Weigh-in 43

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs) 
Last week's weight: 118.8 kg (261.9lbs)

Current weight: 117.8 kg (259.7lbs) 

Loss this week: 1 kg (2.2 lbs) 

Overall loss: 61.0 kg (134.5 lbs) 

Start BMI: 56.4  

Last week's BMI: 37.5

Current BMI: 37.2

Well, it's good to lose a solid kilogram this week after  a couple of weeks losing just a few fractions of a kg. October has not been my best month, with just 3 kg lost over the past four weeks. I really should start getting used to this kind of loss, though. As I get smaller, the weekly losses should get smaller too - and I've known this will happen all along. On the bright side, my lower belly has toned up a bit. I think my skin was taking some time to recover from the weight loss.

Still, not a lot of people on a weight loss journey can say they lost even 3 kg in a month, so I really must count my blessings. I still think I can get under 110 kg by 2014 and I still think I'll hit the 150 lb loss mark before Christmas. It does feel really good to be down past the midpoint of class II obesity on the BMI scale. Being in the 250 lbs range is really pleasing too.

Weigh-in 42 : Goooooaaaaallllll*

*for 2013

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs) 

Last week's weight: 119.5 kg (263.5lbs)

Current weight: 118.8 kg (261.9lbs) 

Loss this week: 0.7 kg (1.5 lbs) 

Overall loss: 60.0 kg (132.3 lbs) 

Start BMI: 56.4  

Last week's BMI: 37.7

Current BMI: 37.5

Well I dreamt big and I followed through. I think I have achieved something I feel is quite remarkable over the past 10 months. At the beginning of this journey, I thought it would be a massive struggle. And it was for a while, but losing all this weight has been so much more easier than I ever thought it could be. And I haven't been doing anything out of the ordinary. Cutting the crap, increasing my consumption of vegetables and fruit and being a little more active.

So what happens now?

My journey is not yet over. I'm going to try and lose another 10 kg by the end of the year. I'd be happy with 8 and that will bring my total loss to 150 lbs under the old imperial weights and measures.  I'll reassess after that. But for now I'm going to allow myself a moment of joy and exhilaration. I feel like a mountaineer who has battled his way, step by unsteady step, up a steep incline. I have emerged from the cloud layer and I can see the peak before me.

Weigh-in 41

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs) 

Last week's weight: 119.8 kg (264.1lbs)

Current weight: 119.5 kg (263.5lbs) 

Loss this week: 0.3 kg (0.6 lbs) 

Overall loss: 59.3 kg (130.7 lbs) 

Start BMI: 56.4  

Last week's BMI: 37.8

Current BMI: 37.7

300 grams. That's all I lost this week. Frustrating since I can just reach out and touch that 60 kg mark. Like Elsa reaching out to the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Naturally I am disappointed. This week I was hoping to reach my goal for the year, but there's plenty of time to do that. I can't explain why the loss is so slight, either. I haven't consumed anything that would be off-plan - unless 10 mls of cough medicine each night is particularly calorific. Still, I'm not the first dieter to be greeted with disappointment at the scales, I won't be the last. 

So what must I do? Well, this week a lot of my spare time will be absorbed in study for an exam I have next Saturday. Likely at the expense of exercise. So maintenance would be acceptable and I'd be very pleased with anything more than half a kilo beyond that. I still think I can hit a 60 kg loss by the end of the month. 700 grams until I set a new goal. I hope I reach it this time next week.

Weigh-in 40

Start weight: 178.8 kg (394.2 lbs) 

Last week's weight: 120.8 kg (266.3 lbs)

Current weight: 119.8 kg (264.1lbs) 

Loss this week: 1 kg (2.2 lbs) 

Overall loss: 59 kg (130.1 lbs) 

Start BMI: 56.4  

Last week's BMI: 38.1

Current BMI: 37.8

I was sick this week. I still am a little bit. So I have had multiple packets of cough drops and Lemsip and honey drinks and I haven't been very active. And yet I have still lost 1 kg. I'm glad I didn't use being crook as an excuse for over-indulging. And now I find myself 1 kg from the target I set at the start of the year. This is extremely satisfying, but it is a dangerous time too. I mustn't be tempted into thinking I've done enough. There's another 35 kg to go. But it is very pleasing to come this far relatively quickly. 

I bought an XXL shirt and shorts yesterday, and they fit rather nicely. I think I'm at the point of being able to buy stuff in regular stores. There's a lot of stuff I need to send to the charity store now too.