Week 296

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

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

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

 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

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

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

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

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

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

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