Weighing over 220 pounds does not get me into the thin club.  I am overweight still and anyone meeting me the first time doesn’t know I have lost 103 pounds.  Still, most people I have met would notice the difference, if we weren’t all socially distant all the time.  Anyway, that is a bit frustrating if you look at it that way.  So I won’t.  I have lost 103 pounds and my original plan – I don’t say goal – was to lose 120 pounds.  I am starting to close in on that number.  I have lost almost 86% of 120 pounds.  I wonder what size pants I will fit into now?  (OK, I checked.  I can comfortably fit into size 42 pants.  For size 40s I can close them but they are a bit tight to wear.)

For my body, the extra weight is around my middle mostly, as a lot of the rest of my body has been thinning out.  My face and neck and hands and feet are noticeably thinner than when I started weight control.

The reason I don’t call 120 pounds a goal is because that’s not how I have trained myself to see the world.  My goal is weight control and that is really a lifestyle that I have developed and that I like.  I want to do it because it is rewarding to me, so it is a lot easier than if I was forcing myself.  You want to avoid any kind of diet where you are forcing yourself to eat less using willpower.  My successful approach takes discipline and work, but a lot less willpower is needed to resist eating extra food.  Anyway, 120 is just a number.  When I have lost 120 pounds I will weigh 205.  Will I stop there?  Probably not.  But we shall see.  I have found that you have to work harder as you get closer and closer to a more normal weight.  

Set up a life you want to live and you will work hard to get there and stay there!

-The Doctor