Offical weigh in (IE my weightloss)
My weigh in this morning was 300.8 lbs. That is 29 pounds even that I have lost in two months. I am now officially the smallest I have been in 10 years, at my heaviest I was over 400 lbs. I encourage any of our members who have weight issues be it a pound or hundreds of pounds to get with the program and get healthy. I am using the livestrong app on my ipad, and it has kept me going. In 9/10ths of a pound I will be under 300 for the first time in 14 years. My health is drastically better, my blood pressure is down so far that the doctor says if it remains at this level he is going to take me off of bp meds, and life is good. My next goal, a reasonable goal btw, is to reach under 250lbs by May 1st 2011 (Texas spring squirrel season) As I am averaging just over 2 pounds a week weight loss This is, or should be, an easily achievable goal.
I am not eating radically, and in fact I have not gone on a "diet", but I have permanently changed the way I eat. I can eat anything I want, just not as much as I may want of it. I limit myself to no more than 2000 calories a day during my weight loss cycle (which should last me another year or so), but my target calories are 1200-1600 a day. Yes I have a minimum of 1200 calories a day so that my body doesn't think I am starving. At the end of my cycle when I am satisfied that I am at a good weight, and in good health I will reevaluate what it takes to maintain my weight in calories. I have not noticeably increased my exercise yet, but I will be when I drop under 300 at the end of this week. My goal is to also be able to run a 5k by May of next year. So I will start interval training towards that goal this coming weekend, I will start easy and light to avoid injury. I allow myself 1 cheat day a week. Only 1. On that day I can eat ANYTHING I want and AS MUCH as I want of it. The last three weeks my cheat day of eating anything and everything I want hasn't gone over 2000 calories, despite the fact that I don't limit myself. I have found that there are things that make me feel bad when I eat them, so I don't eat them anymore, and I stop eating when I am satisfied, not when I am full.
I value each and everything member of Huntchat, and many of you I really consider friends of mine. Please PLEASE start today, don't put it off another single day. I know there are a bunch of you who are already in good shape, and for that be grateful. For the rest of us, I will Pray for you, just like I do for myself.
GoodOlBoy
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