2.4 mg
Last Weight: 215.2 pounds
Down 53.8 pounds (20.0%)

One-fifth of my body weight is gone in less than five months.  It’s pretty hard to believe.  I shaved off my beard for the first time in nine years last week and now I barely recognize myself when I look in the mirror.  I can see the weight loss in my cheeks.  And the crazy part is I still have 25 pounds to go.  And I still believe I can get there.

After today’s dosage I have 9 left.  I won’t be getting any more due to insurance.  I’ve already moved to taking it every other week.  That will allow me to spread these out to about March, which is when I should reach 189 goals anyway.  Then I will enter a new stage of these where I try to maintain without the medication.  I believe I can do it so long as I continue calorie counting.  And I’ve built that habit strong—145 days in a row!

The last two time I took a dose, I got pretty sick.  So I am worried.  But I also knew that sickness was going around.  So I just took it despite seriously contemplating coming off cold turkey.  I want to be able to ease off over the coming months on my own terms.  And I really want to hit the big goals I set out to hit.  

The next big goal now that I’ve hit 20% is going sub-200.  I want to get there by the end of the year and think that is a very realistic goal.  I just got to keep this up through the holidays.  That is a tall order, but I’ve made it through everything else without faltering.  I can do this.