michael's weigh-in on 1/22/07

300.4 lbs
35.6% bf
45.9% bw

17 3/4" neck
47 3/4" chest
52 1/4" waist
51" hips

-michael

michael's weigh-in on 9/26/06

weight:  285.8 lbs (2.6 lbs more)
body fat:  34.2% (4.3% less)
body water:  47.9% (1.4% more)

neck:  17" (1/4" more)
chest:  46 1/2" (3/4" more)
waist:  51" (no change)
hips:  48 1/4" (1/4" less)

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 9/19/06

weight: 283.2 lbs (2.2 lbs less)
body fat: 38.5% (3.1% more)
body water: 46.5% (0.9% less)

neck: 17 1/4" (1/4" more)
chest: 45 3/4" (2 3/4" less)
waist: 51" (1 1/2" less)
hips: 48 1/2" (1" less)

~michael

michael's weight & measurements on 9/13/06

weight: 285.4 lbs (5.2 lbs less)
body fat: 35.4% (2.6% less)
body water: 47.4% (0.8% more)

neck: 17" (1/2" less)
chest: 48 1/2" (1/2" less)
waist: 52 1/2" (1" less)
hips: 49 1/2" (2" less)

~michael

michael's weight & measurements on 9/5/06

remember that I didn't weight until day 2 of the diet, and i didn't take my measurements until day 4!

weight: 290.6lbs (2.6lbs less)
body fat: 38.0% (2% less)
body water: 46.6% (0.7% higher)

neck: 17 1/2" (1/8" larger)
chest: 49" (2" smaller)
waist: 53 1/2" (1/2" smaller)
hips: 51 1/2" (no change)

~michael

michael's measurements on 8/31/06

neck - 17 1/8"
chest - 51"
waist - 54"
hips - 51 1/2"

michael's weigh-in on 8/29/06

weight:  293.2lbs, body fat was 40%, and body water was 45.9% (lower than normal)

 

i can't find my tape measure right now, so I'll buy a new one tomorrow to take measurements.

 

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 1/5

weight: 261.2 lbs (3.2 lbs more), body fat was 30.3% (0.7% less), and body water was 49.6%
neck: 17" (no change)
chest: 43" (3/4" less)
waist: 47" (no change)
hips: 45 1/2" (1/4" more)

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 12/29

weight: 258.0 lbs (2.2 lbs less), body fat was 31.0%, and body water was 49.3%
neck: 17"
chest: 43 3/4"
waist: 47"
hips: 45 1/4"

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 12/22

weight: 252.2 lbs (8.2 lbs less), body fat was 30.1% and body water was 49.7%

here are my measurements (fully clothed today):
neck: 16 3/4"
chest: 45"
waist: 48"
hips: 47"

~michael

On 12/15/05, JJ Virgin wrote:

"birthday shmirthday
please email me and explain why you want to be 200#
let's get your reasons in writing and your goals clear
step one
and happy birthday
now decide if you want to be 200# or 300#, up to you, no one else
but an BIG Fat gay country line dancer is NOT a pretty site, no matter how
much charisma you have"

 

WOW...

That is probably the meanest thing you've ever said to me, and ya know what, you're exactly right!!!  It IS up to me, and I don't have to settle (nor can I afford to settle) for my old habits.  I've been FIRMLY back on track for about a week now and I wonder why I ever settled for how crappy I felt while I was eating sugar!  I feel so alert, so alive, so refreshed!  I have support in my life now (no, not Leah...there are 3 co-workers who are changing their eating habits with me).

 

MY GOALS:

1) To regain enough control of my life and eating habits to once again be 235lbs like I was at the end of the show.

THEN, 2) To regain enough control of my life and eating habits to once again be 204lbs like I was just before I lost control of myself.  Ya know something, I realized that I was scared to be below 200lbs.  That meant that if I ever WERE to go above 200 again, it would be SO MUCH MORE devistating than if I had not gone below 200 to begin with.  It's a whole other classification -- there's the fit people, then there's the "over 200's".  You know what I mean?

AND THEN, 3) To finally break below 200lbs while bursting through any plateaus I may have encounterd.

FINALLY, 4) To reach my goal of 185lbs with the right BMI and perfect health.

 

~Michael

michael's weigh-in on 12/15

(don't be too mad...it's my birthday)

weight: 260.4 lbs, body fat was 33.1%, and body water was 48.5%
neck: 17"
chest: 43 1/2"
waist: 46 1/2"
hips: 47"

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 11/30

weight: 261.4 lbs, body fat was 30.9%, and body water was 49.4%
neck: 17"
chest: 43"
waist: 47"
hips: 47"

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 11/28

weight: 261.4 lbs, body fat was 31.7%, and body water was 49.0%
neck: 17"
chest: 43 1/2"
waist: 48"
hips: 47"

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 10/26

***CONSIDER THIS A NEW STARTING POINT AFTER FALLING OFF THE WAGON***

weight: 256.2 lbs, body fat 31.6%, body water 49.1%
neck: 17"
chest: 43 1/4"
waist: 48"
hips: 46 1/2"
:'-(

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 8/10/05

weight: 216.0 lbs -- 1.1 lbs more and 61.0 lbs total. body fat was 21.2% (0.8% more) and body water was 53.6%
neck: 16" -- no change
chest: 41 1/4" -- 1/4" more
waist: 42" -- no change
hips: 42 1/2" -- 1/2" more

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 8/3/05

weight: 214.9 lbs -- 1.4 lbs more and 62.1 lbs total. body fat was 20.4% (0.1% less) and body water was 52.7%
neck: 16" -- no change
chest: 41" -- 1" more
waist: 42" -- 3" more
hips: 42" -- 1" more

my clothes have not been fitting tighter!! maybe i was measuring in a different spot??

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 7/27/05

weight: 213.5 lbs -- 0.3 lbs less and 63.5 lbs total. body fat was 20.5% (0.5% more) and body water was 55.3%
neck: 16" -- no change
chest: 40" -- 1/2" more
waist: 39" -- 1/2" more
hips: 41" -- 1/2" more

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 7/20/05

weight: 213.8 lbs -- 0.8 lbs less and 63.2 lbs total. body fat was 20.0% (0.6% less) and body water was 55.8%
neck: 16" -- 1/4" less
chest: 39 1/2" -- 1/4" less
waist: 38 1/2" -- 1/4" less
hips: 40 1/2" -- no change

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 7/13/05

weight: 214.6 lbs -- 1.8 lbs less and 62.4 lbs total. body fat was
20.6% (0.9% less) and body water was 55.2%
neck: 16 1/4" -- 1/4" more
chest: 39 3/4" -- 3/4" less
waist: 38 3/4" -- 1/4" more
hips: 40 1/2" -- 1/2" less

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 7/6/05

weight: 216.4 lbs -- 2 lbs more and 60.6 lbs total. body fat was 21.5% (0.7% more) and body water was 54.6% :-(
neck: 16" -- no change
chest: 40 1/2" -- 1/2" more
waist: 38 1/2" -- no change
hips: 41" -- 1/2" more

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 6/29/05

weight: 214.4 lbs -- 5.4 lbs more and 62.6 lbs total. body fat was 20.8% (0.4% less) and body water was 55.1% :-(
neck: 16" -- 1/4" more
chest: 40" -- no change
waist: 38 1/2" -- no change
hips: 40 1/2" -- 3/4" less

i'm going to try to not let this bother me! turns out that july is a much better month to be free from 200 lbs than june was! my 'independence' day...er...month, if you will. :-/

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 6/22/05

weight: 209.0 lbs -- 2.6 lbs more and 68.0 lbs total. body fat was 21.1% (1.4% more) and body water was 54.8% :-(
neck: 15 3/4" -- no change
chest: 40" -- 1" less
waist: 38 1/2" -- 1 1/2" less
hips: 41 1/4" -- 1/4" less

my weight went up, along with my body fat, but all my measurements went down! what's going on??

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 6/15/05

weight: 206.4 lbs -- 1.4 lbs less and 70.6 lbs total. body fat was 19.7% (0.5% less) and body water was 55.8%

*note: i took these measurements myself, so theyre probably way off. ill do them all myself from now on so that it will be consistent

neck: 15 3/4" -- no change
chest: 42 1/2" -- 2" more
waist: 40" -- 1/2" more
hips: 41 1/2" -- 1/2" less

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 6/2/05

weight: 207.8 lbs -- 2.4 lbs less and 69.2 lbs total. body water was 54.6% and body fat was 21.2% (1.5% less)
neck: 15 3/4" -- 1/4" more
chest: 40 1/2" -- 1/2" more
waist: 39 1/2" -- 1/2" more
hips: 42" -- 1" more
this seems very odd to me because my clothes are looser!!

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 5/25/05

weight: 210.2 lbs -- 3.6 lbs less and 66.8 lbs total. body water was 55.5% and body fat was 22.7% (0.5% less)
neck: 15 1/2" -- 1/4" less
chest: 40" -- 1/2" less
waist: 39" -- 1" less
hips: 41" -- no change

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 5/17/05

weight: 213.8 lbs -- 1.2 lbs less and 63.2 lbs total. body water was almost 53.4% and body fat was about 23.2%
neck: 15 3/4" -- 1/4" less
chest: 40 1/2" -- 1 1/2" less
waist: 40" -- 1" less
hips: 41" -- 2" less

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 5/11/05

weight: 215.0 lbs on new scale -- 6 lbs less and 62 lbs total. body water was almost 54% and body fat was about 24%
neck: 16" -- 1/4" more
chest: 42" -- 1 1/2" more
waist: 41" -- 1/2" more
hips: 43" -- 1/2" less

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 4/26/05

weight: 221 lbs -- 5 lbs less and 56 lbs total, but weighed in the evening...
neck: 15 3/4" -- 1/4" less
chest: 40 1/2" -- 2 1/2" less -- that's odd...
waist: 40 1/2" -- 1 1/2" less
hips: 43 1/2" -- 1" more

~michael

michael's weigh-in on 4/21/05

weight: 226 lbs -- gained 2 lbs and only 51 lbs total, but weighed on an entirely new scale at a different time of day
neck: 16" -- no change
chest: 43" -- 1 1/2" more -- back to where i was...
waist: 42" -- 1/4" more
hips: 42 1/2" -- 1/2" less

~michael