For October 2030 I have two goals: 125 kg or less, and a world trip. The weight is a goal in its own right, even without the trip. The trip depends on the weight: if the scale at home shows more than 125 kg in October 2030, it is off. 125 kg is not a normal weight, but at that weight my body can manage a long trip.
Where I stand today
- Check weigh-in on 1 October 2026: 200.8 kg, with clothes and shoes
- At home, average of the seven days to 5 October 2026: 197.3 kg
- Until October 2030 that means about 1.5 kg less per month, month after month
The milestones
The milestones are the target curve from August 2026 for the scale at home. In early October I was already below it.
- 15 November 2026: the weekly average below 198 kg, the first test of whether I can keep up the pace
- End of 2026: about 196 kg
- End of 2027: about 177 kg. By then I decide how I will reach the target weight.
- End of 2028: about 158 kg
- End of 2029: about 139 kg
- October 2030: 125 kg or less, then the trip begins
The world trip
The trip can only happen during my sister's sabbatical year, and that exists only once: 2030/31. We travel in turns and never together, because my father's care has to be covered at all times. In 2032 nothing is possible any more. Whatever doesn't happen by then doesn't happen. I'm using the window for a world trip in two legs, with a dress rehearsal in Africa first.
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October 2030 · 3 weeks
Dress rehearsal in Africa
- 1Morocco Marrakesh, day trips into the Atlas, the coast at Essaouira. A short flight, and I can break the trip off at any time.
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November 2030 to January 2031, with China from late October · about 10 weeks, about 12 with China
Leg 1: Asia and New Zealand
- 2Dubai Stopover, three nights. That way no flight is longer than half a day.
- China (maybe) Two weeks in early November, between Dubai and Japan. The leg then starts at the end of October.
- 3Japan Three weeks in autumn. The leaves keep their colour until early December.
- 4New Zealand Six weeks of summer, mostly on the South Island, by car and without hurry.
- 5Singapore Stopover on the way home, three nights.
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February to May 2031 · about 4 months
At home
I am at home, and it is my sister’s turn to travel.
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June 2031 · about 4 weeks
Leg 2: Canada
- 6Canada A road trip through the east in early summer.
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dashed: maybe
The order follows the weather. Japan is pleasant in autumn until early December, and New Zealand has summer from December to February. Canada would be at its best in September, but by then the sabbatical is over, so it will be June. I avoid heat, so high summer in the northern hemisphere is out.
Two long legs instead of many short trips also means that my sister has to handle the care on her own less often, but for longer each time. When I am at home, she travels: from July to September 2030, from February to May 2031, and in July and August 2031. Before and after each leg we are both at home for a few days to hand over.
The sabbatical is expected to run from July 2030 to August 2031. I still have to confirm the dates, and in the end the whole plan depends on them.
China might come in, as two weeks between Dubai and Japan in early November. The first leg then starts at the end of October, shortly after the dress rehearsal, and lasts about twelve weeks. I'm leaving out the USA for now. Canada offers almost the same landscape.
What happens until then
- 2027: decide on the path to the weight, coordinate the calendar with my sister and check insurance options in advance
- 2027 to 2029: test trips with increasing flight time, two to three hours in 2027, five to six in 2028, two weeks of long haul with nine to ten hours of flying in 2029
- End of 2029: prepare vaccinations and medication documents
- Nothing gets booked until the scale at home shows 125 kg or less. Then I also take out the insurance.
Still open
- Whether the sabbatical really runs from July 2030 to August 2031
- Which periods my sister wants for herself, those go into the calendar first
- Whether China comes in
As of 6 October 2026