The results are in. After 26 weeks of working out and healthy eating, I have lost about 88 lbs.! My weight as of June 15, 2010 is 322 lbs. No, I did not reach my goal of losing 100 lbs. by my birthday. BUT I did lose weight by my birthday and that is the important part. Yes, I WILL eventually reach my goal of getting under the elusive 300 lbs. mark. And YES I will reach my target weight of 250 lbs. It may take me the rest of the year but I do intend to keep going.
The outside changes are the most visible. What you cannot see are the changes happening within me. I got my lab results back from my doctor today. There have been many significant changes over the past six months. When I started back in December, everything was bad. I had high cholesterol. I was producing too much insulin. The doctor was going to give me medication for that but decided to see how it first went without any medication. My vitamin D levels were extremely low. I started taking 2000 units of vitamin D along with a multivitamin that contained 700 units of vitamin D. Three months later there were improvements all around. My cholesterol went from over 200 down to 162. My insulin production went down. My vitamin D increased from 12 to 36.5. The base level for that should be around 32. Jump to the present and it gets even better. My cholesterol dropped again down to 121. Previously my LDL cholesterol was 104. Now it's down to 64! My vitamin D went from 36.5 to 51.4!
So needless to say, I am feeling much better than I was six months ago. All my clothes are starting to feel looser. I was finally able to get into my "goal" pants. My pants size has gone from a 54 inch waist down to around a 48 inch waist. My shirts have gone down from 3X to a 2X. I wore one of my favorite shirts the other day and that sucker was HUGE on me. My friends at work said I was "swimming in it". I could not believe it, either. Now it feels like a tent.
It feels great getting these compliments. It is exactly what I need to keep me going.
