My goal to buy a house includes improving my health which in turn will improve my discipline, energy and cognition levels. This means dropping all excess bodyfat that I have accumulated during my drinking career. This is how we're holding up at week 0:
That is me at a BMI of 27.5 meaning I am half way to obese from overweight. It truly is a glass half-empty/half-full situation. On one hand, I can shed off the pounds to get back into the Healthy weight range. But on the other hand, I could easily take a detour into obese for the first time in my life.
It's easy to dismiss it as 'not that bad'. I have some manboobs going on, as well as a gut, but many may see me as a normal or potentially even a healthy weight range when I have a sweatshirt on. I often forget myself that this is an extremely unhealthy bodytype to have. I have no muscle to pad out my frame so everything you see on my body is pure, unadulterated fat. Every lb over optimal is a lb that makes my heart work harder, invades cavities where fat has no business being (around organs), it makes it harder to sleep due to restricted airways. It undermines my ability to work at my best. And it prevents my inner self from rearing its head into the outside world.
And here's a table to track the progress. 1lb a week weight loss is the goal. Meaning by the end of the year the lbs of weight should be around 140.
2023 Chart Starting from April 20th
| Week | Weight | Week | Weight | Week | Weight | Week | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177.2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 2 | 176.2 | 10 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 3 | 176.4 | 11 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 4 | 177.0 | 12 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 5 | 175.8 | 13 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 6 | 14 | 22 | 30 | ||||
| 7 | 15 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 |
End of May 2023: May has been an interesting month. Health wise I have started to implement new things that I wasn't doing as an alcoholic. I try to walk to my part time job whenever I get the chance (5km each way). I've found myself craving foods dreadfully though. Probably my brain desiring the endorphins now that beer has been cut out of my life. I'm really pleased that I've stopped the rot and my weight isn't increasing anymore as my trousers were extremely tight and I would've had to buy a whole new wardrobe of trousers if I went up even a few more pounds. I'm hoping to see a several pound shed in June so that I can comfortably walk around & the top button doesnt pop off all my jeans...