Woohoo!

[feren]

So just for the hell of it I hit the scale this morning to see where I'm at with relation to my goals since I'll be going up to Minnesota for the weekend. Saturday is when I traditionally weigh in but I don't want to use my parents' scale for various reasons, namely that I'm sure theirs is calibrated differently than ours and isn't capable of calculating body fat. I stepped on the scale, waited the customary ten seconds and glanced down. What I saw rather astounded me:

Weight: 154.9 lbs
Body Fat: 18.0%

Woohoo! I achieved goal! Well, I did better than achieve it, I reached it and went right past it since I was looking for 155.4 pounds and came in at 154.9 pounds. This is fine by me!

So let's recap: In under four months I've lost more than 34 pounds, gone from a size 36 waist to a size 32, gained back a good portion of my energy and gotten a much more flat stomach. I fit in my dress clothes that were tailored to me six years ago, I can wear jeans that I haven't worn in years without the material feeling tight around my thighs and I have a great deal more self-confidence.

And yes, all of this was acheived on the "fad" diet that is Atkins. I'd like to thank everybody who questioned my commitment to a life-long dietary change, who told me I didn't need to diet because "it wasn't like I was morbidly obese," who openly mocked the Atkins dietary approach and those who in general acted like jerks... You folks gave me the motivation to stick with it just so I could prove you wrong, and today the chickens have come home to roost.

Comments

[genet.livejournal.com]

woohoo!!!!

Grats hon!! Hopefully sometime next year I can post the same. ;)

I know the diet's been tough on you at times, but... anyone with a little willpower can lose weight, and I'm proud of you for being another success story. :)

Congrats!

[sleepingzebras.livejournal.com]

alright!

Are you coming to CONvergence on your trip to Minnesota?

[chebutykin.livejournal.com]

(Are you going to be around Friday morning?)

[sleepingzebras.livejournal.com]

not too likely, we're leaving Madison late Friday morning. Knowing me, I'll be sleeping past 9 a.m., even on CONvergence day.

[feren.livejournal.com]

[Are you coming to CONvergence on your trip to Minnesota?]

No, I've decided to skip the convention and opted instead to spend the weekend visiting my family since I haven't seen them in over a year and a half. I will be having breakfast with Cheb on Friday morning, so I'll be attending-by-proxy!

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[jingle.livejournal.com]

154.9 lbs? What... are you made of balsa wood or something? O_o Seriously, I'm glad you're feeling fit and happy. I hope you're able to maintain your new-found figure.

[feren.livejournal.com]

[What... are you made of balsa wood or something?]

From my most recent experience in the swimming pool a week or two ago I think I'm made more of lead than wood at this point. I need to up my fiber intake.

[chebutykin.livejournal.com]

Wooo! Congratulations!

I'd had problems with the Atkins diet in the past, but that's all just dealing with my own fucked up metabolism. I'm glad it's working for you!

[feren.livejournal.com]

[I'd had problems with the Atkins diet in the past, but that's all just dealing with my own fucked up metabolism.]

The first rule of Diet Club is no diet is a Sure Thing for everyone that tries it.

The second rule of Diet Club is that no diet is a Sure Thing for everyone that tries it.

My metabolism is pretty fucked up as well because of my medical history but apparently it's just unfucked enough that it can respond to this regimen with some coaxing and careful monitoring.

Overall I'm pretty pleased with it. The greatest part of it all is that I know now I have got a dietary plan that can carry me for the rest of my life. It's really reassuring to have that knowledge, if you can dig what I'm saying.

[neuracnu.livejournal.com]

I am humbled by your commitment to health. Excellent work you skinny, sexy mofo!

[feren.livejournal.com]

[Excellent work you skinny, sexy mofo!]

I'd trade it all for your full head of hair and goatee.

[neuracnu.livejournal.com]

The goatee is overrated. There was a time when it meant you were hip and/or edgy. That time has long since past. Now it's all about the well-groomed pirate look - thin mustache and soul patch or vertical line on your chin. I can not pull those off, sadly, so the chin strap it is.

And the hair will go away soon enough. That's why I'm having fun with it while it lasts.

[passaddhi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Good for you, reaching your goal!

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Go, kooshpanther!

[feren.livejournal.com]

I wish I had a few more pictures available here, I'd make that picture into an icon if I could get somebody to ink just that part.

[urocyon.livejournal.com]

I have three words for you:




In-N-Out.


I'd like to thank...those who in general acted like jerks.

A job well done is all the thanks I need, citizen. Don't forget an extra order of those fries...

[captain18.livejournal.com]

today the chickens have come home to roost.

Or turkeys, for fans of the late Gobbler?

A lightweight champ

[shiver101.livejournal.com]

Grr, arrg, I am Feren, here me roar my victory... in the lightweight division.



Congrats, maybe I'll even get to see the stick-figure panther sometime.