Day 152: Lost over 2 stone so far!
I’m sitting on my bed in the wee hours of a Sunday, sometime in February 2009. My evil plan to make my fat arse less fat is going very well. My life is good, my life is busy, and I like it.
This morning I went to the Farmers Market with my brother Will, my sister-in-law Rowan & my nephew Corin. Bought some more monkfish (been lovin it recently). Then we went to buy shoes for Corin. Turns out there are shops that sell shoes just for kids – who knew?
Spent the evening with my flatmate Mikey & his missus Amy. We ate the monkfish for dinner, then spent the night chatting and playing guitar. After a hectic week, it was ideal to just chill.
Was a wicked evening – chatted about all kinds of shit. I played a few new(ish) songs and it suddenly struck me that I’m finally able to fairly successfully write about the most important relationships in my life. I’ve always struggled with that – so it’s nice to be making some damn progress!
Anyway, the anti-fatness mission is going awesome. I was just short of 22 stone when I started – 21st 9lbs I think – and I’m now 19st 5lbs. I looked on some BMI calculator the other day and apparently I’ve moved from being severely obese (ultimate fatass) to obese (super fatass). I
still think that the term “morbidly obese” (morbese for short) is much funnier though.
Mates that I don’t see very often keep noticing that I’ve lost weight, which is always nice. I’m also starting to get quite excited about getting to a normal weight again – for example, Jim and Alex are going suit shopping soon – once I’ve got this weight shifted I definitely have to buy a new suit! Don’t get me wrong, I still won’t do up my top button or put on a tie unless I’m meeting with a client: uncomfortable clothes are a hugely backward concept.
If I remain as stubborn about this, I’m confident I can get under 14 stone by the end of 2009. I lost about 3 and a half stone in about 4 months one time at Uni, so anything’s possible. Once I’m done, the real challenge begins: keeping the weight off. It’s time to get my weight sorted permanently, and this time I will.
So here I am, listening to an assortment of beautiful music from my iPod on this Sunday. Hope everyone has a good one!