I've been waiting a few days for it to stabilize, but it looks like I've hit another five-pound milestone at 175. This is a pretty good day for me. Like the last time, I pulled a horrible picture out of the vault. I think I'm going to make this a regular thing. No super fun Photochop job on this one, but I've already got some ideas for the next. I just don't have any good current (meaning this month) pictures yet.



The one on the left was from December. It's the worst picture of me. Period. Way too much scotch, way too much money lost, way too little sleep, and wow, I look really bad. I was somewhere just north of 200. The right pic was from today, trying out my new phone.

I was looking back at how my weight increased over the years, paying attention to what I was eating at the time and my level of exercise. Just a rough idea, but it will definitely help guide me better once I get closer to my goal.

1990-1991
Weight: 120-125 pounds
Activity level: 5k bike ride a day
Typical food day: bowl of cereal, juice, McChicken combo, boiled chicken leg and rice.
Rough calorie intake: 1700

1992-1993
Weight: 130-160
Activity level: 15 minutes of medium level activity per day
Typical food day: two or three cheese pastries, Coke, beef patty or panzerotti, Coke, Whopper combo, Coke.
Rough calorie intake: 2600

1994-2001
Weight: 165-195
Activity level: nearly none
Typical food day: Iced Cappuccino, bagel, Wendy's combo, Coke, spaghetti, meat sauce, Coke.
Rough calorie intake: 2400

2002-2005
Weight: 190-200
Activity level: some cycling
Typical food day: no breakfast, souvlaki on a pita, fries, Coke, slice of pizza, 7-Up.
Rough calorie intake: 2000-2400

2006
Weight: 205-175
Activity level: 4-8 hours cardio per week
Typical food day: cereal, water, chicken teriyaki, diet drink, nuts, spaghetti, Perrier.
Rough calorie intake: 2000

Brutal. Right now I'm back at the weight I was in 1996. Not bad, but at that time I was definitely ramping things up. The cool thing is I've erased ten years of crap! Not bad for a few months work.

Looking at this, I'm very glad that I've made my goal to be somewhere around 140-145. I was happiest around then, and it was a good balance between the toothpick I was before that and the not-quite-so-toothpicky guy I was after. I didn't get to enjoy it for very long though... it was a fast trip up there.

There's no way I'd like to be eating only 1700 calories a day. That's ridiculous for me. I'm sure I could maintain being that size if I continued at my current pace, but I don't want to do that. I think it will be fairly easy for things to get back to normal once I hit my target. I have no desire to eat like I used to anymore. I wouldn't mind adding a few things back into my diet though. Everything within reason. I don't think I'll need to log everything, since I'll still have a good idea of what I'm eating. It's a lifestyle change. I'm glad I've made it.

Can't wait for the next five pounds in review...