UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Okay, I'm now a 49 year old guy, now an engineer in Richland, WA (back in Easter Washington), and after making my weight goal last decade I have, after holding my weight for a few years, gained back almost to where I started. The second start I tried to make in 2015 didn't take. I need this one to work.

The image was from when I was last at my target weight. It's here for inspiration. :)



OLD BIO (for context)

I'm a transplanted Eastern Washingtonian now living in rural Middle Tennessee, a 37 year old man who is rapidly becoming a 98 year very old man, it seems. I've mostly recovered from a severe bout of Congestive Heart Failure that had me stumbling into the ER with less than 25% heart function in October of '09, and have learned to deal with the diabetes that I've been diagnosed with since (and that probably caused the whole mess). The out of control blood sugar has likely been with me for many years undiagnosed, and now I'm saddled with Diabetic Neuropothy. My fingers, toes, legs and hips can tingle, numb up, hurt like the dickens or feel ice cold for no reason and with no warning, one at a time or all at once. I do an odd sort of step and shuffle when walking, and my left pinkie is permanently asleep. Ain't life grand?

;)

Actually, it really is. I'm learning to dig myself out of this funk, control my own body and regain control of my life. Fat Secret is really helping me with this. The Diet Calendar alone makes it worth it, but the community makes it fun. There are some great folks on here, and I enjoy reading your posts and journals.

:)

*UPDATE: All but none of the above now applies (in 2015). I dropped the weight, went back to school, and now work as an engineer in East Tennessee. However, after three years of holding stable in the 210s I've started creeping back up. I know what works, so I'm back.*