Throughout the years, as my weight fluctuates, there are certain numbers that come and go.  Each one associated with a time and place or an accomplishment.    As I pass them this time around I'd like to highlight the occasion and explain what it means to me.

250

I need to get here as a launching point.  Simply put, there is no 200lbs without getting to this weight first.  I am significantly obese. 

240

The benchmark weight of recent years. After being as high as 259 I got to WebEx in '06 at this weight and began my takeoff from there.  Aways came close but rarely could surpass it.

236

This is an interesting one because while still very heavy it's a wait that marks a "breakthrough" compared to where I've been in recent years.  I was squeezing into my work clothes at Robert Half here.  Really started gaining weight rapidly.

231

This is the weight I was at when I went to a lab at UC Davis in 2001 to get an official body fat measurement.  At WebEx I moved all the way down to this and was on top of the world.

225

My "heavy" weight at The Holiday Inn.  Got teased alot.

220  

My true target weight here.  When I get back to this long lost weight I will be so brand new.

217

Geoff.   "Daaang, Joe!  You blew up!  Look at your legs!  Also, here I could still squeeze into my "skinny" dress pants.

215

HFC weight - not thin but not really fat either.  The pictures I look back at make me long to be there again.

210

Pushing the line.  In college and once after college I was into my fitness and I saw this number on the scale.

205 

So close...so close.  I was 5lbs away from the promise land in my 3rd year of college.

200

Eureka!

190

I should be this weight with body fat and muscle tone