Weight Loss Tracker

Well...most of you know that I have been trying to lose weight for a year now. I was 342 this time last year when I had my back surgery. I was already down 40 pounds or so from my heaviest weight around the 380 mark in 2006. I was put on insulin last summer for my type II diabetes. My oral medication has been helping a lot and I have had 4 consecutive normal A1C levels (glucose)now over the last year. So, in May, my doctor told me if I were in the 280's in August (at my next visit), he would take me off my medicine. Well with both of our receptions, school ending and our two week vacation, eating well was not a top priority. I did not do too bad, but my weight had settled back around the 323 mark. So, on Monday June 15th, Jenni and I started the South Beach diet. This had probably been the most consistent diet I have ever been on. I got on the scales today...and I was confused...I weighed this time last week and I was at 315...and that was very encouraging...I mean 8 pounds in one week...that's flippin' awesome. So, today, the scale said 307. I was like "Huh?" So, i weighed again, and it said 304...which made me very confused...so I waited a few minutes and weighed one more time..."305.5" So, that's where I am settling. I have lost 17 pounds in 14 days. Phase One has been SWEET!. Jenni and I leave again this week to go to SC and NC for two weeks. We are going to extend PHASE ONE of the diet until we leave. I am so pumped. We are also adding an hour or so of walking a day this week. My goals are as follows: 290 by July 26th (hopefully size 40 pants, which would be crazy because when I started at CCS two years ago I was a 48)...280 by August 26th (my docs appointment is Aug 27th) and 240's by Christmas...if this happens, I will have lost 100 pounds in 18 months...the right way...and for good....

please hold me accountable!!!!