I've lost 15 pounds!

[Surfah]

Originally Posted by bYuPride

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.

[mpfunk]

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.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by mpfunk

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?

[mpfunk]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

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.