The background

I'm born in 1977, 194 cm tall, average build.

Right now, 2010, March 20th, 13:30 I'm 113.4 kg. This gives me a BMI of 30.1 kg/m^2.

Some will criticize BMI as being imprecise, not being true for muscular people etc., but since I'm not muscular, it will work pretty well as a guide for me. My BMI should be between 18.5 kg/m^2 and 24.9 kg/m^2, and with my height that means between 69.6 and 93.7 kg. Quite a healthy margin of 24 kg.

I haven't always been fat. When I was 20 I was in great shape at about 80 kg. And if you're keeping track, that's 33 kg in 13 years. Only one thing to blame, and it's not sugar, disease, fat or anything like that. It's me. The cause is a horrible diet, but the diet cannot be blamed - it didn't jump into my mouth. I chose that diet. Granted, I didn't wake up one day and think

From now on I will eat fatty foods, shun vegetables and drink lots of coke

But that is more or less what happened.

Back in May 09 I was 116.5 kg and decided to lose weight, and it worked. Changed my diet, mostly by switching from drinking coke to drinking water instead. Added some more vegetables and home made food to my diet instead of the crap I was eating. It's amazing what removing 3+ litres of coke a day will do to your weight ;)

By mid October I was down under 100 kg. And I had gotten my cheek bones back. And then I got lazy, started drinking coke again and ... well, I suppose that's how alcoholics etc. fall off the wagon.

I'll just have one - it's not like it'll change anything.

Just goes to show that losing weight is as much about your mental approach as it is about your diet and exercise. It's probably more about the mental approach and strength.

To sum up, my goals are fairly simple:

• No more coke
• Better food
• Lose about 1 kg/week

I know the 1 kg/week is realistic, as I did that last year. And with a goal of 90 kg, it sets out a long term goal that is 23 weeks away - at the end of August.