Weigh-in 25

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs)
Last week's weight: 141.5 kg (312 lbs)
Current weight: 139.7 kg (308 lbs)
Loss this week: 1.8 kg (4 lbs)
Overall loss: 39.1 kg (86.2 lbs)
Start BMI: 56.4
Last week's BMI: 44.7
Current BMI: 44.1

This is very, very, very pleasing. A 1.8 kg drop bucks a pattern my weight loss has been following in that for the first time for the third week in a row, I've lost more than the previous week. My guess is my body has been burning extra energy to stay warm during this awful winter weather New Zealand has been suffering over the past week. The six month mark is coming up next Sunday. Can I eke out a 900 gram loss or better to get to a 40 kg loss? I really hope so. That would mean that I would be two thirds of my way towards my goal for 2013. I've already got a goal in mind for 2014. It would be nice to start working on that this year. 

A peculiar metric: my birth weight was 8 lb 9 oz, or 3.88 kg. I have now lost the equivalent of 10 newborn baby Petes.

Weigh-in 24

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs)
Last week's weight: 142.8 kg (314.8 lbs)
Current weight: 141.5 kg (312 lbs)
Loss this week: 1.3 kg (2.9 lbs)
Overall loss: 37.3 kg (82.2 lbs)
Start BMI: 56.4
Last week's BMI: 45.1
Current BMI: 44.7

Believe or not, this is absolutely splendid. My BMI has dropped below 45, so I am now no longer a super obese man, just a morbidly obese one. Now by the sounds of things, that doesn't sound so fantastic, but this is indicative of tangible, real progress in my weight loss. I must confess I hoped to be at 141.3 or better, so I would be halfway through Phase III, but I shall achieve that next week.

I think this is a particularly good result given I went out to dinner on Sunday night last week to celebrate my sister's birthday. I even had some dessert - cheesecake. Part of the way I'm approaching food now is to treat celebratory food as it was originally intended: as part of celebrations, not daily life.

There are two more weigh-ins this month and I'm confident that I'll reach the 130s by July. I'm doing far better than I expected for 5 1/2 months into this journey.

Weigh-in 22 and 23

Weigh-in 22

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs)
Last week's weight: 144.6 kg (318.8 lbs)
Current weight: 144 kg (317.5 lbs)
Loss this week: 0.6 kg (1.3 lbs)
Overall loss: 34.8 kg (76.7 lbs)
Start BMI: 56.4
Last week's BMI: 45.6
Current BMI: 45.4

Okay, I've been slacking with the blog posts, but I haven't been slacking with the diet. I've made some good progress, although week 21 was, once again, a week where there was a bit of a trough in my weight loss. Expected, but disappointing.

Weigh-in 23

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs)
Last week's weight: 144 kg (317.5 lbs)
Current weight: 142.8 kg (314.8 lbs)
Loss this week: 1.2 kg (2.7 lbs)
Overall loss: 36 kg (79.4 lbs)
Start BMI: 56.4
Last week's BMI: 45.4
Current BMI: 45.1

A reasonable loss this week and a pretty good milestone too, actually. I have now lost 20% of my start weight. There's a clutch of milestones coming up, of which this is the first. My BMI should, very soon, drop under 45. That will move me from a status of super obesity to morbid obesity. Which still doesn't sound very good, but it's a hell of an improvement on where I've been. Secondly, I'm only a few weeks away from the six month mark in this journey, and I'm pretty pleased about that. I have been resilient and that is paying off. I'm also maybe a month and a half away from the 100 lb milestone. I know I'm a metric kind of guy, but it will be good to hit the ton in that respect.

I'm harbouring a hope that I'll be in the 130s by July.