Celebrating my wife's bday, while losing weight!

I'm writing this blog entry mostly while on the Queen Mary. It's a ship bigger than the Titanic that is rumored to be haunted, though the scariest thing I've seen here is a T-bone steak (more on that later). I spent the weekend here for my wife's birthday, which was a lot of fun, but not without its challenges as far as my diet goes.

The two big temptations at celebrations for fat men like me are plentiful food and alcohol. Now, I've never been much for alcohol, outside of the occasional mixed drink, but it is still strange to toast using an Optifast shake. (At a previous b-day party, I had fun toasting with shots of water!) And, after twelve weeks of this diet, I've gotten used to people eating around me. What I wasn't quite prepared for was sitting at a table, where I was surrounded by people eating juicy t-bone steaks. Maria's salads don't tempt me much, but the steaks... Lord have mercy, lol. Sometimes it's very clear to me just how I gained this much weight!

Speaking of weight, I initially thought that I'd be headed for a big weight loss this week because the gym scale showed me at about an 8 pound drop on Monday. It turns out that I only lost 3.5 pounds. Disappointing in a sense, but as long as the weight loss is dropping, life is going well. I've recently "rediscovered" my waist- before I would always wear my pants below the bulge of the belly, but now that my waist has reemerged with the weight loss, I can wear my pants where they are supposed to sit. Of course, this means another trip to the tailor...

I am almost ready to use my 46 long suits, I think just a few more weeks- the blazers fit tightly now, so perhaps as a goal, by my niece's wedding next month, I should be wearing a 46 long. My old hugo boss suit (from law school) and a few ebay suits that I bought are just waiting for me on the clothes rack and I'm eager to move on from my heavily tailored 50 long suits. Today, I wore a pair of pants that were so loose in the legs that I felt like an attorney version of MC Hammer!

I'm not sure what my final suit size will be. A lot depends on how much volume I re-add to my frame when I start weight lifting. I've been on the hunt for a good weight bench and a set of dumbells. I'm also debating whether to hire a personal trainer. My last trainer was excellent, but because of time commitment I was constantly having to cancel our appointments. Still time to think about it, though. Seventy more pounds to go... Piece of cake, right? (or maybe Not a piece of cake..)


Week 1- 5/8/14 334.5 16.5 318
Week 2- 5/15/14 318.0 6.9 311.1
Week 3- 5/22/14 311.0 5.1 306
Week 4- 5/29/14 306 6.0 300
Week 5- 6/5/14 300 4.5 295.5
Week 6- 6/12/14 295.5 3.0 292.5
Week 7- 6/19/14 292.5 8.5 283
Week 8- 6/26/14 283 4.5 278.5
Week 9- 7/3/14 278.5 5.0 273.5
Week 10- 7/10/14 273.5 1.5 272
Week 11- 7/17/14 272 8.0 264
Week 12- 7/24/14 264 3.5 260.5

74 pounds lost.