Not quite the biggest loser, but...

Ok, so I know I haven't posted in a while, and I keep meaning to, but never seem to be able to find the time to write up the huge long diatribes I want to write. However, today, something happened (again) that is spurring me to sit down on my (not-as-fat-anymore) ass and brag.

Today during lunchtime (while working from home) I weighed myself on the Wii Fit, as I have periodically since I got it a couple years ago. Apparently, since the last time I weighed myself, I've lost 2.4 pounds :)

Since I got the wii fit, I have lost a total of 41.9 pounds. The first weigh in way back in March of 2008 was 225.3. Today's was 183.4. So in approximately 30 months, I have lost an average of 0.71 pounds per month. I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but when it happens over the course of 2.5 years, I guess it really adds up (or down?).

So guess what? I'm REALLY frikkin happy! Yeah, I still have a gut, and I think I would need to have lipo to have a totally flat stomach, and I'll never have abs like The Situation (yeah, I made a Jersey Shore reference, sue me!) but I look a hell of a lot better with my shirt off than I used to. In fact, while I'm talking about it, I used to be terribly embarrassed to go swimming at the beach, water park, etc. and i was one of the fat kids who sometimes swam with his shirt on. Not anymore! again, I do still have a gut, but not nearly to the extent that I did, and I don't feel as self-conscious as I did.

How did I do it? "practice, practice, practice". oh wait, wrong saying :) i meant "diet and exercise". Shortly after I bought my condo in the beginning of 2009, I also got a treadmill. I have been using it fairly regularly, about 4-5 times a week, for about 45 minutes a day. Since I have it in my living room next to my tv, it actually helps me get through the stuff recorded on my DVR, I can watch an hour long show (skipping through commercials) in about the time that I burn 500 calories according to the treadmill (when walking at 3mph with an incline of 10). Now, to the diet part- I have been trying to eat healthier (for the most part), such as eating salads instead of junk food, and whole wheat bread instead of plain white. Ok, i still eat junk food once in a while, and I do enjoy my fried foods (buffalo chicken!!!) and sweets, but I think the exercise makes up for that, and I don't go out to eat as much as I did a few years ago (McD's, BK, Wendy's etc). I don't eat things like an entire large bag of Doritos for dinner, like I have done in the past, or having a late night snack every night right before going to bed. Yes, it is hard to resist the urges to pig out, and I do sometimes give in and have way more food than I should, but the important thing is to get right back into it the next day and do some self-discipline.

So anyway, enjoy the pictures of the wii fit screen that shows the progress. In the first pic, note that at the far left, I was on the verge between "overweight" and "obese" as defined by the Wii. In the second, I am now about 5 pounds below the "overweight" area, into the "normal" range.