Right before I joined this forum three months ago, I committed to losing 25+ lbs. A few years ago I'd re-injured a serious back injury sustained nearly 20 yrs ago (complete destruction of one disk, a cracked vert, and another disk majorly compromised). Before that point I'd maintained a fighting weight of 205-210lbs, with a very low BMI. I'm just over 6', with wrists @ 8". neck, calves and biceps @ 18", 43" chest. I sink like a stone in seawater, if that's any indicator.

After the injury, and due to my giving up technical scuba diving after the birth of my son (as well as my job- which kept me away for over .25 of a year and working a TON of hours) I slowly but steadily gained a VERY unnecessary 30 lbs.

Basically, I'd let myself go. I still had the arms and calves, but I'd gained a crap-ton of waist (gone from 34~35" to about 42") and was feeling terrible. Buying even a cheapy kilt was a promise I'd made to myself. When I stopped being a fat b@stard, I'd buy a kilt, which I'd always wanted. Lost the weight (and a bit more) through diet and getting back on my weight machine in the basement. Not only lost most of the fat, but lost weight even after adding back lots of muscle in the torso, which had greatly suffered after the re-injury (it's hard to do crunches when you can't move your spine )

I'm about 5lbs away from fitting perfectly into my tux which I bought for my best friends first wedding nearly 15 years ago.

It feels pretty good, although the first kilt I bought 2 months ago is nearly too big now (even after I re-tooled the straps with an extra hole).

I don't know exactly what to check, but I'm glad to see the back of my back-fat