Week 262

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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