6 months & 93 pounds lost
 

Hello low carbers! :wave:

So today is my 6 month mark from when I decided to re-start low carb after reaching my highest point. I was 442 pounds.

I am now 93 pounds down to 349.

I decided this time was going to be the time that I put all the bs aside, followed my plan and didn't cheat. I can honestly say I haven't had one grain of rice, a single french fry or bite of ice cream. To me, if I do, I will want to binge. Simple as that - so I don't even bother.

I came back to this site, started a journal and updated my first page each time I weighed myself. Its pretty cool to see the numbers gradually decrease. They are coming down slowly these days, but thats okay - I don't need 3-5 pounds a week like in the beginning.

I found that for the past few months I am losing about 10-13 pounds per month, steadily. This is with nothing but eating my menu.. No exercising at all (I plan on that sometime soon). I have about 99 pounds still to lose, so I am hoping to be at my goal within the next year if I can maintain this 10-13 pound loss per month.

My friends and family are starting to notice.. When you are so big, as I am sure many of you can relate, you have to lose a good 60 pounds to make a dent in yourself :) It feels nice when people do say things and they can't believe how fast its come off.

The biggest question is always 'what do you eat?' - so here is a little run down of what i do..

breakfast: no
lunch: bowl of tuna
dinner: 2/3 pieces of chicken

breakfast: no
lunch: chunk of ground beef
dinner: 2/3 small pieces of chicken

Thats pretty much it. I should probably be taking a multivitamin, eating greens and breakfast, too, but I'll add that in eventually :) I stick to those 3 foods and rotate them through the week.

So 6 months in I am feeling a lot better. My ankle still hurts when I'm on it a lot, but I know its because I'm still pushing 350 pounds. I expect it to hurt.. all I know is that it feels a lot better than it did before.

Eating low carb is now just something I do. I don't have to worry about meals or not eating carby foods - its just something that happens now. People around me respect me and understand what I am doing, my wife is starting low carb again and I am excited for her to be a part of this, too.

I am sorry this is so long but I just wanted to share this milestone with my friends here..

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!!

Great job! Congrats on all your weight loss! You are doing awesome!

Congrats on the success!

Good Job!
 

Just wanted to say congrats! Good job!

And I will NOT remind you how important Breakfast is :)

Congrats, what an accomplishment!

Roxanne

I'm so happy you posted this today, you are an inspiration!

Good Job! Whatever works for you is what i say. I skip breakfast sometimes too.

Congratulations on your weight loss. That's just awesome.

Never worry about not eating breakfast. There is no scientific evidence to support eating X amount of meals. For a lot of us, breakfast increases appetite.

A lot of low-carbers eat only one to two meals a day. So, don't worry about it.

I wish you and your dear wife great success.

Congratulations on the incredible loss. For doing it your way and figuring out what works best for you!

That is great. I wish I could eat just 2 meals a day, what you are eating, but I get very tired and weak, and then have to eat more fat. I am not hungry in the morning and always have something because I am told that is important, but why and where is it scientifically proven the need to eat breakfast, when intermittent fasting works so well. I admire your food plan and would love to follow that myself, except maybe for some tea or coffee and vegetables.

Thanks everyone!

It is hard only eating those 2 things, but lately I have been eating more (ie: deli meat, some steak).. just been really hungry the past few days..

I do enjoy my diet coke.. If I didn't have that I think I'd probably go nuts! :)

nice job!!

Hurray! Congrats to you!

thank you for posting this it is great motivation to see that other people are doing so well it makes me want to work even harder.

You have encouraged me to be more diligent,to NOT cheat,you are fantastic!