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and I thought I might update, in case you don't follow me on Twitter/Facebook ;p

So, anyways, in August of 2008 I hit peak weight - 174.8kg. Yeah, it wasn't pretty. I lost 5kg between then and November, and was then diagnosed with Insulin Resistance Syndrome.

Long story short, since I didn't want to end up with Type 2 diabetes, I started losing weight.

Got down to around 134kg by August '09 and then just kind of ... stopped. I slacked off, and then when everything went to shit with the baby at the end of 2010, I put a bit of weight back on. From August '08 - Dec '10 I ranged between 136-145kg.

At the start of 2012, with Isaac on the way, I decided to lose the rest of the weight. I'd put on 4-5kg over Christmas and weighed in at 149.6kg. I wasn't happy with that.

I lost a big chunk of weight between January and August, but the birth of Isaac in May slowed things down, and then hurting my back in our move in September pretty much derailed my exercise program. I've seen a physio who's given me exercises to strengthen my core, but basically the doctor AND the physio have banned me from the gym :/

I got a bit wild over Christmas again, but at my final weigh-in for the year on the 30th of December, I was 118.9kg. That's "end-high-school" weight. Maybe less.

I'm back to eating properly again, and have dropped a couple of kilos in the last week, but I'm working hard on finishing it off this year and trying to get down to 90kg. I don't know if that's entirely realistic, but we'll see.

In total, since August '08, I've lost 58.4kg (as of Sunday's weigh-in). I'm OK with that ;)

So yeah, I basically tweet most of the stuff I used to LJ.

Interesting to see a handful of you are still LiveJournaling.

If you're on Twitter, let me know.

Was drinking wine and reminiscing.

Way tired today.

It's good to be home in Melbourne. It was really good to catch up with friends and family in Sydney, but there's no place like being in your own bed.

But church made me edgy. I'm not sure why; it just is.

The thing is, I'm trying to live in the moment, and not constantly (over)analyse everything. If there's something wrong it should become apparent in time.

Right now I'm just going to be.

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I'm trying to work out why I feel so unsettled right now. I've just finished up at the Web Directions South 2009 conference.

There was so much new information flying at me for the last week. I haven't really been in a situation like that for a long time - if ever.

It's like trying to grab hold of snowflakes in a blizzard.

I think when I get back to Melbourne I need to sit down for a couple if nights and try to assess what stuck, and what direction to go from here.

On the other hand, I'm not so sure I like who I was over the past few days. I look back and feel like I was a bit too chameleonic.

Still working on developing a stronger sense of self.

The thing is, last weekend at Black Stump working with the team, I felt like I had a much stronger sense of self and identity.

Something else from this last fortnight I need to ponder further.

Just sitting waiting for the airport shuttle now, to start my journey back to my little family waiting for me in Melbourne.

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There's so much to say, but I've twittered most of it away.

Turning 35 in a couple of months.

Was diagnosed with Insulin Resistance Syndrome at the end of November. Doctor prescribed (and I kid you not), a "modified Atkins diet". Other than that, he told me to cut out sugar, flour, starchy foods (ie potatoes), and rice. (Different doctor to the "no other option but lap-band guy).

He left me to my own devices to figure out what a "modified Atkins diet" entailed.

I basically landed somewhere between a low GI and Atkins diet. I based my calorie intake on some stuff I learnt last year on the Fat2Fit podcast. I worked out what my BMR would be for my goal weight (~2000 cal per day), and that's my caloric intake.

In practical terms, mid-November I weighed 170kg (375lbs) and I now weigh (8 weeks later) 156.5 kg (345lbs).

I'm swimming regularly, and walking regularly and feeling more energetic than I have in a long time.

I'm 5kg off being the lightest I've been in 5 years.

Happier than I have been in a long time as well. Cutting out the sugar spikes seems to have improved my depression drastically. Never went back on anti-depressants either.

Not much more to say right now.

I wrote a blog entry yesterday, and rather than cut and paste it here, I'll just link it.

http://www.warwickrendell.com/2008…

Yeah, I'm really quite tired. I've had half an hour's sleep.

See, last Wednesday was the culmination of nearly a year's worth of doctor's visits, specialist appointments, research and a lot of waiting around for something to happen. After my diagnosis of sleep apnea, and hiring an APAP machine for 6 months, I had a tonsillectomy and turbinoplasty.

The doctor said the after-effects of the tonsillectomy would be comparable to the worst tonsillitis I'd experienced.

Yeah, not so much. I think it's a lot worse. It does seem to be improving.

Side effect though, is I'm sleeping terribly. Which, right at this moment, feels bitterly ironic.

Anyway, not much I can do about it, other than just keep taking the medication, and the "pain-killers", and wait for everything to heal up. It does seem, however, that based on the numbers the APAP machine is reporting from the last few days of usage, it's made a world of difference - when I do actually get some sleep.

I kind of feel us old-timers on LJ were the original Web2.0 kids :-)

Anyway, I twitter these days, so if that's your bag, you can follow me http://www.twitter.com/warwraith

Not sure if I'm able to get the whole LJ thing going again...

If this works, I might end up spending more time posting to LJ...

I can has new strip?

http://www.geeksalad.net/