Official "Before" Picture


Here is my official "before" picture. This is the heaviest picture I've got of me; it was taken on 7/30/2008, when I was at 188 pounds, according to my Hacker's Diet log. The moving average weight for that date was 191.5 pounds. I was as heavy as 196 pounds at the beginning of July, but have no pictures of that (thank you, Merciful Universe.)

My most current weight is 180 pounds, and the moving average of 182.7. That's eight pounds down from the end of July, and sixteen from my heaviest.

I do not want to ever forget how I looked, and how I felt. At my heaviest, I couldn't get my rings off my hands. My "fat pants" were cutting into my waist so that it was uncomfortable to sit for more than 30 minutes. Dragging myself upstairs to my apartment from my garage was a nightmare by itself, let alone with packages in tow.

In just two months, my rings no longer stick. I'm still wearing the "fat pants," but they don't hurt. They're not loose yet (heck, the pockets still pull out of line) but I'm beginning to think a belt may be a good idea Real Soon Now.

I'm going to have Younger Son take another picture of me on Sunday, to post with my August weight chart. I intend to do this every month for the indefinite future. It's not for you so much, dear readers (why should you care about my fat?) but so that I can't hide from the reality of where my food addiction took me, and how far my recovery has come (or has yet to go, depending on how you look at it.)

The adventure continues.


Posted: Fri - August 29, 2008 at 07:51 PM   | | | | |

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