Wii Fit Update – 64 days

While a sudden, bizarre 1.5-pound overnight surge in weight kept me from meeting my original 60-day weight-loss goal (darn that water weight!), I’m pleased to report that, as of today, I’ve lost my original goal weight … and then some … while working out on the Wii fit.

During a recent visit to the doctor, I learned that my maximum 2008 weight — recorded in February of this year — was actually 235 (not 227, as previously believed). Last week, though, I weighed in — fully clothed — at 213; this morning, in my lighter work-out clothes, I weighed just 210.

Meantime: I’m slimmer, sleeker, lighter, and healthier than ever. I’m recording record-low blood pressure, and, during last week’s doctor’s visit, tests showed my blood chemistry was nearly perfect. I weigh less than I have in more than a decade, and people are starting to notice. (My favorite comment so far comes from an African-American woman at The Company, who said, “Listen, honey … let me tell you somethin’ … when you ain’t fat … you look good!”)

I have to attribute a lot of my progress to the Wii Fit, which remains the only exercise regimen I’ve ever enjoyed or looked forward to. More than 60 days in, I know most of the routines by heart … and I’m actually supplementing them, from time to time, with trips down to the health club on the basement level of our building here in Midtown. If someone had asked me just six months ago whether I was the kind of person who worked out every morning, I would have laughed and laughed and laughed.

And that last comment there points to the biggest change in me. As dramatic as the physical transformation is becoming, the mental and emotional changes I’m going through are just as dramatic. I’m more confident. I’m better balanced. I’m more stable. While I still enjoy good food, food is just not as important to me as it used to be.

Not a bad way to start my 44th year on the planet, eh?