That’s the equivalent weight I have lost over the past four months. Two gallons of milk since the start of the year.

I have been on a weight loss program for the past two years. Early on in this quest I felt the need for some way to tie my progress to something I could relate to. One meaningful item I interact with often in any given week is a gallon of milk. With three growing children I am regularly bringing one home from the grocery store. A gallon of milk weighs about 8 pounds. This is a sizable enough weight that I couldn’t lose it all at once. And my regular interaction with it at the grocery or at home ( when around other foods) would be good reminder of my weight loss objective.

It has been nearly two years now since I started and I just weighed in at 165 pounds. 34 pounds off my starting point. Just over 4 gallons of milk! Each time I take a fresh gallon of milk out of the fridge I think about how used to carry 3 or 4 times this weight around all the time. It motivates me to want to lose more.

So how much more should I try to lose? When I started on this weight loss program my BMI (Body Mass Index) was over 30. That classified me as obese. Today my BMI is 26.5 and places me in the overweight category. To get my BMI below 25 and attain a normal rating I need to get between 150 and 155 pounds. So the effort continues. Two more gallons of milk to go.