So I’ve not updated here in over a year. There are several reasons for that, the largest of which is that I stalled out in a major way on the weight loss. Well, I’m resetting some things, and one of the things I’m going to try to do better is chronicle my journey. My low point was 218 in September of 2010, in 2011 I bounced back up to 230, hovered around 225 for most of the year, and only now am coming back down towards the two-teens. I’m at 222.4 today with a trend line at 223.3 (trend line is determined by a 10% exponential smoothing of the daily weights). I started the year at 223.6 (the trend line from 2011), so I’m down slightly. I’m enrolled in a diet study and on a low-glycemic diet, since I started that I’m down slightly, so that’s good.
Overall, I’m feeling a lot healthier, feel like I’ve traded some fat weight for muscle weight, and am quite satisfied with how I’m starting look. Yes, I know it’s a bit vain, but part of the reason for starting to work out and work with a trainer was to improve my physical appearance, not just to lose weight. I’ve got more bulk and visible musculature in the biceps, quads, more definitions in the hamstrings and triceps, and I feel like my back and chest overall are more muscled and defined.
With all that said, I still want to lose a significant amount of weight – my goal weight is 170, so I have just over 50 lbs to go. My current goal is 200 lbs by my birthday, July 3. I’m going to be really disappointed in myself if I can’t make that.