Week 141 - 31

2.2lb gain

Well what can I say? It was my birthday last Thursday. And then there were left-over birthday treats on Friday. And then on Saturday we went out to a bonfire party and gathering where there was more food than you could shake a stick at.

Ah well, it was fun while it lasted...


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 7.6lb - 175.6lbs
Body fat: 23.3%
Total Weight Loss: 99.4lbs

Week 140 - 30

0.4lb loss.

I was pretty much on track all week with the exception of a slight blip on Saturday night, so I'm happy enough with the loss. Even more so in fact, because I was so surprised not to have put on weight last week that I was half expecting those meals out and cake to show up this week.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.4lb - 173.4lbs
Body fat: 22.5%
Total Weight Loss: 101.6lbs

Week 139 - 29

No change!

Now to be honest I'm somewhat gobsmacked by this. By rights I should have put on at least a pound and a half. Friday involved lunch out and dinner out with the family where, of course, I ate far too much.

Then my wife got some good news regarding her application to get into next year's Spring Fling event. This is a major event in the area for artists and will greatly boost her publicity. In celebration my son made a cake.

So I'd already started thinking about this blog post before I stood on the scales this morning. I was going to talk about the fact that while the battle against over eating when feeling low is ongoing but in the long term one I've been winning, the battle against over eating when celebrating hasn't even begun.

But, now I have to figure out WHY I didn't put the weight on and there's only one clear reason I can think of - I changed my meds last week.

The last set of anti-depressants I was on were making me increasingly tired and lethargic, to the point where I was feeling that the benefits were outweighed by the side effects (I wrote a bit more about it on my other blog - see Whose Brain is it Anyway?), so the doc changed the ones I was on.

All this week I've been waking up in the middle of the night, dripping in sweat and I can only guess that my metabolism has gone through a shift while the new tablets settle in.

I'll be glad when I sleep through the night again though.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.8lb - 173.8lbs
Body fat: 22.5%
Total Weight Loss: 101.2lbs

Week 138 - 28

1.4lb loss!

I'm happy with that.

Been pretty much on track all week, except an ice-cream over the weekend and a bar of chocolate last night. I'd had a long day loading the new computer with all the data from the old one and was fragile and shattered by the end of the day. I gave in to a bar of Green & Black's Mint Organic Dark Chocolate (70%). It was damn good. However, back on track today.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 5.8lb - 173.8lbs
Body fat: 23%
Total Weight Loss: 101.2lbs

Week 137 - 27

No change.

I might have hoped for a slight loss, but the lack of change is easily accounted for by the extra pieces of cake had over the weekend in a wee family celebration.

I was thinking about my post last week where I mentioned the fact that my weight has been stable (within a 4-5lb range) for 6 months now and figured that maybe I needed to make an adjustment to my post titles.

So from now on, as well as the first figure (137 above) showing how many weeks since I set out, it will include a 2nd figure (27 above) showing how long I've been at what Sir Chubalot calls maintenance level.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 12st 7.2lb - 175.2lbs
Body fat: 22.5%
Total Weight Loss: 99.8lbs