One Pound Under 200
14 stone 3 pounds doesn't look like much of a win written down like that. Write it as 199 lbs instead, and it's a number I've never been under before.
Category
Progress & Numbers
Weight, measurements, and other ways of tracking what's actually changing.
Three Bags of Sugar
14 st 5 lb this morning. Thirty-three pounds down from where I started, which is about three bags of sugar, which I can now feel on the bike.
The Scales Haven't Changed. The Numbers Have.
95 kg and 14 st 13.4 lb are exactly the same weight. They don't feel the same. Turns out it's not sentiment, it's just how the numbers move.
14 St 6.5 Lb
I knew the number would move again by next week. Didn't stop me smiling at it.
Residual Self Image
The scales say I've lost weight. So did my jeans. But when I look in the mirror I still see the belly, and I'm starting to wonder whether I'm looking at me, or at the me I expect to see.
Reframing
I'd been telling myself I'd lost about a stone. Then I did the sum, and realised how much a number depends on the story you tell around it.
A Couple More Clicks
The scales didn't tell me. The jeans did. Halfway round a woodland walk, my wife pointed out my trousers were on their way to my knees, and the belt had to click a lot further than I'm used to.
Every Breath You Take
I've lost ten kilos. It didn't leave the way you'd assume - and the actual answer is stranger and more obvious than pissing, shitting, or sweating it out.
Under 15 Stone
95.2kg today. A hundred grams was all it took to tip from one side of the 15-stone line to the other, after hovering right on it for the best part of a week.
Twelve Kilos Less Person
Crossing BMI 30, and working out that I'm now carrying around more weight less than when I started than my actual work backpack weighs.
The Numbers So Far
Starting weight, current weight, and why I'm still not chasing a target.
The Backpack Test
A more visceral way of feeling the weight I've lost than a number on the scales: it's now more than the backpack I cycle to work with.