Ah yes... I knew it was one of you wise females :)

Congrats. As of yesterday I have lost 40 pounds since October. I have another 25 to go or so to make my goal weight. But I should be close to that by the end of summer.

Wow! that's really great!

Thanks. It's amazing how much this board has been a motivator. Keep it up. I want to hear an update come June.

I am now down nearly 55 pounds. I was a high of 245, and now am down to 191. My goal is to get my weight to around 170 pounds.

How have you been doing it?

It has been a process that has been taking place for over a year and a half and has kind of gone in spurts.

The first step was coming back to church, which meant giving up beer. At this time I also stopped drinking soda. That alone allowed me to drop down from 245 to 225.

The rest of the way has simply been to eat right. I actually think I have a pretty fast metabolism, I just ate horribly.

I no longer drink a 40 oz Slurpee every day. I no longer go and get fast food at midnight.

At this point I am eating around 1500 calories a day. I then make sure to exercise as much as possible. Since I am kind of at a crunch to get the weight off soon, I am in the mode of exercising 5-6 times a week.

In addition to going to the gym. I try to take the stairs at work. Going up 18 flights of stairs is a way to get your heart rate up early in the morning.

It has felt good to lose the weight. That was the heaviest that I have ever been. I am still at 190 and I lost a little motivation because I look OK now. I am not embarrassed anymore...now with that said, I have decided I need to lose that last 10 pounds. I want it gone by the middle of July (1-2 pounds a week) so back to eating extra well and exercising just a bit more. We'll see how it goes.

I've lost a little motiviation too. I've eaten quite a bit of fast food the last couple weeks or so and I'm back up to 184. My pants are still getting bigger however so whatever. I'll re-commit too.

I started dieting at the end of April and dropped 12 lbs in 3 weeks, but since then I've been a slacker. Being in the south last weekend, I ate fried catfish and hushpuppies, plus pizza, cookies and Corky's BBQ.

I've found the key is eating right plus exercise. If I merely eat right, my weight stays the same. But if I want it to drop, exercise is a must.

Back on the saddle again...