 12st 7lb mark (which was the 100lb down point from my original starting point) for several months until Christmas, where I put on a few more pounds, never really lost them and a very slow creep back began.

By September last year I had risen above 14 stone to 197.6lbs and that was the point we managed to begin turning it round again.

In fact, if you scroll to the bottom of the page you can see quite visually the changes on the trackngraph.com chart

So I am now the lightest my wife has ever known me - I was around 185lbs when we first met, nearly 20 years ago.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 3.8lb - 171.8lbs
Body fat: 22.8%
Total Weight Loss: 103.2lbs

Week 274

2010-05-17T17:06:00.000+01:00

0.8lb loss!

I'm happy with that. Still losing. Still heading in the right direction.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.8lb - 173.8lbs
Body fat: 23.5%
Total Weight Loss: 101.2lbs

Week 273

2010-05-10T09:55:00.000+01:00

0.2lb loss

Ah well - 0.2lbs is hardly going to make me make another notch on my belt. However, last week's 1.6lb loss was higher than expected, so this probably evens it out.

And it means that's now 11 consecutive weeks of loss

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 6.6lb - 174.6lbs
Body fat: 23.9%
Total Weight Loss: 100.04lbs

Week 272 - 100lb loss... revisited

2010-05-03T10:19:00.000+01:00

1.6lb loss!

Well, if that wasn't a good loss in itself, it takes me down to a fraction under 12½ stone, which means I have once again reached that 100lbs marker from my original starting point just over 5 years ago.

OK, I first reached this marker 3 years ago (week 110), but I don't think that invalidates the whole thing.

The reality is between 95% and 98% of all people who go on a diet, put all the weight back on within 2 to 3 years. And most of them actually end up heavier than when they started.

Although my weight did start creeping back up, across 2½ years, I put on no more than 23lbs and have now taken that off again.

And it's all about focusing on eating healthily - not on dieting.

Weight loss is a side effect of being healthier, and as such it's sustainable and doesn't get you adopting stupid, dangerous eating patterns just to lose the pounds

The battleground is then not with the food, but with how we deal with why we overeat, and how we use food to cope with high emotional states.

Focus on eating healthily. It really is the best way

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 6.8lb - 174.8lbs
Body fat: 24.2%
Total Weight Loss: 100.2lbs

Week 271

2010-04-27T12:11:00.000+01:00

0.8lb loss!

Because of the way this eating style works, I cannot have anything with sugar in it as the yeast in the gut, having been deprived of it for several weeks now, would go mad and explode in growth if I do before it's all died back.

So I can't even lick the jam spoon, pick the cheese off the pizza tray or any one of a hundred other little nibbly things you do without realising.

But while it is, without doubt, frustrating at times, it does mean the weight is continuing to drop

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 8.4lb - 176.4lbs
Body fat: 24%
Total Weight Loss: 98.6lbs

Week 270

2010-04-19T13:30:00.000+01:00

1.4lb loss!

Still heading in the right direction, and getting closer to reaching the 100lb mark again

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 9.2lb - 177.2lbs
Body fat: 24.7%
Total Weight Loss: 97.8lbs

Week 269

2010-04-12T14:26:00.000+01:00

0.4lb loss

Not sure why the drop was less - it was another faultless week, but then some weeks I've dropped more than expected, so it all evens out in the end.

This means I've had 7 successive weeks of weightloss, and that 100lb mark that I originally reached 3 years ago, is getting closer once again

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 10.6lb - 178.6lbs
Body fat: 24.4%
Total Weight Loss: 96.4lbs

Week 268

2010-04-05T17:20:00.002+01:00

2lb loss!

Another faultless week, and that 2lb loss takes me back under 180lbs, and the 6th successive week of weightloss

I first reached this figure back in November 2006 (having started 96 pounds heavier in February 2005). The last time I was at this weight was December 2007, although I came close in summer 2008.

But there is something nice about being comfortably back in the 12 stone something range. And as I have to give this way of eating a proper chance to see if it will help combat the CFS, there's no reason why things should change over the next few weeks at least.

And I have had no chocolate this Easter. None. Not a single cream egg. First time ever, I think.

Anyone got a medal for me...?

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 11lb - 179lbs
Body fat: 24.6%
Total Weight Loss: 96lbs

Week 267

2010-03-29T17:10:00.001+01:00

1.8lb loss.

A faultless week - even a complete week with no sugar in my coffee. It's mildly less vile, but at this rate it could be August before I get used to sugarless coffee.

Significant figures: I'm back under 13stone for the first time since August 2008.

I also realised the 36" waist jeans are definitely too baggy now, so am back in the 34"s - slightly snug, but bearable.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 13lb - 181lbs
Body fat: 25.1%
Total Weight Loss: 94lbs

Week 266

2010-03-22T10:01:00.002Z

0.6lb loss

Not as much as last week, although it is still in a downward direction, so it wasn't just a blip.

A faultless week this week and I've even cut sugar out of my coffee the past few days. At the moment it still tastes like vile poison, but I'm hoping my tastebuds will get used to it soon.

At some point soon I will cut out the coffee too. Then, hopefully I will have removed all up-and-drop habits from my life, but I'm not ready just yet.

With the CFS I miss that feeling awake, feeling alive that I only get now for 45 minutes or so after my 2 coffees a day. My hope is once the caffeine is completely out my system my body will naturally adjust so I won't just feel knackered the entire day.

But to be honest, I'm quite fearful - what if it means I don't ever feel properly awake or alive again?

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.8lb - 182.8lbs
Body fat: 24.9%
Total Weight Loss: 92.2lbs

Week 265 - 3lb loss and a visit to the Nutritionist

2010-03-15T23:12:00.000Z

3lb loss!

In the past 5 years I think I've only twice ever lost 3lbs in one week, so this was a bit of a surprise.

But I have been on track and then some, this week.

Last Thursday I went to see a Nutritionist who, after looking through the detailed questionnaire I'd filled out and testing me on her machine, told me I most likely had a couple of mild food intolerances and too much yeast in my system which affects my digestion and ability to absorb the right nutrients, thus either causing, or contributing to my CFS.

The upshot of this is it has been recommended I cut out sugars, yeast and fungi from my diet - this includes fruit juice, dried fruits and many fresh fruits too, as they are all high in sugar content - and take pro-biotics and Chromium supplements to allow my body to recover. She didn't think I had full blown Candida, but felt I was leaning that way so should look to address it.

I don't appear to have a wheat intolerance, but can't have bread because of the yeast. And it turns out the fungi thing means I can't have Quorn either, which is a bit of a bugger as we lead a largely vegetarian diet and Quorn usually features once or twice a week.

It seems mostly I'll be following a GL diet, which Maggie had been looking at anyway.

Am I certain this is all correct and not bullshit? No. You don't need a medical degree to call yourself a nutritionist, and the vega machine she used to test me for my reactions to different food stuffs hasn't had full clinical trials.

However, I'm prepared to give it a go. It looks a few stages more advanced than Crystal Therapy, and I'm not being recommended to do anything unhealthy or life threatening. If it turns out to be complete bollocks, then at least I won't have lost anything.

What this has meant is I now daren't snack on anything I shouldn't. It's no longer just a case of extra calories delaying or preventing weight loss, but the wrong things can feed the yeast growth. And if I'm to give this a shot then I've got to do it properly, otherwise I'll never know.

I've not given up my 2 coffees a day yet, but I fear it's only a matter of time...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 1.4lb - 183.4lbs
Body fat: 25.5%
Total Weight Loss: 91.6lbs

Week 264

2010-03-08T16:53:00.000Z

1lb loss!

That's good. Was on track all week, with the exception of a tub of popcorn at the cinema on Saturday when Maggie and I went to see the new Alice in Wonderland movie (visually lovely, but lacking any real dramatic tension).

No matter how many advances I've made in other areas of my life, I cannot go to the cinema without having a tub of popcorn. I would be completely unable to enjoy the film, spending the entire time missing the popcorn.

Fortunately we very rarely go to the cinema

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 4.4lb - 186.4lbs
Body fat: 26.1%
Total Weight Loss: 88.6lbs

Week 263

2010-03-02T00:57:00.000Z

0.4lb loss

Back in the right direction again.

Forgot to mention last week it was the 5th Anniversary since I began the journey of heathly eating. I still haven't figured out whether that's a good or a bad thing...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 5.4lb - 187.4lbs
Body fat: 25.6%
Total Weight Loss: 87.6lbs

Week 262

2010-02-23T08:33:00.000Z

1.8lb gain

To be honest, that could have been worse. This past week has seen my daughter's birthday celebrations, a trip to see my stepdaughter and her children and a weekend away with my wife, including trips to cafes.

I'm actually craving vegetables.

Well, nearly...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 5.8lb - 187.8lbs
Body fat: 25.7%
Total Weight Loss: 87.2lbs

Week 261

2010-02-15T12:31:00.002Z

0.8lb loss!

I'm very pleased with that, although somewhat surprised as there have been a few little extras this week.

However, for anyone who doesn't know, one of the greatest achievements in the world of bloggers dealing with health and weight issues has been Kepa, or Fat Lazy Guy, reaching his target of being under 100kg, or 220lbs.

What makes this such an astonishing success story is 3 years ago he weighed over 500lbs.

And what makes this so special for me is we've been exchanging blog comments since he started. If you like, I knew him back in his days of struggle and massive self-esteem issues, long before the bold and confident guy he is today.

So this isn't about some distant person who must be superhuman and I couldn't relate to. This is very real.

Here's a wee video he made charting his success

.

It almost brings a tear to my eye

Here's a link to his post

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 4lb - 186lbs
Body fat: 26.2%
Total Weight Loss: 89lbs

Week 260

2010-02-08T18:12:00.000Z

1.4lb loss

So my unexpected gain last week must have been a blip as I've dropped down below my weight from 2 weeks ago.

I'm happy with that :)

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 4.8lb - 186.8lbs
Body fat: 26.2%
Total Weight Loss: 88.2lbs

Week 259

2010-02-01T19:45:00.001Z

0.8lb gain?

Sigh

Don't really know what's caused this. I know I did have a couple of little extras this week - a scone on Wednesday, and a cup of hot chocolate on Friday, but these shouldn't have been enough to cause a weight gain.

It's not so bad when I can see what I've done wrong, but this is disappointing

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 6.2lb - 188.2lbs
Body fat: 26.4%
Total Weight Loss: 86.8lbs

Week 258

2010-01-25T10:34:00.000Z

Another 1.4lb loss!

A near faultless week again, but I'm surprised to lose over a pound again.

Due to the CFS my activity levels aren't that wonderful, so realistically I don't feel I can expect to lose much over 1/2 a pound per week

So I'm happy with that :)

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 5.4lb - 187.4lbs
Body fat: 26.2%
Total Weight Loss: 87.6lbs

Week 257

2010-01-18T10:34:00.000Z

1.4lb loss!

Another good week almost completely on track. This takes me down below my pre-Christmas weight, which by the middle of January is something virtually unheard of.

Mind you, the most astonishing weight-loss marker I've been hit with is Kepa, over at Fat Lazy Guy, has now reached a point where he has lost 277lbs since he started.

The reason the figure leaps out at me is that it is more than I weighed at my heaviest - which was 275lbs.

If you strapped me at my most obese to the back of Kepa as he is now, combined we would still weigh less than when he began his journey.

I am so impressed with this guy.

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 6.8lb - 188.8lbs
Body fat: 26.6%
Total Weight Loss: 86.2lbs

Week 256

2010-01-11T10:13:00.000Z

1.2lb loss!

I'm pleased with that. Surprisingly, given all the snow and ice, I've actually been out and about more than usual this past week. With the camera. And I'm sure that's helped burn off a couple of extra calories along with the fact I've had a virtually faultless week.

For anyone interested in some of the photos I took, pop over to my main blog, Ramblings of the Bearded One and take a look at this post:

Winter Snow and Ice

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 8.2lb - 190.2lbs
Body fat: 26.2%
Total Weight Loss: 84.8lbs

Week 255

2010-01-04T10:25:00.000Z

0.2lb gain

This means my entire Feastmas gain has been less than 2lbs!

WOOHOO!!!

Without doubt this will have been the least amount gained over a Christmas period at any point in my life.

And it's not like we didn't let ourselves enjoy our food and go for it over Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. But we contained it within those days.

Sure we had a few little extras over other days, but we contained them to either a little something with the morning coffee, or an addition to dinner.

What we didn't do (except on Hogmanay) was eat in the evenings in front of the TV, and snack in between meals. And of course, the core diet was still healthy.

It took a lot of planning and resolution on the run up to the Gluttenous Season, but it's paid off.

And we're right back on track again.

I'm going to allow myself a rather large *smug* moment...

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 9.4lb - 191.4lbs
Body fat: 26.7%
Total Weight Loss: 83.6lbs

Week 254

2009-12-28T14:15:00.000Z

1.6lb gain.

Now that's not bad at all!

Ok, complete blow outs on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but on the week running up, I was pretty good.

However, experience has shown that the biggest weight gain is often in the week following Christmas, as resolve has been weakened, sugar levels are now all over the place, and the house is still stuffed full of goodies you couldn't bring yourself to throw away.

The intention is to try and be back on track this week, with only the occasional minor treat - something nice with the coffee type of thing - but really try and keep off the excess until New Year's Day. Blow out on that day only, and be back on track by Jan 2nd.

If we can do it, this will be a major step forward from the annual problem of feeling it's not worth trying to contain anything until after new year. But if we can keep the weight gain to only 2 or 3 pounds, then that is considerably better than putting on 8 to 10 or more.

Hope you all had a great Christmas. Wishing you all the very best for the new year and decade :)

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 9.2lb - 191.2lbs
Body fat: 26.1%
Total Weight Loss: 83.8lbs

Week 253

2009-12-21T10:18:00.000Z

No change.

I was hoping I might have got a bit lower, but at least I haven't gained yet.

So, now it's time to face the big one - the toughest time of the year for anyone with a seething, writhing, mass of food "issues"

The strategy is to try and contain the worst of it to Christmas Day and Boxing Day, then be vigilant for the rest of the week.

And of course, Damage Limitation plays it's part across the whole period.

If you're new to the idea of Damage Limitation, then do read this post I did in a guest spot on MizFit's site last year: http://mizfitonline.com/2008/12/26/damage-limitation/

Wishing you all the very best this Feastmas

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 7.6lb - 189.6lbs
Body fat: 26.5%
Total Weight Loss: 85.4lbs

Week 252

2009-12-15T11:21:00.001Z

1.2lb loss!

So, one more week left to try and get a faultless 7 day run before the mother of all temptations leaps out, throws me about, slaps me around, beats me up then forces all sorts of sweet, creamy, calorie-rich things down my throat, which I will be powerless to resist.

And for anyone who's interested, I've put a weight tracker at the bottom of the page which shows my progress and lapses over the past 4 years (scroll right down)

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 7.6lb - 189.6lbs
Body fat: 26.9%
Total Weight Loss: 85.4lbs

Week 251

2009-12-07T11:43:00.000Z

2.2lb loss!

Well that happily cancels out the gains of the past couple of weeks. Being completely on track since we got back from our wee break seems to have paid off. Our "treats" managed to stay contained within the weekend away and we didn't struggle to fall back into the routine when we got back.

In fact I'm left with a nett profit and am now at the lowest I've been since I started back on the way down again, and am around the same weight I was back in June (when I was still on the way back up).

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 8.8lb - 190.8lbs
Body fat: 27%
Total Weight Loss: 84.2lbs