Middle Mo

For all of you who knew me back in the day (pre-2005), we all remember how “vast” my boarders were…Fine! I’ll spell it out for you. I was a chubby child, a fat freind, a big boy, a rotund rascal, a plump prince…you get the point. At my glorious peak I was 280 lbs (in 8th grade–>freshman year of high school). Needless to say, I was a very happy jolly guy in the good old days. As the years went by I started to lose weight, and during my sophmore year in college I dropped down to about 225 lbs. This was mainly achieved by increased excersize and about a year of strict Atkins dieting (0 carbs). As much as I’m glad I managed to lose so much weight, I don’t recommend a strict no carb diet, because it can literally kill you! However, this respectable weight (for somone 6 foot 3) allowed me to at least catch the eye of my current gf. In the next 3 years through my first year in med school I managed to drop down to a sizziling 185 lbs. A large reason for this second drop was because I moved to a Caribbean island, away from the comforts of home cooking, chain restaurants, and most good fast food. Antother reason was that I played basketball 6 times a week. Some may call me cocky by nature, but damn!!!!! I was hot stuff at 185.

    Myself at ages 9 and 17

The harsh mistress of med-school studying, unfortunately forced me to scale the bball back to a skimpy once a week, in addition to acclaimating to cooking for myself and addapting to the local food. As a result of all this I was surprised to look at the scale yesterday and saw the numbe 230 starring at me with pure discontent. WTF!!!!!!!! 230!!!!!!!!!!!! I know the yankees are back in the world series but why is my weight trying to go back to the 90′s??????? Ok, I did go to an all you can eat Brazillian steakhouse the night b4 and my card was flipped on the green side 90% of the night, but still how could I allow myself to get to the crossroad weight…I’ve become the Middle Mo…right in the middle between 280 and 185…I must be very cautious. I have 2 options; continuing this slippery slope back to the “jolly” days, or I can pull the hand break and try to go back to the days of legitamate confidence (not the illegitamate kind that naturally flows thru my veins)

So here is my goal for all to hear/read. I aim to get back to down to a range of 200-210 lbs by the end of the month (November 30 2009) It’s not 185, but as a med student who has to spend 90 % of his day at a desk studying, I think it’s a fair goal.

My plan is basically to hit the gym at least 4 times a week (bball once a week), no more desserts (does not include coffee drinks, yogurt, fruit, sugar-free chocolate pudding), and minimize the carbs after 6pm. I’m pretty sure if I stick to this I’ll meet my goal. If anyone wants to give me other suggestions, then leave a comment…and wish me luck…

This should be extreme motivation for myself and everybody else who’s trying to lose weight…

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