Week 36

2 pounds lost this week, so I'm feeling good about that. But an even greater birthday present is the fact that today I am wearing jeans with a 36 inch waist!

My 38s have been definitely getting baggier so I suspected that a 36 was a possibility, so yesterday I went in search. I got a fright initially when, in the changing rooms, I barely got the jeans over my arse and there was no way I was going to be able to get that button done up. I couldn't believe it - I was so sure they ought to have fit. So when I took them off I checked the label and discovered I'd been trying on 34s by mistake.

Phew!

So, 2lbs, and a size down in jeans!

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me...


Statistical summary:

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb – 275lbs
Current Weight: 14st 11lb – 207lbs
Total Weight Loss: 68lbs
Weight Lost since joining the Knights of the Round Bottoms: 3lbs

Week 35

No Change this week. I remain at 209 pounds, however, I feel fortunate not to have gained any. With one thing and another, I have been out for an evening meal twice, and eaten out at lunchtime three times in the past seven days.

Eating out is considerably more difficult to cope with because I can't really get to grips with the fact that if I'm paying for it in a cafe or restaurant, I feel I have to get my money's worth by finishing everything on the plate, including all the colslaw, mayonaise, rich dressings etc. And what evening meal cannot be finished off without a pudding?

So with my behaviour I was fully expecting to have put on a pound or two. So I feel it's something of an achievement to have stayed steady.

Statistical summary:

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb – 275lbs
Current Weight: 14st 13lb – 209lbs
Total Weight Loss: 66lbs
Weight Lost since joining the Knights of the Round Bottoms: 1lb

Week 34

Now that I’m a member of the Knights of the Round Bottom, I guess I’m going to have to keep a public track of my weight losses/gains/plateaus.

Well I’ve lost another pound since last week, which takes me through another barrier. Now I know that dropping from 210 pounds to 209 doesn’t sound like it’s worth making a fuss about, but if you change the weight measurements into stones then you see that I have gone from 15 stone to 14st 13lb. And to think that I am now under 15 stone gives me quite a thrill.

So, statistical summary:

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb – 275 lbs
Current Weight: 14st 13lb – 209lbs
Total Weight Loss: 66lbs
Weight Lost since joining the Knights of the Round Bottoms: 1lb

Knights of the Round Bottoms

After searching for weight loss blogs that seemed supportive, informative and light hearted, and getting absolutely nowhere (see Weight Loss Blogs), I was rather surprised to be invited to join the Knights of the Round Bottoms – a small group people dedicated to shifting a few pounds and keeping the comments going as they do so.

The group so far seems to consist mainly, though not exclusively, of middle-aged, overweight men, so I should slot in fine. Their links are now over on the right.

I weighed myself this morning (it’s usually a weekly procedure) and was pleased to see I’m still heading in the right direction. I’m now exactly 15 stone, or 210 pounds, which means I have lost a total of 65 pounds since February.

Clothes sizes without an X in them

I bought a new coat today as autumn is here and winter is just around the corner. But the amazing thing is the size. It is not a XXXL like the shirts I was buying back at the turn of the year; nor is it a XXL, like my previous coat; it is not even a XL. The size of this coat doesn’t have a single X in it. It is a “Large” and that’s it.

Some people might be disturbed at having to buy Large clothing, but to me it is an amazing achievement, and it’s difficult to try and get across just how bloody amazed I am at this.

In the shop they had this coat in four sizes – Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. Out of force of habit my wife found herself saying, as I picked one off the rack to take a closer look, “They don’t go up to…” and then caught herself and apologised.

I tried on the XL with a bit of trepidation: I’m aware that my XXL shirts are very baggy these days, but it’s a long time since I attempted to try on a XL item. So I was rather shocked to find that it seemed too big.

Giggling, almost like a nervous schoolboy, I reached out for the Large, took it off the coat hanger and tried it on. It fitted perfectly.

Bloody Hell!

So I bought it before my body could change its mind.