My First 8 Weeks..... 12Kg/26lbs Gone!!

I started MFP 8 weeks ago, well 8 weeks ago tomorrow, Friday Aug 6th.

I love my iPhone and the MFP iPhone app has been my weapon of choice in my personal battle of the bulge :bigsmile:

So far I've dropped 12/Kg/26lbs



First comparison picture, I've seen others do this, and I wanted to take the pics while I'm still fat, as I won't be forever!

Not long ago, I was really wondering what the heck I could do, I could not seem to drop the weight, I was tired ALL the time, I slept too much and I was a wreak. I'm only 46 years old, I felt 106. I've done every single diet you can name, my shelves are sagging under the weight of diet books, all read, all studied and all now gathering dust.

My lifestyle change (I refuse to call it a DIET!!) is simple, I eat less, I eat good food. Gone of the days of eating stuff out of cardboard boxes, processed food is not something I'll be consuming much anymore. At first, maybe the first week, I had some troubles with feeling hungry, but not that bad, much less than various diets I'd been on before, but within a week or two, I was really not feeling hungry. The MFP bot decided that I should consume 2200 calories a day, I did that for less than a week and then I dropped that number to 1800 calories and a week or two later, to 1500 calories. At 1800 calories, I seldom came close to that number and I was not hungry, so I decided to lower it to 1500 calories, and I seldom hit that number either. I read labels and now have scales at my home and work. I eat some bread, not much, but we make it, good quality healthy ingredients only please!

I have started cycling again, I use to be into it big time, did not own a car, now I'm back. I live in Tokyo Japan, I'm a Canadian, I'm married to a wonderful Japanese lady, and we have two wonderful teenage daughters, I'm bless in my life that way.

We run my wife's family's liquor shop, I do all the deliveries, and I have built a trailer for my MTB and I do the deliveries with the bicycle and trailer, gets lots of funny looks around the hood



I have changed my relationship with food, now it is only a matter of time, and I'll be back in shape.

I thank you all for inspiration and great examples, for all the great ideas, and laughs too.

Thanks, I'll be back in another 8 weeks to post more pics.

Stu in Tokyo Japan :drinker: