The health journey to becoming fit

Weighing about 117 kg.

Added weight during the lockdown. Weighed 119.8 kg. Decided to get healthy. Deadline 40th birthday.

A week since. Weighing 117.6 kg. I’ve lost 2.4 kg. I have been using MyFitness Pal app to count calories. I have been on a 500 calorie deficit program. I try and not reach my calorie goals each day. I also walk between 5000 to 8000 steps each day. I do my best to keep moving.

I am happy with the commitment and changes in the last one week. The widest part of my stomach has reduced from 54 inches to 52 7/8 inches.

No fad diets. Just portion control. I am watching my water intake. Earlier I just ate and never drank enough water.

I created this page on this day. I hope to keep updating here.

It is 10 days later. I have been religiously watching my food intake. I have lost 4 kgs. The loss yesterday was a whopping 0.7 kg. While it is suggested that one lose about 0.5 kg per week. I think that makes sense for those who have to lose about 10-20 kgs. I am a whole different specimen.

It has been over 20 days. I have been consistent so far. I am seeing good results. I have lost 5.4 kgs so far. I got to lose another 600 grams and keep it off to reach my first milestone. I am getting closer to actually being on the graph.

A month later, I am down 7 kgs. My portion control is way better. But I still struggle with certain foods. I am glad I am at home most days. Fighting temptation!

It has been 40 days! I have been consistent for the most part. I have lost 8 kgs. That is major! I have literally lost the last three years of weight gain. I finished my first milestone. I am getting closer to my second milestone. This is great. Hopefully in another month, I would have entered the graph and put this part of beyond morbid obesity behind me.

I have been working hard at portion control. The results are good. I end the month at 110.6. I hope to say good bye to the 110+ zone for life soon. And my eyes are set on being <105.

This month has been a struggle. The rate of weight loss has been slow. But I am glad that I have exercised self control as best as I can. I should fight harder. 109 is fair for the hard month that it has been in terms of nutrition quality.

I touched 108! I have arrived within the graph that I created. I had to create a limit of what Obese 3 should be. Anything beyond is another level!

I just touched 108. I expect the normal fluctuation. But this is a milestone to celebrate.

I am 107.3. It is good to be home where I can control my portions and eat healthy. My eyes are set on 105, 100 and then 90. I want to get out of being in Obese 3 category. It is a long journey. But I am determined to eat healthy. Starting tomorrow, I desire to begin working out slowly. Fingers crossed.

My abdomen circumference has come down to about 50 inches! While that may sound crazy high to many of you. I have lost over 4 inches of circumference!

It has been a 100 days! And I weigh 107.3. That’s a loss of 12.5 kgs since I began this journey of getting fit. I hope to keep those unnecessary and unhealthy weight off forever.

106.2! Woohoo!

The joy of being only sooo fat and not soooo fat. LOL!

105.0! 15 kgs wiped away. That is insane! I carried that much weight on me. I do not know if I can lift 15kgs and walk around.

104.3…

I have begun lifting weights and body weight exercises.I go on slow walks once a week. I am trying to sumplement my decent eating habits with exercise. At my current size, exercise is hard. But I am pressing on.

We are nearly at the end of the year. I am at 103.2 kg. Woot woot. It would have been really exciting if I had left the three digits behind with the end of the year. But I am content with the trajectory.

After going back to 103,  I have fought back to come down to 102.2.

99.9 please come soon!

At 102.5 this month has been very hard. A lot of plateuing. A lot of bad eating.

I hope to lose a lot in Feb. I will work towards it.

At 101.1 I am glad that I have broken the 102 swamp.

I did touch 100.8 yesterday. Fluctuations are normal. But at least I am moving down. I hope to touch 99.X by the end of the month.

100.2! I want to see 99.X. There are still 4 more days this month. Fingers crossed. 99 and 92 are the next milestones. I need to get there.

99.9. I hit 99.7 three days ago. I have been at 99.9 yesterday and today. That’s good. I wanted to see this for a long time. Next stop to go below 92 and officially say goodbye to obese category three.

99.0! Ha ha ha. I am so happy. That is 21 kilograms down. I have officially lost a third of my excess weight. That is so cool I never imagined sticking to a program for this long. It is 8 months and 3 days now. I have been watching my diet. Failing and picking up again.

The next trial will be to add exercising and sticking with it. Currently I am doing nothing. When I began I tried walking – but there was just too many things on my plate – most of it was me being lazy. Being fat is just the necessary ingredient to be lazy. I have to fight laziness.

I have been battling a plateau for so long. 99.6 today. But fluctuating between 99 and nearly 101 has been tough. So, I started looking at weekly averages. The average trend is downward with flight upward motion. That is good. I am also tracking it over longer periods of month and quarter. Sometimes the big picture saves the mind.

98.9! Woohoo! I hit a low. And I have worked hard to het here. I am glad. The progess is excrutiatingly slow. But, there is progress! Yipee.

98.8. The progress has been painfully slow. A lot of variation. I now have been in a plateau for a long time.

Reasons:

Food is very rich. I need a certain amount for satiety. Until I am back home eating a healthy meal, this will be a struggle. As of now – skipping a meal, a small workout is what is keeping me on this plateau instead of a full u-turn.

This week I had a sudden spike in weight. Aaargh.

Have to fight harder.

13 months later. I am at 97.5! Wow!

I did not have a scale since we moved continents. But I just got one yesterday and I was surprised by the result of a different diet and lifestyle. This is good.

I am glad the results have been in my favor and not against me.