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Broke 200!!!

Yesterday I reached a huge milestone, hitting 199.6 on the scale. I haven’t seen south of 200 in…gosh, I don’t know how long. 20 years? More? Since shortly after high school (I graduated in 1987), at least. I was just looking at some old pictures last night, dating from the late 80s and early 90s, [...]

New milestone reached: 219.6!

This is the first time I’ve been under 220 for at least 15 years. 220 has always been the “barrier weight” for me. It’s when I first began to notice I was getting too heavy, and it’s when I first became concerned about my diet and all the fatty food I was eating. But I [...]

Cracked 230!

After almost two weeks of stagnating around 231-233 pounds, I finally cracked 230 a couple of days ago to weigh in at 228.8!  I’m very excited about this, because it’s the first time I’ve weighed in the 220s in about 10 years.  That is a very big milestone for me, and I now begin the [...]

Cracked 240!

I’ve done it!  My first milestone has been reached, and that was getting under 240 pounds.  I weighed in this morning at 238.6, after plateauing at around 240 for the previous four days.  That was frustrating, but I put in the extra effort yesterday to be extra good with my calories, and finished the day [...]

240 on the dot, and continuing the commitment…

I weighed in this morning at 240 exactly – right on the nose.  I was hoping to drop under today, but I will take this.  240 is something of a benchmark for me.  When I hit 240 about 2 years ago, I started to take my weight seriously.  Before that, I was aware of my [...]