My one year mark has come and gone and I am going strong. In fact, stronger than ever. My weight loss had stalled for quite some time but I stuck with it, wondering if I had reached the point where I just couldn't lose any more with Atkins. I began looking into modifications of the low-carb lifestyle and found a better way. Since my last update several things have happened. First, on a bad note I realized my scale was malfunctioning. I thought I was losing but I wasn't. When I finally got a digital scale to replace my broken one I realized it was off by more than 18 pounds. I was very discouraged to have to start back up at such a high number again and get down to what I thought I already achieved. The thing that kept me from giving up though, was how good I continue to feel. I feel so much better than I did a year ago. I look at that picture right next to this post and remember the 3 hour naps after lunch and waking up feeling like I needed another nap. None of my clothes fit. Tying my shoes was an ordeal. I sweated for no reason and the thought of climbing the stairs was torture. My back hurt, my knees hurt. No thank you on ever returning to that again. So I put on my big boy pants, (which are 5 sizes smaller now) and got to work. I began researching a keto approach to eating which has more of an emphasis on good healthy fats, not as much protein and simple ingredients. I can't say the results came right away, the weight loss was slow, but it did come. But as of this morning, 15 of those pounds I thought I lost but hadn't are really gone now. I weighed in this morning at 293. This week I have been cutting back on my dinner time portions and including a fat bomb or two at dinner to make sure I have plenty of healthy fat for the evening. Boy has it worked! I've lost 4 pounds in the last 5 days! I don't expect that kind of progress going forward, but I'll take it as long as I can get it. I've set a goal to lose another 26 pounds by the end of the year. That would mean I've lost a hundred pounds since I started. At that point I would still want to lose nearly 75 more, but I will be well on my way. Right now I am down 74 pounds since I began. I have lost the equivalent of my ten year-old daughter in a little over a year. Pretty amazing stuff, especially considering I haven't even begun to exercise at all yet.
Weight - 293 lbs, started 367 lbs
Chest - 51 Inches, started 60 inches
Stomach - 54.0 inches, started 64 inches
Waist - 44 inches, started 54 inches
Mid Thigh - 23 inches, started 25 inches
Total pounds lost - 74 lbs, Total inches lost - 31 inches
Goal weight - 195, Pounds to go 98 pounds
