One guys weight loss journey

Me at 300 pounds
 

Here I am at 275 pounds

This picture was taken when I reached 265 pounds
 

A few months back I launched a weight loss journey.  I had reached over 300 pounds, 307 at my doctors office to be exact (and that is subtracting 5 pounds for the clothes I was wearing).  The truth is I was miserable.  And to make matters worse unthinking and uncaring people would make me feel defeated.  My own mother looked at me on several occasions and said 'Oh my God, look at that, I have never seen anything like that'.  As if I could not hear her speak or could not feel what it is like to have your own mother refer to you as some sort of side show freak.  Over a period of several months, I lost a few pounds and went from 307 down to 300, but that was hardly enough weight to show any serious commitment to losing the fat.  Around the June/July time frame my son told me that he was doing a low carb diet and proudly reported how much he had lost.  I had done low carbs before many years ago when I went on the original Atkins diet.  At the time the original diet was very strict and allowed nothing but meats and cheese for the first several weeks.  I had very adverse body responses to it and became nauseated every time I even smelled meat cooking.  So I was reluctant to try it again.  However my son assured me that low carb diets are not the way they used to be and I should give it another shot.  He suggested a book he had read and even bought me a copy for fathers day.  I decided to give it a try.  I was a bit scared at first, but I tried and the effects were tremendous!  I was able to lose weight quickly and effectively without feeling like I was starving or depriving myself of anything.  Yes, there is still lots of meat and cheese, but I also get a nice variety of green veggies and I don't go without sweet treats!  I am not craving anything and I feel so much better.  I have gone from 300 to 257.5 in just under 4 months and I have been eating good healthy amounts.  A total loss of 42.5 pounds!  Woo Hoo!  While it was not effortless it was fairly easy and some might expect me to gain on the amount that I am able to eat.  My next goal is to make it to the 50 pound loss mark by Christmas of this year!  I intend to post the next pic of me after having lost 50 pounds soon, so stand by!  I invite you to share my experience, I need you to cheer me on and I hope you will be encouraged to go forward with whatever adjustment you are wanting to make in your life!

Mickey