Weight Loss

On 1st November I decided to try to lose some weight. I was already overweight at the start of this year but then put on an additional 15 pounds during the five months I was in the US and Europe.

I need to lose somewhere between 30 and 50 pounds. My first goal is to lose the 15 pounds to get me back to my weight at the start of the year. The next goal after that is to lose an additional 15 pounds to get me to the weight I was five years ago. Anything after that is a bonus but I'm going to go for another lot of 15 pounds to lose a total of 45 pounds.

My target is to lose 2 pounds per week.

I'm not doing anything dramatic. I'm easing my way into the first phase by doing four things:

• no snacking
• no sugared sodas (and only the occasional diet soda)
• smaller meal proportions (resisting the temptation to have seconds)
• no eating after 9pm

For the most part, I've stuck with that so far.

More than anything, this strategy is simply reflective of what I was doing wrong before.

How am I going? I've lost 8 pounds as of last weekend (i.e. after 4 weeks). I already feel a lot less bulky. Hopefully I'll reach my first 15 pound milestone by the end of the year.

The real test will be whether I can continue the loss when visiting the US next.