I Weigh 198 Pounds?

You're lucky that I cut out my feet from the picture, but this is really the scale in my bathroom as of the morning, February 12, 2026.  I weighed 182 when I graduated college in 1982 and a year later when I got married I weighed 182 pounds according to the best estimates of my wife.

There have been a couple times in my life I have weighed in the 240's.  My goal in 2024 was to get down to 220, but I didn't make it and I was somewhere between 225-230.  Is 198 pounds a real number? I'm not sure but I have been under 220 for awhile after moving to Colorado last May. I'll be checking it out regularly but I am feeling fine.

Here are some explanations for my weight loss:

1. I'm on the Soda/ice cream diet.  If you haven't heard about this one it's not very well known since I made it up.  I decided at the end of last year to go 100 days without either one of them. Today is day number 43.  I had gotten in a habit of getting a soda while out driving on the weekend and I started drinking soda too often.  I never thought I'd have a drinking problem.  This probably has resulted in me losing some pounds in 2026.

2. I've been taking Metformin for my soda/ice cream problem and being borderline diabetic.  I did cross over that border and now I'm taking a new medication called Jardiance.  Both medications are not weight loss drugs but can show some weight loss results of five pounds or so.  I just started Jardiance so it's impact on my weight is probably nothing.

3. The week we left Myrtle Beach and I drove five days to Colorado over six days, was not the healthiest for me.  The the all-you-can-eat buffet at Paula Deans with my friends in between my road trips was very good, but not for my weight.

4. I have been pretty active in Colorado and running after and carrying my eighteen month old granddaughter and my thirty-five pound plus dog, and that has probably resulted in losing a few pounds.

5. I've been to the local gym here only a few times, but I can go and since it's the thought that counts maybe it's accounted for a pound?

6. I have have watching what I'm eating and I've been cutting back on a few things also.

It is now February 20th and as you can see from my scale this morning, I really do weigh under 200! My real weight is around 197/198 which is pretty good.