Weigh in #1

Weigh in #1
Its been 12 days since I officially started this new life style change! All I have done is cut out all the bread, rice, pasta, and sweets. I have 1 free meal per week where I can eat that kind of stuff. Out side that I have started walking every couple of days or so. So far I haven't felt hungry, but I have been craving the things that have made to cut.

Goals:
loose 10% of 254lbs (25.4lbs) in 12 to 13 weeks. End result is to be around 228 lbs.
The other goal is to get into a habit of working out for 40 to 60 minutes everyday.

Here are the results:
24 May 2010 — 254lbs; BMI 35.56; Belly 50+ in; waist 44 in
04 June 2010 — 240lbs; BMI 33.58; Belly 48.25 in; waist 44 in

I have lost 14lbs and 1.98 from BMI, and around 2 in from my belly. Even though I've lost weight I have not started to shrink my waist which is kind of a bummer. On a good note I have lost 5.5% of my beginning body weight. That leaves 4.5% / 12lbs left to go.

Encouragement
I know a lot of people who need to loose weight. Like me, they have all tried all sorts of diets. Once they lost the weight and went off the diet and gained it all back. Some have even had surgeries or procedures done to loose the weight. They do good for a while, but never learn the discipline it takes to keep off the weight. Loosing weight and keeping it off will only happen with discipline and a life style change. Instead of thinking that you have to loose weight and cant eat what you want to, eat what you want to for one meal per week as a reward for eating healthy.

If your like me and need help, get an accountability partner. My wife is my accountability partner. She helps me stick to what I'm aloud to eat, and has come up with some really good stuff to eat that fits within the life style change. If you don't have a wife or someone who can keep you accountable to your healthy life style change then start a group at your church or in your community.