I have avoided taking pictures of myself this time around. I need to start getting in the habit of taking weekly pictures and embracing what I look like in photographs again. There aren’t any pictures of when I started this weight loss journey again, but I ended up in the 220s.

It’s been a bumpy ride. I don’t want to go down this path ever again.

Progress pictures coming soon!

From January to the middle of August, I decided to backpack Southeast Asia. I went to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia (only west coast) and Singapore. It was the best experience of my life. And, because I was walking everywhere (and hitchhiking) plus living on a budget (and sleeping on beaches), I lost all the weight I’d gained in China. Back to the 180s.
Wow, what a pattern.

Because I wasn’t weight lifting while traveling, I wasn’t as toned or as in shape as I was during previous 180s.

Even in the 200s, I fit into the Cu Chi Tunnels, located near Saigon, Vietnam. It was really, really small and really, really dark.

I came home weighing 183 pounds and attended my cousin’s wedding on August 15, 2009.