4/10/2017 Update

It's been a few weeks since my last update and things are really going well. I lost 7 pounds since my last update! That puts me into some fun territory. First, I am now down below 300 pounds for the first time this decade! How cool is that? Second, I have now lost 70 pounds! I keep looking down at my belly and it is getting smaller and smaller. I love this feeling. The smaller I get, the more motivated it makes me. I continue to find wonderful new foods to add to my growing buffet of available low carb options. I can't believe all of the things I can eat now. I have this amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe that is so good, I really can't believe it's legal. This week we made egg fritatta's in muffin pans for breakfast and they were so good we made them three more times. I even froze a few to see how they would survive, and they were perfect after just 2 minutes in the microwave. Several of my non low carbers in the house had them and wanted more. We also found a wonderful chocolate zucchini brownie recipe with frosting as well as a cinnamon roll recipe. Keep in mind, all of those treats were during a two week period where I lost 7 pounds! How is that for dieting? As always it is so important to understand this is not a diet. I am not doing this to lose weight so I can return to eating 'normal' at the end. This is my new lifestyle. I am now eating this way for the rest of my life and I am excited about that. I hate the way I feel when I eat off the plan. And I'm not just talking about the extra pounds that fly back onto my waist. I hate the lethargic, drugged feeling I get when I am loaded down with carbs. The food industry is poisoning the American people with processed grains and sugars. I am wearing that poison around my waist to this day. But 7 more pounds of it is gone now!

Weight - 297 lbs, started 367lbs

Chest - 51 Inches, started 60 inches

Stomach - 52.0 inches, started 64 inches

Waist - 46 inches, started 54 inches

Mid Thigh - 23 inches, started 25 inches

Total pounds lost - 70 lbs, Total inches lost - 31 inches

Goal weight - 195, Pounds to go 102 pounds

I have some fun numbers coming up. First, once I lose 3 more pounds I will have less than a hundred pounds to go! Of course I want to lose 30 more pounds and be down 100 total. Then it's on to other marks. My 1 year mark will be June 6th. I'll see where I am then and make a new set of goals at that time. My initial goal was to lose 100 pounds my first year. I don't think I will get all the way there but I am pushing to lose as much as I can and get as close as possible. Right now my immediate goal is never to go above 300 again. I thought it would be fun to do a before and after picture this week to see how far I've come after reaching this milestone. Let me know what you think in the comments.