Third Weigh-In

As you can see Twighlight Sparkle here is tipping the scales at OVER one ounce. In her defense, she has he display stand/combs riding with her. She's a brave pony inviting us to observe her weigh-in. She's braver than me for sure. All I'll tell you is that I am now 5.6% lighter than when I started my journey three weeks ago.

I bought a new digital scale today. It will be much more accurate than the old spring driven scale we were using. The old one was nice for portioning bulk chicken into manageable one pound, ah . . . portions, but when it comes to one ounce servings of salty snacks it was mostly an educated guess. This will be nice.

Also, yes. I DID get a pony rather than a truck for Phoebe-a-loo's kiddie meal. I know that may rankle some feminists, but the long and the short of it is that I prefer My Little Pony to Tonka Trucks. Besides, I'm sure my record will speak for itself. She got an Optimus Prime toy for Easter last year. She's got Batman and Yoda t-shirts right along side her Wonder Woman and Disney Princess tops. I give my daughter choices. That is what's important.

Happy Birthday, Daphne!

I had promised that my blog would still have some fun stuff to go along with the weekly weigh-ins. So, as promised:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAPHNE!

My youngest niece is now one year old. She is awesome. She always seems to be happy no matter what's going on around her. In short, she is the reason I don't dread the idea of having a second child.

She has an older sister, Charlotte, so she's pretty well set for anything a one year old may need. Her mom and dad have asked for NO PRESENTS. With a child of my own, I can understand that. There's too much junk in the house already and she'll never get a chance to wear all the clothes she's already got.

However . . . .

What little girl doesn't need an adorable little High Priest of the Deep Old Ones? Just look at Cthulhu there. He's so happy to bring about the destruction of the cosmos as all of humanity is sacrificed to his unquenchable hunger. Imagine how cute he and Daphne will be running, hand-in-claw, through my brother's house.

I made him up last week and sent him on his way along with some oyster crackers. (It's a long trip.) He should be arriving today, just in time for Daphne's big day.

I found the crochet pattern for "Cuddly Cthulhu" at Cthulhu Crochet and Cousins, one of my favorite quirky crafting sites. You can get the free pattern for yourself here.

Second Weigh-In

People can be too nice.

In the past, I has described myself as obese. "No!" came the cry. "You look fine and your happy. That's what counts."

ATTENTION: Obesity is not subjective! It is medically defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more. Guess what "friends". I'm obese. I have class III obesity in fact. Further, before I started doing something about my weight, I was half a point away from being MORBIDLY OBESE!

By thinking of obesity as a hyperbolic form of over weight we're robbing it of it's power. No one I've actually met has done the things Hitler did. When I hear someone being compared to Hitler I naturally dismiss the veracity of the claim. Being obese is dangerous and real.

So, in order to lower my BMI I have been following Weight Watchers new program and the first week's results are in. I am now 4.1% lighter than when I started. It was a big loss and I know I can't keep that up for long. It's very encouraging though. If I lose a very reasonable 2 pounds a week between now and Thanksgiving, I'll be (officially) overweight in time for Turkey Day!

First Weigh-In

Thank you to Lolcats for supplying today's image. It perfectly conveys my weight loss strategy for week one. STOP EATING LIKE AN A**HOLE!! No double quarter-pounders with cheese meals served by a clown. No grazing my was through the evening.

That was it. My big change was not so much a diet plan as it was halting my apparent plan to kill myself. Almost too simple.

How did I do? Well, I am proud to report that I am now 1.6% lighter than I was last week.

What's next? I'll be trying out the latest Weight Watchers plan. Last time I gave that a serious effort I lost nearly seventy pounds. We'll see what the new plan can do.

Again, post comments about your progress. Let's see what we can do!

This Is It

My clothes are too tight. I'm tired all the time. I generally feel cruddy.

I weighed in today. I'm the heaviest I've ever been. Yuck!

I am going to get healthier in 2011. I've taken the "before" pictures. Don't worry. I'm not brave enough to post them here. Maybe once they're in my past, but NOT now.

I've got some tools I'll be employing. I'll write more about them as I go along.

For now, just expect that I'll report my progress here weekly. If you'd like to join me, please post in the comments.

I will still post "fun" stuff too. I'm going to need it.