229 today

[Creeker, SASS #43022]

I have, over the last year, made a concerted effort to drop some weight.

 

Driven some for health reasons (type II Diabetes), some for vanity (Painted Ladies Aunt is a Hollywood producer, her Cousin an executive at HBO - I have shamelessly begged them for some sort of small opportunity if I lost the weight) and some for the fact that I turn 60 next year  (if I were ever to make a serious run at some prestigious championships - my first year as a Senior Gunfighter would likely be my best opportunity).

 

Now I lost some significant weight a few years ago; but Covid, knee injury and breaking my wrists all gave me excuse to lose focus and ballon back up.

 

So I started again...

From a high of 360 pounds - I stepped on the scale today at my Drs. office in shoes, fully dressed at 229 pounds. 

No surgeries, no weight loss drugs; simple reduced intake and more exercise.

 

I still have a ways to go - but it was nearly 40 years ago, during my college days of football and wrestling that I last saw sub 230.

 

I know pride is a sin - but dang it, this feels good.

Edited December 4, 2025 by Creeker, SASS #43022

[Subdeacon Joe]

Tare Victor George!

 

 

Helluva good job!  It's no small accomplishment to have lost a person. 

[Michigan Slim]

Well done Sir 

I know well how tough it can be to make the lifestyle changes required. No, not me, but my wife. She decided to make those changes and has dropped 40 pounds. I made some changes and have gained thirty! I'm a comfortable 170 now.

May we meet in the middle!

[Stump Water]

Congrats!

 

10 hours ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:

but dang it, this feels good

 

I'm sure it does.... versus rucking and extra 130 all the time.

[Doc Eagle]

Congratulations!!!  My wife and I put on a little weight during our "middle years" and a few years back we decide to shed it.  It's fun to get into a pair of 32" Slim jeans and my wife is back to the weight she was when I met her and she looks HOT!  Keep going!  Being part of the skinny crowd feels great, right?

[Boggus Deal #64218]

Good on you!

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Atta boy, Creeker.

 

I hit 189 today, the lightest I've been since 1965 when I graduated from college, got commissioned in the Army, and got married.....and  way down from 293 back 37 months ago.  I don't much recommend the way I lost a lot of it, though.  The rest was almost easy.

 

Keep going until you get to where you want to be, Pard.  I have only 4 pounds to go.

[Lawdog Dago Dom]

That is awesome! As someone who was fighting the same battle (with an unsympathetic doctor) I truly know how you feel. You have every right to be proud!

It’s a long road, but worth every step.

The best days are the ones when you have a million reasons to just sit around, but you only have one reason to move, and you move anyway.

[DeaconKC]

Well done Sir!

[Eyesa Horg]

"Fine Job" Creeker, that's an amazing accomplishment!

Congratulations to you and also 4T that lost a person as well.

Keep up the great work gentlemen! 👏

[watab kid]

cograts , heres to better health and happiness 

[Dantankerous]

Pride might be a sin, but health tops pride. Excellent job!