45 pounds lighter

The funny thing is this: Even though I'm 45 pounds lighter than I was from the Day 0 photo (see below) to my eye it doesn't look all that different.

Some of this, I think, is all about having the faith to continue down the course, and know that when you continue to eat 2100 calories per day and burn 3,000 calories per day, pounds WILL be shed. It's fun to see the weight come off. And I am determined to actually expose my abs. That's my goal in this, at least one of the goals. In order to do so, it's going to take, arguably, another 50 pounds of weight loss, at least. Perhaps more.

but rather than focus on weight, I'd like to get into single digits of body fat, and I imagine good exposure of abs will occur at ~5% body fat.