About the diet

Yes, the official name is “the diet”. It all started off as a contest among a few friends. Since that time the diet has flourished into a much larger “movement” online to lose weight. Thousands and thousands of pounds have been lost on The Diet. Although some of the original dieters have now moved onto other things – that doesn’t mean that we’re not still all connected to the idea that losing weight and keeping it off should be a community effort.

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Diet and exercise are going to be a constantly running theme in my life and I like to blog about my progress and regress. So, I am starting to diet again. My immediate goal is 205 with a future goal of 180. See the bottom of the list of weigh ins for the most recent one.

My weigh ins for The Diet

Here are my weigh ins over the course of the diet. I am not weighing in as often anymore but I typically weigh in every Tuesday morning. So, here are my weigh ins from beginning to end.

1. Initial weigh in: 225.6
2. Week one: 218.8 (-6.8)
3. Week two: 221.8 (+3.0)
4. Week three: 219.0 (-2.8)
5. Week four: 214.4 (-4.6)
6. Week five: 213.4 (-1.0)
7. Week six: 211.2 (-2.2)
8. Week seven: 206.6 (-4.6)
9. Week eight: 206.6 (+-0.0)
10. Week nine: 202.0 (-4.6)
11. Week ten: 197.2 (-4.8)
12. Week eleven: 194.4 (-2.8)
13. Week twelve: 192.2 (-2.2)
14. Week thirteen: 192.0 (-0.2)
15. Week fourteen: 190.2 (-1.8)
16. Week fifteen: 188.4 (-1.8)
17. Week sixteen: 185.6 (-2.8)
18. Week seventeen: 185.6 (+-0.0)
19. Week nineteen: 186.5 (+1.1)
20. Week twenty seven: 189.6 (+3.1)
21. Week twenty eight: 190.0 (+0.4)
22. Week twenty nine: 189.4 (-0.6)
23. Week thirty two: 190.2 (+0.8)
24. Week thirty seven: 199.0 (+8.8)
25. Week thirty eight: 198.0 (-1.0)
26. Week thirty nine: 196.2 (-1.8)
27. Week forty: 194.1 (-1.8)
28. Week forty two: 192.2 (-1.9)
29. Week forty three: 190.0 (-2.2)
30. Week forty four: 189.2 (-0.8)
31. Week forty five: 189.4 (+0.2)
32. Week forty seven: 188.4 (-1.0)
33. Week forty eight: 186.4 (-2.0)
34. Week forty nine: 186.6 (+0.2)
35. Week fifty: 185.0 (-1.6)
36. Week fifty one: 185.0 (+-0.0)
37. Week fifty two: 185.0 (+-0.0)
38. Week fifty three: 190.00 (+5.0)
39. Week fifty four: 187.4 (-2.6)
40. Week fifty five: 188 (+0.6)
41. Week fifty nine: 191.2 (+3.1)
42. Week sixty four: 196 (+4.8)
43. Week sixty five: 193 (-3.0)
44. February 26, 2008: 195.2 (+2.2)
45. June 24, 2008: 207.0 (+11.8)
46. March 23, 2009: 207.0 (+- 0.0)
47. March 29, 2009: 203.0 (- 4.0)
48. April 6, 2009: 199.0 (-4.0)
49. April 14, 2009: 196.0 (-3.0)
50. April 20, 2009: 196.0 (-0.0)
51. April 27, 2009: 194.0 (-2.0)
52. May 4, 2009: 192.0 (-2.0)
53. May 19, 2009: 189.0 (-3.0)
54. October 26, 2009: 207.0 (+16.0)
55. November 2, 2009: 207 (-0.0)
56. November 9, 2009: 205 (-2.0)

Want to join and lose a few pounds yourself? All you need to do is blog or tweet about your progress on a weekly basis. If you are going to write about your progress on a blog simply tag the post with the-diet. If you prefer Twitter tag your status update with #the-diet in some way. Want to post before and after photos? You can do that in the-diet Flickr group.

We can all reach our goals and maintain a healthy weight. Progress begins now.