End of Month 4

Day 0: 303.6
End of Month 4: 366.2
Lost 37.4

Hey, lookit mah gut! I'm not as big! I probably should have taken the pictures before the New Year's festivities.

Day 121

What I did:

• Ate way too much junk tonight waiting for midnight

Day 120

What I did:

• Saw "Into the Woods" with my family. That is one weird movie. I don't mean the singing. I grew up on "Phantom of the Opera" and "Les Miserables". I mean that the movie is just weird.

End of Week 17

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 16: 264.0
End of Week 17: 263.2
Lost 40.4 lbs

Well, Christmas week has come and gone. I did a lot better than I thought I would. I was expecting to gain a pound or two, but instead, I've lost one! Yay! And it was the one that put me over the 40-lb mark.

Day 119

What I did:

• Took down the Christmas decorations in the house
• Updated my driver license for the first time in over 12 years

Day 118

What I did:

• Took my customary Sunday rest day

Day 117

What I did:

• Spent the day with family around the kitchen table, surrounded by all of the Christmas goodies...

Day 116

What I did:

• 35 lower crunches. I would have done more, but it's hard when a cat pounce on your face, leaving a deep gash over an inch long.

Day 115

What I did:

• 50 crunches
• 20 leg lifts
• 15 push-ups
• 20 minutes on the punching bag
• Enjoyed a wonderful Christmas day with my family. I hope you did, too.

Day 114

What I did:

• 50 crunches
• 20 leg lifts
• 15 push-ups
• Celebrated my 34th birthday by eating too much. It was yummy, though.

Day 113

What I did:

• 50 crunches
• 20 leg lifts
• 15 push-ups
• Took my amazing wife out on a date

End of Week 16

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 15: 268.8
End of Week 16: 264.0
Lost 39.6 lbs

Almost to 40 lbs. I'd like to say something clever, but I'm too tired. Yay for losing weight.

Day 112

What I did:

• 50 half-crunches
• 20 leg lifts

Day 111

What I did:

• Narrated the Christmas program at church. I had a lot of people tell me that I did a good job. One woman told me that she "was hanging on every word."

Day 110

What I did:

• Won a game of Clue for the first time ever.

Day 109

What I did:

• Scored a wooden 10-game set at the office gift exchange.
• Played Magic: the Gathering at Desert Sky Games. I played six games and lost every one. I didn't expect to do very well, but I wasn't expecting to lose every game. Kinda disappointing.

Day 108

What I did:

• Pounded on a punching bag for 20 minutes. My calorie counter says that was only 200-something calories burned, but I think it was more, judging from my heart rate and how much I was sweating.

Day 107

What I did:

• Pretended to be good. Well, I was good with the food. And there wasn't really any pretending to exercise. I just didn't do it. So I guess this whole update is a lie. Oh, well. Have a picture of my cat.

Day 106

What I did:

• Played Super Mario Bros 2 with my amazing wife. We got to World 4-1 before we lost.

End of Week 15

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 14: 269.0
End of Week 15: 268.8
Lost 34.8 lbs

Barely any change this week, which is both surprising and not, at the same time. I was really good this week, food-wise, with only one naughty day. However, I don't exactly remember the last time I exercised. Was it last week, or the week before? I don't know...

I've fallen back into the rut of "exercising is boring and dull, and I don't wanna do it." I haven't figured out yet what I'm going to do about that.

Day 105

What I did:

• Watched my amazing wife earn her orange belt in karate, shipping both yellow and gold.

Day 104

What I did:

• Wondered how much meaning the "Sunday rest day" actually has, when the rest of the week was also a rest day. By which, I mean that it's been a week since I've done any real exercise. Maybe two. I need to get an exercise buddy or something. Motivation is a thing that I'm losing. I'm still doing well with the food and the eating, so that's something.

Day 103

What I did:

• Had a salad at my daughter's birthday party. I didn't have even one bite of the pizza, though I wanted it. Then, dinner appeared. A hamburger and an order of jalapeño poppers. So much for the salad...

Day 102

What I did:

• Posted my food numbers for the day. Well, I will.

There. I told you I would.

Day 101

What I did:

• Chased my amazing wife out of the house to go to karate and then work out. I get some of that, right? Okay, fine. Be that way.

Day 100

What I did:

• Watched my son earn his first belt in his karate class. That's exercise, right?

Hey, look! I've been doing this for 100 days! Go me!

Day 99

What I did:

• Played a bunch of games of Uno with my amazing wife. Tuesday is our at-home date night. We've been doing them for a couple of months now. I really look forward to them. Spending time with the wife is teh awesome!

End of Week 14

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 13: 273.2
End of Week 14: 269.0
Lost 34.6 lbs

I lost 4 lbs this week! This was the first week with my new calorie goal, which I never passed. Looks like it's working so far. It also looks like my gut isn't stocking out quite so much. This is the first time that I've been able to see some progress in my waistline, which is especially good since that's what I want to shrink the most.

Day 98

What I did:

• Made will-breaker brownies... Mmm... S'mores brownies... What? The box says that it's only about 200 calories per bar! I haven't eaten any yet. They're still cooling. But once they've cooled a bit, I'm totally eating one! And I'm not gonna feel guilty! It's a reward for myself to celebrate staying under my new calorie goal of 2150. Yeah, that's it.

Edit: Okay, so I've eaten the s'mores brownie now.  It was as wonderful as I was hoping.  That is all.  Please return to your previous activities.

Day 97

What I did:

• Rested, as is my custom for Sunday.

Day 96

What I did:

• Took the kids to a park and played on some of the things for a bit. Nothing workout-worthy, but we had a good time.

Day 95

What I did:

• Drank some bad milk this morning. I think I'm okay...
• Refinanced my car loans, saving me a couple hundred a month. I think I'll put that extra money towards frivolities and bad food. No, not really. I wouldn't want to compromise my façade as a responsible adult.

Day 94

What I did:

• Walked around the corner to the mailbox. That's something, right? (No, not really.)

Day 93

What I did:

• 6.5 miles on the stationary bike in 20 minutes. I cranked the resistance up this time and wore the new (cheap-o) track suit that I picked up in Walmart on Black Friday. I was sweating like a thing that sweats a lot!

Day 92

What I did:

• Successfully completed my first day with the lower calorie goal. I can has foodz nao kthxbai

End of Month 3

Day 0: 303.6
End of Month 3: 273.2
Lost 30.4 lbs

Yeah, yeah. This update is a day late. I'm sick. Leave me alone. In other news, I've lost 10% of my starting weight in three months. I'm pretty proud of my progress. I'm going to change my calorie goals on my calorie counter tonight. Maybe that's why my progress has been a little slower lately. Well, besides the fact that I've been so naughty... We'll see what happens next week.

End of Week 13

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 12: 273.4
End of Week 13: 273.2
Lost 30.4 lbs

Not too shabby, considering this was Thanksgiving week. I'm pretty happy with my progress.

Day 91

What I did:

• Stayed home and tried to nurse my brand new cold. Ugh, I feel like crap.

Day 90

What I did:

• Caught a cold. Bleh.

Day 89

What I did:

• Forgot to post this on the correct day. I don't remember what happened.

Day 88

What I did:

• Went on a date with my wife. We left the kids with my parents and had the whole day to ourselves. It's something that we look forward to every year.

Day 87

What I did:

• Had Thanksgiving dinner with my family, including my parents

Apparently, I forgot to post this on the right day. Oh, well. It's here now.

Day 86

What I did:

• Drove to my parents' house. Well, give credit where credit is due: my wife drove. But I was there. Mostly.
• Ate too much. I'm practicing for tomorrow. Yeah, that's it.

Day 85

What I did:

• Woke up too early, considered exercising, decided to be lazy instead

End of Week 12

Day 0: 303.6
End of Week 11: 277.8
End of Week 12: 273.4
Lost 30.2 lbs

Today's weigh-in is a bit of a milestone. While 30 lbs is a nice round number, it also marks 10% of my starting weight. So there's that. I'm a little concerned about this next week, though. Thanksgiving is in three days... All that turkey... And mashed potatoes... And gravy... Yum yum yum. Well, great. Now I'm hungry. Um, well, hungrier.

Day 84

What I did:

• 30 minutes on the stationary bike for about 9.5 miles

Picture isn't uploading. *shrug* I'll try later.

Day 83

What I did:

• Took a rest day. Sunday rest days are the best rest days, 'cause I don't have to feel guilty about them.

Day 82

What I did:

• Stayed home. Yay?

Day 81

What I did:

• Had a Caesar salad at lunch and pizza for dinner. Bad idea. I could have/should have exercised to reduce the calorie deficit, but I'm kinda in an exercise slump. Not sure what to do about that just yet.