It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these.

Before we left for Sweden, I became determined to start losing weight again. I knew posting would have to be an integral part of that. I mentioned it to a friend, and he said he wanted to participate. So, while I was away, he set up a site where currently four people are posting about their weight-loss journeys: I Can Has Skinny. I’ve posted there twice now. I’ll be cross-posting here from now on, as well.

I weighed myself last week when we got back and found that I had actually lost some weight while in Sweden. That was a pleasant surprise.

The last time I wrote an update (waaaay back on 2.7.08), I weighed 245. When we left for Sweden, I had managed to puff up to 255 (lame). But fortunately when we got back I was down to 248.

As you might remember, my original goal from 4.19.2007 was laid out like this: “I am 24, 6′1″ and 290 pounds. I would like to be 25, 6′1″ and 235 pounds.”

Well, my birthday is at the end of October, and I still want to make that a reality…albeit slightly belated (I wanted to be 235 before my 25th birthday, but fortunately I wrote it rather elastically). Better late than never, right?

Here are the details for the last seven days and we’re I’m hoping to go!

Pounds This Period: 2
Pounds Total: 44
Current Weight: 246
Pounds to Go: 18
Weeks to Go: 13
Rate To Go: 1.4lbs/wk

My immediate goal for next week is to hit 244 (-2).

I also have a lot of catching up to do, because my wife just reached the milestone of having lost SEVENTY POUNDS (70!) over the last year-and-a-half.

She shames me.

It’s actually quite exciting, because her 10-year High School reunion is this weekend…and who doesn’t want to win the “HOLY SHIT YOU GOT SUPER HOT” award at their reunion?

Adjusting to life back in the US has been a little difficult. When you’re on vacation, you walk a lot and your access to food is limited to meal-times. When you work from home like me, and you sit at a desk that’s less than 20 feet from the refridgerator (what can I say, we live in the middle of Seattle - space is at a premium ’round these parts), temptation raps its filthly knuckles on your forehead all day long.

I’ve tried to be good, and obviously I did something right because I managed to lose weight this past week, but I did notice a disturbing trend: it is considerably easier for me to simply NOT eat than it is for me to eat a reasonable portion of food. When I start to eat, it’s like flood gates open up and it is incredibly hard for me to stop - I want the feeling of eating to continue. I do stop, of course, when I’m so full I can’t stand to put anything else in my mouth. This is bad.

The alternative to this, simply not eating, is equally horrible from both a dieting and general health perspective, so it’s obviously not an option.

That’s the (first) major challenge going forward - to control the in media res urges.

EDIT: I almost forgot! If anyone would like to join icanhasskinny.com, send me an e-mail or leave a comment and I’ll get you hooked up with an account.