I’ve already started down the path, and so far I have lost 67 lbs. I want to keep going until I lose over 100 lbs, but 100 lbs is going to be my short term goal. Long term, I want to lose 150 lbs. I started off at 282 lbs. I’ve lost over 1 foot in the waist alone. 18” at the last weigh in to be exact.

I’ve been going at it for about 6 months now. If I keep going at my current pace of 10 lbs a month, I should reach my goal within the year. However, I’m really going to pump up the exercise soon and really hope to give the metabolism a much needed kick.

Right now, I’m on a doctor supervised regimen. It’s a high protein, sensible carb plan. I eat three meals, punctuated by two snacks through out the day. I’m also taking Phentermine once a day, and weekly injections of the hormone HcG.

I can already tell a dramatic difference in my overall health. Before I started losing weight, I was a type 2 diabetic. When I started losing the weight, I took myself off of my diabetes meds without my doctors permission because I really don’t like the effects it had on me. I know I shouldn’t have done that, but I just didn’t like it. They took a blood test on me when I hit 60 lbs lost, and all my sugar levels came back completely normal, even the ones that test to see if you’ve had any spikes in blood sugar in previous months. The doctor did not believe that I was not on my meds.

I set myself back quite a bit during the holidays, as I lost my phentermine on accident and pretty much just ate whatever I felt like eating. I was slipping back into old habits, and gained about 5-10 lbs back. I really tightened the reins back up when I found my phentermine bottle last week and have taken back off the weight I gained plus a couple extra lbs.

I know I can do it now. This is the most weight I’ve ever lost at one time. The most I’ve ever done is maybe 20, 25 lbs then I would go right back to how I was before. This time I am determined and I have the financial, emotional, and physical support I need from my husband, my friends and coworkers, and my family. I was missing all this before and was trying to do it all by myself. I can really tell a difference when I feel like I’m not in it alone.

Wow, this was a really long entry, but I had a lot to say on the subject. :P It feels good to let it out.