OK I count my start weight at 307 although I know it was slightly higher because my scale would read ERR... I got on a pallet scale at one of the warehouses at my old job and it read 314 but I digress.

I cut out the out most red meat (Still like a good steak when I treat my self), fast food, cookies, chips and replaced it with turkey burger, turkey sausage, low fat low cal treats. I count calories try to keep my daily intake under 2K usually around 1800 a day M-F and on the weekends I may or may not have a bit more depending on whats going on. I went from sitting on my couch every day, sitting in front of my servers at work and avoiding doing much that required me to get up and move. I am a big guy 6'3" so I never understood how big I was. I thought maybe 250-260 would be healthy.

I go to the gym at least 5 days a week now, I also have gotten the bug to try things I always wanted to. I tennis, I am going to start rock climbing and some buddies are trying to get me into paintball. I get antsy sitting now if I didn't workout at least once that day. I went from a from a XXXL tall to a M (Tall still if available) shirt. I went from a 42 pushing a 44 waist jean to a 33. I love it I look like a totally different person.

As of this week at my weigh in on Sunday I am at 178lbs, one pound short of 130LBS of weight loss. I feel like a totally different person. I have a healthy BMI, I am in my ideal weight range. I would like to average out around 175 but might want to add a bit bulk. In my arms, chest and neck. I have to say the only downside is the loose skin which given my rate of loss isn't as bad as I though it would be. I hope over the next year I tighten up even more but I still have a lot of stretch marks around my waist, many more than a lot of others I have seen who were bigger than I was.

I don't consider my self on a diet I just changed my life, I never realized how unhappy my weight made me. I hated shopping for clothing before, now I go to the mall more than the finance (who has also gone from a size 14-16 to an 8-10).

I hope I can inspire people to do it themselves. I use to eat because I loved to eat, no real sob story just loved food and ate a ton of it. Now I don't stress over what I eat although healthy choices (4-6 veggies and fruits a day usually) (whole grains) make me feel better and fill me up better but i just focus on the total calories so I can still get small treats if i have calories left over. And when i crave something bad I have it but in moderation which fills the taste void and then you realize its not what you really wanted anyways.

Sorry to rant on but I figured it was a good place to brag

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