Thank You, Everybody
2009/02/14 at 8:00 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Food, Health, Inspiration, Life, Milestone, Motivation, Photos, Progress Photos, Victory, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, Discipline, Exercise, weight, weight loss, weight loss blog
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<< BTW, this is NOT the best picture of me. My face looks…well, deformed or something.
This is a goodbye of sorts.
As you may well know, I started 200by40.com with the intent of tracking my weight loss progress as I tried to reach my goal of weighing 200 lbs. by my 40th birthday.
Today is February 14th, which is also happens to be my 40th birthday and, as you may also know, I reached my goal of 200 lbs. on September 27, 2008—way ahead of schedule.
I have decided that, while I have derived great pleasure in blogging about everything having to do with [my] weight loss, it’s time to put things into perspective and temporarily walk away from the blog.
While this may not be the final post here, it may well be the last one for a long time as I will now concentrate on training for the Disneyland 5k—my first one ever—taking place this September. In between now and then I will do a few 5k walks and, should I have a camera with me, I will post pictures of the events. And don’t worry—all posts will remain intact as will the domain, meaning anything you may have bookmarked will still be in the same place.
Once again, I would like to thank everyone who left comments, e-mailed me, or simply came by to visit (except for you spammers who try and get past Askimet’s death grip–you’re fools for trying!). I do find it a bit humbling and amazing that a normal guy like me would inspire many, many people to get motivated into losing weight. What started out as a simple goal turned out to be something life changing to those who recognized that it’s entirely possible to lose weight if they put their minds to it.
Before I sign off here, I would like to wish all of you good luck with your weight loss program. Regular visitors know that it wasn’t uncommon for me to say things like “You can do it!” or “Never give up!” in my posts. What many don’t realize is that those weren’t just words; I meant them from the bottom of my heart. If I can do this, I have no doubt that anybody can.
Why? Unlike those trying to push diet pills, I’ve been there. I can relate to and understand the struggles of weight loss and being overweight. I know what it’s like to wear size 48 pants, run out of breath when playing with my son, have clothes get smaller and smaller, be ridiculed about my size, be stared at when going to fast food joints, barely fit into the seats on the train, look in the mirror and not like what I see, be intimidated when entering a gym.
But I chose to change all that. I challenged myself to get busy and change my lifestyle and here it is, my 40th birthday and I weigh 197 lbs. I went from a sloth to someone who is going to run in a 5k. Think you can’t lose weight? I beg to differ. (By the way, at today’s weight I have finally reached the golden 100 lbs. lost level.)
While I could go on forever, I want to share with everybody some things I learned about weight loss since starting this blog. In no particular order, here is that list.
I Did It
2008/09/27 at 12:01 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Food, Health, Inspiration, Life, Milestone, Motivation, Victory, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight loss blog | 14 CommentsTags: diets don't work, disneyland, Victory, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Finally!
The finally tally:
- Starting weight: 297.1 lbs.
- Today’s weight: 199.9 lbs.
- Total weight lost: 97.2 lbs.
- Total time: 2 years, 9 months, 27 days
Quick Post for Today
2008/09/25 at 11:47 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Health, Inspiration, Life, Milestone, Motivation, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Not a lot of time right now so I’ll make it quick!
It seems that me theory of looking beyond my goal weight has definitely worked. By putting aside that number that had been taunting me for what seemed like an eternity, I have managed to break the 202 lb. mark with today’s weight of 201.9 lbs.
While it may not sound like huge deal to you, it is for me since I’d been stuck in the 202s for a long time. It’s great to finally be out of them and get motivated once again!
Oh, and with today’s weight, my total is now 95.2 lbs. lost since 2006! That’s a Milestone for sure! My original goal is in sight but I’m still concentrating on my reaching new goal of 190 lbs. so that these last few will not slap me in the face.
We’re taking our son to the park tonight so it’ll be an evening filled with lots of running around and I’m really looking forward to it. That boy keeps me busy but it’s a lot of fun.
Stick with it, readers! You can do it!
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Weekly Weigh-In #25
2008/09/09 at 6:48 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Health, Life, Milestone, Motivation, Weekly Weigh-In, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit, wii fit progress | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit, wii fit progress
Originally posted on September 9, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
I’ve got a little time before I have to get to work so here are the numbers. More stats and stuff later!
- Weekly Weigh-In #25: 204.1 lbs.
- Last week’s Weigh-In: 205.6 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -1.5 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.0 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 93.0 lbs.
UPDATED 12:20 p.m. or so
So alright, it looks like this week’s loss makes up for last week’s rather lame 0.9 lbs. lost. This puts me back into my doctor-recommended goal of 1.5 lbs. to 2 lbs. per week, so despite the lame sentiments of a particular commentator, I’d say I’m doing just fine.
By the way, what was the point of that comment? Was it supposed to bring me down or something? FAIL!
And I reached yet another milestone: 93 lbs. lost! WOO HOO! Yeah, it’s not exactly 95 lbs. but at this point, any round number is worthy of celebration.
Oh, and I posted a little sticky at the top of the page for Yahoo! Shine readers that visit my blog. I have noticed a steady increase in traffic from my single post there and thought I’d let them know that there probably won’t be any more posts over there as it’s just too much work. I used to do it with my personal blog and MySpace before realizing that it usually requires more than a simple cut-and-paste command. I prefer to post everything here and know it will work rather than post it elsewhere and have to tweak it umpteen times before it’s the way I want it.
So if you’re here from Yahoo! Shine, welcome and thanks for visiting. I’m glad to have you here. I’d recommend, however, that you bookmark this blog or subscribe to my RSS feed via Google Reader or reader of choice.
Finally, here are some Wii Fit progress photos. As usual, keep in mind that Wii Fit–30 minutes a night of various workouts–is only part of my plan that also includes walking nearly 2 miles a day (about 30 minutes) and proper diet. Also take note that as I’ve said in the past, Wii Fit’s scale isn’t all that accurate.
And I can’t stress this enough: visit your doctor before starting any weight loss plan. I did; you should, too.
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- BMI at start: 33.11
- Current BMI: 29.19
Still high, I know. But I’m getting there. Now here’s the weight chart:
Wii Fit weight:
- Start (May 25, 2008): 230.3 lbs.
- Current: 203.9 lbs.
My real weight:
- Start (May 25, 2008): 231.0 lbs.
- Current: 204.1 lbs.
So as you can see, there are slight discrepancies between the two but sometimes they are even larger than that. Please don’t put 100% reliance into the Wii Fit “scale” as it’s nothing more than a tool. Buy a nice glass bottom scale for more accurate readings.
I think that’s all for now. Thank you to all who continue to visit and leave kind words. Those keep me going when things get tough, and I hope that my progress motivates you into losing weight the right way.
The journey is almost over–thanks for being a part of it!
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A Quick Milestone
2008/08/22 at 7:09 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Health, Life, Milestone, Motivation, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight watchers | Leave a CommentTags: diets don't work, Milestone, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit
Originally posted on August 22, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
Just a quick note to say that as of today’s weight of 206.5 lbs. (which could most definitely change by the time Tuesday’s Weigh-In rolls around), I have reached the 90 lbs. lost mark with a total of 90.6 lbs.
I’m patting myself on the back as I type which is pretty darn difficult to do if you really think about it. But does this mean it’s time to rest? I think not! This will continue until I reach my goal and then go further!
Last night our family went to a local Concert in the Park with our neighbor and his daughter. And kids being kids, they didn’t want to sit around and watch the show, no. They had more fun running around and I decided to join them.
We ran. We spun around. We played Hide-And-Seek. We got tired. And while we all got caught up in the moment and thought about how much fun they were having, the thought of staying active was always in the back of my mind and it most definitely felt good.
Then, of course, I did my usual 30 minutes of Wii Fit when the kid went to bed.
My point of all this?
Don’t be lazy! Stay busy! Trust me when I say that every little bit of movement helps! Nobody’s going to lose the weight for you and the answer is not in a stupid little pill that some site will most likely be pushing when they steal the content of this post.
If you want it, you have to work for it. Simple as that.
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Another Milestone
2008/08/07 at 6:58 am | In Discipline, Health, Inspiration, Life, Milestone, Motivation, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight watchers | Leave a CommentTags: diets don't work, subway, veggie delite, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Originally posted on August 7, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
For years, I had labored under the delusion that I was perpetually 210 lbs.* because that’s what my California driver’s license had listed. This made for interesting looks on those few occasions when I was pulled over or the many times when I was asked for I.D.
But my friends, today things are different.
As of this post, I now weigh 210.1 lbs. which is just a hair shy of what my driver’s license reads. It’s so close that I’m going to go ahead and count it as being yet another Milestone in my weight loss progress. By tomorrow I should be there so what the hey, good enough. I can now proudly show my license when asked and not be ashamed about the listed weight. The picture, on the other hand, will need to be updated since I look like King Big Mac**.
And at my current weight it also means that I’m getting closer to kissing the 210s goodbye! Wow…remember when I felt stuck in the 230s and 220s? It wasn’t that long ago, peeps!
Moving along…
In a previous post, I had mentioned that shaving has become a little more routine since my face isn’t as chunky as it once was. Back then I had to shave every other day as opposed to every third day.
Well, now I’m shaving every morning. For a guy that couldn’t grow facial hair if he tried, believe you me when I say this is really odd. I need to invest in some more shaving cartridges. Or maybe I’ll add them to my Amazon Wish List…
And WOO HOO! It’s Subway Thursday! Today’s the day I stroll on down to the local Subway for my footlong Veggie Delite so that I have lunch for today and tomorrow. $5 for two days of lunch is a pretty good deal.
That’s it for now. See ya later!
* Paraphrasing from the movie A Christmas Story. At least I give credit. ** King Big Mac refers to a term uttered by late L.A. radio DJ Bruce Vidal, who my brother worked with many years ago. Bruce once said that he looked like “King Big Mac” in a picture my brother took of him because he had a mouthful of food at the time. We still use that phrase today. We miss you, Bruce!
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Weekly Weigh-In #20
2008/08/05 at 7:11 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Food, Health, Life, Milestone, Weekly Weigh-In, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit | Leave a CommentTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit
Originally posted on August 5, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
Does Week #20 bring good news? Let’s see.
- Weekly Weigh-In #20: 212.1 lbs.
- Last week’s weight: 212.7 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -0.6 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.1 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 85.0 lbs.
While this week’s results aren’t all the surprising given my crazy food weekend, the loss keeps me within my recommended range and that’s definitely a victory in my book. A loss is still a loss no matter how you slice it.
But what could make such a small even better? I’ve reached the 85 lbs. lost mark–finally! I’d been struggling at 84+ lbs. lost for a long time but some hard work and my willingness to get over that mark got me there. And I’m happy about that.
For this, the 20th Weekly Weigh-In, I thought I’d share my last 19 results with you. Go ahead and check them out and see what I was thinking back then and how, no matter what my thoughts, I was never ready to throw in the towel (and you shouldn’t be, either). You’ll also see that there were times when I thought I was “stuck” in the 240s/230s/220s etc., revisions to my stats, different exercise routines, etc. If you need to find some motivation in reaching your goal, these might just help you. (Note: all links open in a new window or tab.)
But no matter what my weight was at any given time, I was still determined to reach my goal which is now just 12.1 lbs. away–that’s it!
Well, my stomach’s grumbling. Better feed it some good stuff. And remember, folks: easy does it. I know that firsthand. So don’t rush your weight loss or you’ll only end up disappointed.
See ya!
#1: 251.0 lbs.
#2: 248.0 lbs.
#3: 245.0 lbs.
#4: 241.9 lbs.
#5: 238.5 lbs.
#6: 236.9 lbs.
#7: 233.0 lbs.
#8: 232.5 lbs.
#9: 233.5 lbs.
#10: 230.7 lbs.
#11: 228.9 lbs.
#12: 224.3 lbs. (sick)
#13: 225.7 lbs.
#14: 221.8 lbs.
#15: 218.8 lbs.
#16: 216.4 lbs.
#17: 217.3 lbs.
#18: 214.4 lbs.
#19: 212.7 lbs.
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Weekly Weigh-In #19
2008/07/29 at 7:16 am | In Exercise, Food, Health, Life, Milestone, Weekly Weigh-In, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit progress
Originally posted on July 29, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets.
Ah, Week #19. Here we go.
- Weekly Weigh-In #19: 212.7 lbs.
- Last week’s weight: 214.4 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -1.7 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.1 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 84.3 lbs.
First off, and I hate to add what seems like such meaningless and futile text, I came across yet another so-called weight loss blog using one of my posts. If this were my personal blog then I wouldn’t care, but since I’m losing weight the right way, I take offense to sites that use my posts to push weight loss pills. As such, from this point on I will include the text you see above in each post here on 200by40.
Now that that’s out of the way…
This week sees a loss of almost 2 lbs., which is about my doctors’ recommended average per week. Anything more than that is definitely a bonus so I’m happy with the results. But truth be told, I was 212.5 lbs. a few days ago, just before my aunt’s big 84th birthday celebration where I ate quite a bit. I’m not concerned; this was a once-in-a-lifetime thing so I took advantage of it. Not only that, she’s got a pool so I was able to work some of that food off very easily. It’s back to the program today as it always is after a heavy weekend.
If you’ve been following my Weekly Weigh-Ins since the very beginning, you’ve seen some changes. With last week’s weigh-in numbers, I started to include my total weight lost. This gives me and everybody else out there an easier way to keep track of things…just in case you can’t see that little Traineo icon on the right…
One of the stats I’ve since dropped has been the “If I Lose…” stat since, well, I began to feel it was screwing my progress up. In the beginning I was losing somewhere near 3 lbs. a week average so including that stat was fun as it gave me an idea on when I would reach my goal.
Today, July 29, is when I should have reached my goal based on my then-average weight loss in pounds per week. But here I sit with less than 13 lbs. to go instead. Oh well; the plan was to be there by my 40th birthday which I will no doubt achieve.
This week’s Milestone: size 38 pants! That’s right, guys, I’ve officially dropped 10 sizes the right way. If this isn’t proof that one doesn’t need pills or surgery in order to achieve their weight loss goal, then I don’t know what is (*thumbs nose at lap-banders everywhere*).
On the exercise front, Wii Fit continues to whip me into shape! Here are the latest results, taken after today’s Body Test:
I was about 233 lbs. when I started in May. I’m now on my 66th day and at this point the bar graph can’t be seen in its entirety, so I had to zoom out and show it this way. Even so, you can see how much progress I’ve made.
And I promise a new Progress Photo is coming. Ann took one of me at the party but I was holding my cousin’s one-month-old son (which really made me want another 
) and you can’t really get an idea of what I’ve achieved. But I did get that wonderful new baby smell all over me.
That’s it for today. More news as it happens. See ya, and stay focused!
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Weekly Weigh-In #16
2008/07/08 at 7:31 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Food, Health, Life, Milestone, Motivation, Weekly Weigh-In, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight watchers | Leave a CommentTags: diets don't work, lifestyle change, Weekly Weigh-In, weight, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Today’s results!
- Weekly Weigh-In #16: 216.4 lbs.
- Last week’s weight: 218.8 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -2.4 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.3 lbs.
I don’t have much to say today as I’m still a bit under the weather, but I do know that I’ve passed yet another Milestone: 80 lbs. lost!
More later once I get back from the doctor and if I feel better. I’m kinda run down today so I may just take it easy today instead.
Hope you’re feeling better than I am and your program is giving you the results you want. So far, I’m not disappointed
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Weekly Weigh-In #15
2008/07/01 at 6:57 am | In Discipline, Exercise, Food, Health, Life, Milestone, Motivation, Victory, Weekly Weigh-In, lifestyle change, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit | Leave a CommentTags: diets don't work, lifestyle change, Weekly Weigh-In, weight, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, Wii, wii fit
Was this week really as tough as it felt? Let’s see the results:
- Weekly Weigh-In #15: 218.8 lbs.
- Last week’s weight: 221.8 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -3.0 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.3 lbs.
Victories and Milestones all around!
At today’s weight of 218.8 lbs., I have officially cracked the 210s. Happy? You bet. This was the one plateau that I thought would be insurmountable but here I am. It wasn’t so long ago when I felt stuck in the 230s but with a lot of hard work and proper diet, in a little over a month later I’m in the 210s.
The belt I bought not so long ago to replace my old Fat Guy Belt is up to its 8th notch. When I bought it I was on the 4th notch so there’s definitely some progress there. And being that there are holes all around the belt, it might be a while before I buy another one.
I actually fit into a size L shirt and shorts yesterday. Ann and Anthony went down to K-Mart and hit the clearance racks for some new clothes. Not only was I pleased at what they bought me, but I was also happy that it all fit! I’m slowly replacing my old wardrobe with new and smaller duds.
An updated progress photo will be coming soon since I bought Ann a nifty new digital camera over the weekend. If I can get her to take one I will post it later tonight. If not, I did my usual bathroom-mirror self-portrait shot earlier today.
As far as food goes, I continue to track my Points in the Excel chart which I have since placed on Ann’s outdated HP Jornada 520 handheld PC instead of my USB thumb drive. It’s ugly, old, slow and chunky, but it works great for this purpose as well as creating Word documents when I’m on the train to work.
Exercise: I continue to walk 1.5 miles a day and do between 30-45 minutes of Wii Fit each night. In fact, last night I achieved a score of 176% on the jogging exercise. My previous best was 101% but I put the Wiimote in my back pocket and it seemed to calculate everything better. (I usually hold it in my hand and pass everybody, end up with an uneven pace, etc.) Either way, my shirt is still fairly drenched by the time I’m done. Hydration! I needs it!
By the way, if you want to see my Mii show up on your Wii, my code is 6162 3298 6869 7586. Add me and I will add you!
That’s all for now. Stick with it, guys and gals. If I can, you can
UPDATED 10:37 p.m.: As promised, a new photo has been added to the Progress Photos page (scroll to bottom). So head on over there, or save time and see the new image here. Note my obligatory “look of concern” pose
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