Monday, July 7, 2008

What I've Lost: 18 Months On Weight Watchers

Today marks my 18-month anniversary with Weight Watchers Online. Thanks to patience and perseverance, discipline and discernment--but not bariatric surgery--I've seemingly reinvented my body image.



Or so people tell me. (I also haven't drank a mini-keg of Grolsch in about two years. I'll let you ponder that correlation-causation debate.)

While pictures are the most eye-catching display of my transformation, I think some solid facts further elucidate the last year and a half. Like all white people, I love statistics. For your reading pleasure--regardless of ethnicity--I've compiled some data that I'm simply titling "What I've Lost." Enjoy.

What I've Lost

  • $1,000+ I had to redirect to the clothing budget
  • 197.2 lbs.
  • 43.8% of me
  • 29 BMI points (from well into morbidly obese to 6 points away from overweight)
  • 5+ hours a week of lethargy replaced with cardio
  • 4 1/2" around my neck
  • 4 pants sizes
  • 3 shirt sizes
  • 1 Colin Devroe
  • Very little compared to what I've gained

5 comments:

John Carlisle said...

According to those pictures, you've also lost one goatee -- which is a shame, actually. You should try to find it.

lisa said...

congrats! i'm trying to do weight watchers but it's so f'n hard to not drink beer on the weekends!

Jordan said...

Um, awesome. That is all I can say.

Thrift Store Underwear said...

I'm wearing the pants now... just to spite them.

Mike said...

Awesome, Jesse. The grand you've lost to clothes is probably the "worst" of these, but it's in an excellent cause.

I'm tempted to respond with similar stories, and numbers.... but this is your success story! Keep it up!