Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends

In the words of the great Ladies Love Cool James: don’t call it a comeback – I been here for years. (wait – what’s that? I haven’t posted in two years? oh, well sure. THAT'S a comeback).

So I originally started this interweb-based-log to chronicle my (mis)adventures in attempting to lose weight, and also to embarrass myself enough to add to the motivation.  In 2011, I was successful. I ate less (sometimes), I ran, and I biked. I lost about 40 pounds. Which is great.

The problem is I gained it back. Then I lost some. Then I gained it back again.

… you see where this is headed.

Here’s a quick list of the extremes:

• Feb 2011 – 242
• Aug 2011 – 198
• Mar 2012 – 216
• Aug 2012 – 198
• Mar 2013 – 239
• Sep 2013 – 215 (notice how my “low” mark here was my high mark in 2012)
• Winter of 2014 – 240… and STILL 240 as late as May 5

Yes, there is a troubling trend. This spring I started running again after Chicagoland began to thaw, and was not really seeing results because I still ate everything I looked at, and my running could be more aptly described as “plodding”.

So I ramped it up a bit, started a workout program (more on this later probably), and have also been biking quite a bit the last few weeks. I was “successful” again. I’m down to 208 and still dropping. But here’s the thing, if I’m just yo-yoing back and forth… is it really success?

So I thought I’d dust off the ole blog and recondition its purpose. Here is the plan: I’m not blogging about my boring weight loss again. That part has already (mostly) happened. When I’m getting results, I don’t need “accountability” – the results themselves serve that purpose (and this whole thing just turn into a giant humblebrag… a thin line I walk far too often anyway). I need accountability AFTER the weight loss – the problem is availability of time during the school year. Oh, but also the part where I eat everything I look at. Have I mentioned that yet?

Ergo, the focus of this blog will become less about losing the initial weight… rather, the emphasis will be on keeping the weight OFF. Fighting the fat, as it were. An epilogue of sorts.

And just to end on a positive… here is my progress over the last 12 weeks.

Now, try not to screw it up…

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Saturday Weigh-in: 207.6

Two additional notes:

1 – I still have a goal of sub-200lbs before school starts. I think this is attainable, but there might be some hiccups along the way. So there will (hopefully) still be discussion of SOME weight loss.

2 – I also plan to use this blog to broadcast some more general thoughts and opinions. So you (you = no one) have that to look forward to.