I have great news this week! I weighed in at exactly 246 pounds on Monday morning, which puts me at 20 pounds lost since I started this weight loss project back in September 2007.

Current weight: 246 pounds

Weight lost since starting the blog: 20 pounds

Progress since starting with the new scale: -8 pounds, -0.6% body fat, -1 BMI

Looking back at the past 5 months, I did not lose weight as quickly as I wanted to, but I can’t complain about my progress either. I weigh 20 pounds less today because I took action back in September to change my life. I could have easily continued doing what I was doing and still weigh 266 pounds today, or likely much more than that.

20 pounds works out to an average loss (roughly) of 4 pounds per month or 1 pound per week. I suppose that counting the exact number of weeks would make that average a little bit lower, but it is good enough for me. :) At the beginning, my desire was to average about 1.5 pounds lost per week, so I didn’t do too badly after all.

By the way, I lost this weight without doing any crazy diets, spending money on expensive weight loss pills, joining a fancy gym, or spending any other money except for the scale that I bought. My primary form of exercise was walking mixed with jogging. In fact, I have hardly lifted weights at all because I seem to get injured just about every time I do- you know, I did recently turn 30. :)

My diet still has room for improvement, but I make smarter choices each day and try to focus on eating smaller portions. I try to replace high calorie junk foods with healthier alternatives when I can. For example, I am much more likely to eat some low fat yogurt and some fresh fruit now when I would have had something sweet like a danish or a scone in the past.

My goal is a complete overhaul of my diet and health routine so pursuing some crazy diet like no carbohydrates and lots of fat just doesn’t fit. That isn’t realistic for the long term and it isn’t healthy. If you want to lose weight I strongly encourage you to take a long term view, make small changes each day or week and don’t go chasing any fast weight loss schemes. Slow and steady wins the race.

Current
Week		 Last
Week		 Week Change Start on 11/28/07 Total Change
Weight 246 247.2 -1.2 (-0.49%) 254 -8 (-3.15%)
Body Fat 37.6% 37.5% +0.1 (+0.27%) 38.2 -0.6% (-0.24%)
BMI 31.6 31.7 -0.1 (-0.32%) 32.6 -1 (-0.39%)

*Note about this weight loss chart. When I started this blog I weighed 266 pounds and I was only tracking my pounds lost each week. On November 28, 2007 I started using a new scale that tracks body fat and more (the numbers you see above). I report the figures from that scale in these weekly posts and I still track my total pounds lost in the Weight Loss Goals section in the sidebar on my site.

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