2017, man

In terms of health, I had a good second-half of 2017.

35th Birthday Update

I began working to lose weight right around my 33rd birthday in 2017, so my birthday always provides a nice milestone…

2019: Losing it with my wife!

2019 was a challenging but effective year of weight loss for me. I currently weigh 246 pounds, for a loss…

Guiding Principles

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to reflect on the core principles guiding me through my journey to better health so far. I’ve come up with a few broad ideas that I keep coming back to over the weeks and months. To be sure, there are no secrets here — just a few things I have to…

2020: Hey, it was less than 19 (percent)

Somehow, this year’s weight loss update is not as much fun to write!

Goals: July 2018

Weight Goals

I had a July 2 target weight of 267 lbs, and an actual weight of 266 (-32 lbs YTD).

My goal for August 6 is 262 lbs.

Goals: August 2018

I had a goal weight of 262 lbs for August 6 and an actual weight of 272, for a +6 on the month and a loss of 26 lbs YTD.

2018 was a’ight.

Happy 2019, everyone!

2018 started great for my weight loss before stalling out.

Goals: May 2018 (and a 12 Month Update)

Looking Back

As of this 2nd week of May, I have been making a concerted effort to lose weight for 12 months. I celebrated my 2017 calendar year accomplishments quite a bit, but wanted to take a minute to look back at this…

Goals: March 2018

Weight Goals

I had a March 5 target weight of 284 lbs, and an actual weight of 287 (-11 lbs YTD).

Because I’m lagging behind a few pounds and don’t want to do anything drastic within a single week to catch up, I’m going to go ahead and…