This week I broke my first milestone! I weighed in this morning at 397 lbs!!! I broke the 400 lbs mark!!!! It's a great feeling and it came with some hard work too. I lost 5 grueling pounds to being me down and let me tell you it was even weird seeing the scale this morning having a ready of less then 400!

So how did I do it? Well of course with the help of the band. But also through better food choices and exercise. This week I have been working harder at making better food choices. Fish a couple of nights a week then alternating beef, pork, and chicken the other nights to keep a good variety of food in place. Of course all the meals are with some good vegis. Also I changed up my breakfast a lot. I pretty much alternate back and fourth between eggs with cheese and a meat to cottage cheese with pineapple. Both are actually a pretty filling meal for me. Lunches are 90% of the time leftovers from the night before with adding a piece of fruit. Then morning snack and afternoon snacks are usually a yogurt. That's if I do have an afternoon snack. All in all I have been eating higher protein and lower carb.

But don't stop there. Eating right isn't the key to it all. So is exercise! Like I have been doing for a long time now my wife and I get out walking 6 days a week for about 30 minutes each day. It's a great form of exercise and have come to really enjoy our walks and really find them relaxing. But that's not the grueling part! If you read my last blog entry you will notice that I added in the use of an exercise video. That has really boosted my cardio and body sculpting workouts from just the normal walking. I knew I was finally to the point taking it up and notch and it has paid off!

So totals for this week are!!!

pounds lost since surgery - 45 lbs

pounds lost since highest weight - 88 lbs

actually weight for today - 397 lbs

next milestone set - 350 lbs

Congrats to YOU! I have been reading your posts, you are so with it. I am going to try the exercise tip, and walk more. I too saw that I got out of the 220's and was I happy,,,,,been awhile since I have seen under.

Keep up the good work. Much success to you and the rest of us on the journey. Patti

Congratulations on a great milestone! What a smart and positive way to look at the journey--I'm inspired and will start setting milestone goals for myself now, too. Enjoy the feeling and be proud of yourself. You're doing great!

Great Job!! Looking forward to the updated PICs.