New Suit. New Haircut. New Man!

Thanks to some quality veg time this weekend I am feeling like my old relaxed, mellow, Spicoli like self.

I spent a good portion of the weekend looking at myself in the mirror. We established long ago that I am an extremely vain person, so I apologize for nothing.

My lovely wife and I attended the wedding of a good friend on Saturday. Due to my crazy schedule last week I had to leave all of my prep work to the last minute. Which meant I had to pay an outrageous sum to get my haircut at a fancy salon. I felt crazy guilty about it until I got home and looked in the mirror. I have not had a new hair style in about 7 years, and that's only because my lovely wife finally convinced me to start putting "product in my hair". So I am sporting a new 'do I and I love it!

I am also sporting a new suit. I found this awesome suit that is just a smidgen to big for me on the clearance rack on Saturday afternoon. It was nothing short of a Thanksgiving miracle. This is one of my favorite things about weight loss, being able to shop anywhere, anytime and expect to find clothes that fit!

I have been reluctant to buy a new suit until I am done shrinking. I have never been much of a suit guy, but I finally broke down and bought the first suit I have owned since I was 11 last February. I wore the suit 4 times, then lost 60 pounds. When I went in a few weeks ago to see if the suit could be tailored, the salesman laughed so hard he was crying.

Thus my reluctance to buy a new suit until I know I will be able to wear it for awhile. But I couldn't pass this one up. In fact I am wearing the suit coat today...and I wore it yesterday... and Saturday. That is how much I love my new suit.

So I was felling pretty h-a-u-t-e, HOT!

See for yourself.



Losing weight has giving me the confidence to be more daring in what I wear! That could ultimately become a dangerous thing.

The only thing hotter than me at the wedding was my lovely wife who was "turning heads and breaking hearts by the dozens" hot. She was finally getting her well deserved accolades for all the hard work she has put into her own healthy lifestyle. I couldn't have been prouder to have her on my arm while people gushed over how good she looked.


My old suit will be going up for sale on E-Bay after Thanksgiving. I think it is a size 52 R. If anyone is interested drop me a line.

Tony
11/19: 220.8 lbs.
Goal: 220 lbs.
.8 lbs. to go

I Do Think That Song Was About Me

I am vain. I am a vain person trapped in a fat mans body. I know it's a funny thing for an overweight middle aged man with no fashion sense and suspect grooming to say, but it's true.

I am just a couple of days into this new healthier lifestyle and already I am imagining myself 70 lbs. lighter. It is a trap I get caught up in every time. I want instant results. It was the same thing when I tried to learn to play guitar. I learned the D, C and A minor chords and one rhythm and that was it. Instead of learning to really play the guitar I played a bunch of three chord songs with no rhythm and pretended to play the guitar.

In the past, every time I start trying to lose weight I have fallen into the same trap. I look at my stomach in the mirror every morning to see if it looks flatter. I start weighing myself everyday. I get so caught up in the results that I stop focusing on the journey. The major draw back of which is all this dreaming of the future makes it hard to deal with the setbacks when the inevitable come.

One thing I am going to try very hard to do this time is only weigh in on Fridays. The other six days of the week I will lock the scale in the closet and give my wife the key. Hopefully this will offset some of the daily ups and downs and help me concentrate more on living a healthy life style and less on just losing the weight.

Be sure to tune in tomorrow. I have something fun and exciting planned.

Same fat time, same fat channel.

Tony
6/13: 280 lbs.