It's now 2026.
I am getting ready for the Spring semester to begin next week.
I have also reached MY milestone of finally shedding the weight that I put on due to various reason which are:
* stress eating
* thyroid cancer
* taking Prednisone due to an allergic reaction to a medication
* various other reasons
After the Prednisone adventure almost 2.5 years ago, I fully committed myself to getting rid of the weight. Because I don't have a thyroid and take a low dose of a synthetic, my body does not like to give up the weight. My doctor, said years ago that no thyroid combined with the muscles I developed as a youth, playing sports would mean that I could probably get back to my college weight but going below that and staying there would be difficult. And back in the 80's I got close but he was right, it was not possible to get to or stay at my high school weight. This was a bit upsetting for me because I was focusing on the weight - NOT my body composition which really was/is more important.
Once I made the decision to finally get the weight off and work on the body composition. In October 2023 I contracted with a nutritionist who set a macro and exercise plan for me. My exercise plan was to go to the local gym and lift weights plus doing lots of walking. Which I did. I did take the occasional break when I went on a road trip or it was a holiday without going overboard. I also tracked my measurement and purchased a body composition scale.
I am now at my goal weight. All my composition numbers are in the Average or Better range. What is interesting is that my metabolic age started at 73 which was 5 years above my actual age and now it is at 69, which is a year below my actual age which is excellent and rather amazing. So, how much weight did I loose??
I lost FIFTY POUNDS
This past September is when I really began to notice that my pants were starting to fall off my hips. I then set aside a weekend and tried on every piece of clothing I had. The nice go to the day job clothing went in a pile to be donated to Dress for Success. Jeans and other shirts were going to Goodwill. Clothing I sewed were going to be put in my memory (camp) trunk. I did keep 2 nice outfits and several shirts that fit me again - in other words they did not fit me for a long time due to the weight but they now fit me again. I also kept some pants that were not what I wore to work but they were not jeans and are slightly loose. These I will have taken in. My closet is over half empty.
I am no longer tracking my macros, I stopped doing that last summer. I decided to see if I could eat well, loose weight, and make progress without being fanatical about it because life goes on and I don't want to spend the rest my life worrying about my weight.
This IS a Roman milestone, outside of Bardon Mill, UK just before you enter Vindolanda which is a Roman Fort along Hadrian's Wall. The Shop Elf and I actually saw this milestone when we visited Vindolanda and a few other places along Hadrian's Wall on one of our trips to the UK in the 1990's.
I am getting ready for the Spring semester to begin next week.
I have also reached MY milestone of finally shedding the weight that I put on due to various reason which are:
* stress eating
* thyroid cancer
* taking Prednisone due to an allergic reaction to a medication
* various other reasons
After the Prednisone adventure almost 2.5 years ago, I fully committed myself to getting rid of the weight. Because I don't have a thyroid and take a low dose of a synthetic, my body does not like to give up the weight. My doctor, said years ago that no thyroid combined with the muscles I developed as a youth, playing sports would mean that I could probably get back to my college weight but going below that and staying there would be difficult. And back in the 80's I got close but he was right, it was not possible to get to or stay at my high school weight. This was a bit upsetting for me because I was focusing on the weight - NOT my body composition which really was/is more important.
Once I made the decision to finally get the weight off and work on the body composition. In October 2023 I contracted with a nutritionist who set a macro and exercise plan for me. My exercise plan was to go to the local gym and lift weights plus doing lots of walking. Which I did. I did take the occasional break when I went on a road trip or it was a holiday without going overboard. I also tracked my measurement and purchased a body composition scale.
I am now at my goal weight. All my composition numbers are in the Average or Better range. What is interesting is that my metabolic age started at 73 which was 5 years above my actual age and now it is at 69, which is a year below my actual age which is excellent and rather amazing. So, how much weight did I loose??
I lost FIFTY POUNDS
This past September is when I really began to notice that my pants were starting to fall off my hips. I then set aside a weekend and tried on every piece of clothing I had. The nice go to the day job clothing went in a pile to be donated to Dress for Success. Jeans and other shirts were going to Goodwill. Clothing I sewed were going to be put in my memory (camp) trunk. I did keep 2 nice outfits and several shirts that fit me again - in other words they did not fit me for a long time due to the weight but they now fit me again. I also kept some pants that were not what I wore to work but they were not jeans and are slightly loose. These I will have taken in. My closet is over half empty.
I am no longer tracking my macros, I stopped doing that last summer. I decided to see if I could eat well, loose weight, and make progress without being fanatical about it because life goes on and I don't want to spend the rest my life worrying about my weight.
This IS a Roman milestone, outside of Bardon Mill, UK just before you enter Vindolanda which is a Roman Fort along Hadrian's Wall. The Shop Elf and I actually saw this milestone when we visited Vindolanda and a few other places along Hadrian's Wall on one of our trips to the UK in the 1990's.
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