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VanIslander:
May 1st was my 42nd birthday and I weighed myself that day for the first time in years and was 145 kg (320 lbs) with a 150 cm (59 in.) waist and a height of 183 cm (6'0 ft). I dunno which is the biggest shocker: (a) that I had gained 40 lbs unknowingly in the past year; (b) that I'd gained 140 lbs since college; or, gasp, that (c) I have lost 3 cm and thus 6'1 ft. status sometime in the last 20 years. I am only 6 feet tall? I was at/over 300 lbs? I had the waist size of a heart attack to come? These were real wake ups calls to me the day before my birthday. I have no kids and I haven't been married since I weighed over a hundred pounds less, well over a decade ago. I do hope to get married someday and raise a child or two. It was passed time that I work toward those ends and my physical well being as well as my sense of security.

So, off I went, another optimistic fool with wild ambitions. And guess what? I've lost 36 kg already since May 1st!  :D And I did it largely by cutting out all sources of sugar to my body (including fructose from fruit, simple carbohydrates from grains) and walking an hour a day. I make sure to eat six or seven meals a day so that my metabolism stays stoked and to have no insulin spikes, more like minimeals. Each meal has one protein (meat or eggs or cheese or nuts) and a heck of a lot of veggies (onions, garlic, hot green peppers, hot red peppers, mini paprika peppers, bell peppers, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, green onion and once a day at least some leafy greens like spinach, swiss chard or kale. Once a week a red cabbage and asparagus soup. Salmon too. And, oh yeah, I have six squares of dark chocolate every day along with a half or full glass of dark red wine (usually French pinot noir for its lack of sugar and antioxidants).

I have a few more kilograms more to go to have reached my "100 pounds lost" goal (target: 100 kg).

APRIL 25TH UPDATE (6 DAYS TO GO): 99.5 KG This day I have officially lost 100 pounds!!
APRIL 23RD UPDATE (8 DAYS TO GO): 99.8 KG
APRIL 13TH UPDATE (18 DAYS TO GO): 101.0 KG
MARCH 16TH UPDATE (46 DAYS TO GO): 102 KG
MARCH 12TH UPDATE (50TH DAY LEFT IN MY YEAR - TIME TO TRY HARDER): 104 KG
VALENTINE'S DAY UPDATE: 105.0 kg and I dunno waist (misplaced measuring tape)
END OF FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER UPDATE: 106.5 kg and 112 waist
LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER UPDATE: 107.9 kg weight and 114 cm waist
(I was off the scale for three weeks in part because the plateau was pissing me off! I took part in a one-month Biggest Loser contest with co-workers and lost 5.9 kg more to get to 109 kg)
END OF WEEK 19 UPDATE: 114.9 kg weight and 118 cm waist
END OF WEEK 18 UPDATE: 115.0 kg weight and 118 cm waist
END OF WEEK 17 UPDATE: 115.5 kg weight and 121 cm waist
END OF WEEK 16 UPDATE: 115.8 kg weight and 119 cm waist
END OF WEEK 15 UPDATE: 118.6 kg weight and 119 cm waist
END OF WEEK 14 UPDATE: 120.3 kg weight and 118 cm waist
END OF WEEK 13 UPDATE: 119.9 kg weight and 119 cm waist
END OF WEEK 12: ON VACATION
END OF WEEK 11 UPDATE: 122.1 kg weight and 119 cm waist
END OF WEEK 10 UPDATE: 125.2 kg weight and 118 cm waist
END OF WEEK 9 UPDATE: 127.1 kg weight and 118 cm waist
END OF WEEK 8 UPDATE: 128.6 kg weight and 119 cm waist
END OF WEEK 7 UPDATE: 129.8 kg weight and 124 cm waist
END OF WEEK 6 UPDATE: 131.0 kg weight and 121 cm waist
END OF WEEK 5 UPDATE: 132.8 kg weight and 124 cm waist
END OF WEEK 4 UPDATE: 134.1 kg weight and 126 cm waist
END OF WEEK 3 UPDATE: 136.9 kg weight and 126 cm waist
END OF WEEK 2 UPDATE: 136.9 kg weight and 129 cm waist
END OF WEEK 1 UPDATE: 138.1 kg weight and 131 cm waist

TDC troll:
  That's awsome . I need to lose a few myself.
  Keep up the good work ! 

VanIslander:
I have a "before" picture and I'll post it, but not before I also have the "After" picture!  :)

bb:
You did this in Korea? Were you still able to participate in school dinners, that kindof thing or did you have  to isolate yourself a lot? Great job.

toddc06:
Wow congratulations!!!  Where were you able to find your new clothes??? Keep it up!

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