Stats Update #3

Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 220.5
BMI: 33.4 (Still officially obese)

Upper Arm: 14.5" (lost 1/2 an inch this month, 1.5 total)
Chest: 44.5" (lost 2 inches this month, 3.5 total)
Waist: 41" (lost 3 inches this month, 4 total)
Hips: 43" (lost 1.5 inches this month, 3 total)
Thigh: 25.5" (lost 1.5 inches this month, 1.5 total)
Calf: 15.5 (lost 1 inch this month, 1.5 total)

Total lost inches this month: 9.5 (Um...wow!)
Total lost since the start: 15

My little guy was right. I have gotten skinnier. Or at least, less fat.

I'm down from size 18 pants to size 16. My shirts are looser. People have started to notice and comment on my weight loss. So far, everyone that has commented has known that I am dieting. I'm waiting for someone who doesn't know to notice. Most people are probably too polite to mention it anyway.

I've lost this same thirty pounds or so a few times before. I've been close to 200 pounds in 2002 and 2006 that I can remember. I think the last time that I was under that was around the time that my daughter was born. And she's ten. So while this first chunk has been nice to lose, the next 25 pounds are more significant to me.

I'm still trying to avoid guessing what my final weight will be, but I would like to start celebrating some milestones. So I will set myself a mini-goal. I want to see 199.5. This is the first of a few goals, not the final magic number. At 199.5, I will have lost 50 pounds from my highest weight and will be lower than any time in the last 10 years. I think that is a good starting place for the rest of the diet.