My Weight Loss Story So Far

Here is my weight loss story so far. I just wanted to share it with all of you so that we can better give each other the support we may need. Hopefully our stories will give a little bit or a lot of encouragement to others who may be suffering or trying the same strategies.

Okay, I have been trying for a few years to lose weight and get back in shape. I am not sure what was my heaviest weight, but my first recorded weight was back in January of 2006. I weighed 265 lbs. In April of that year my mother-in-law and I joined curves. In the 4 months that I was able to pay the fees for curves membership, I lost 17 lbs and was stuck at the weight of 248 lbs. In October of 2007 I joined Weight Watchers. On May 22, 2008 my weight was recorded at 238 lbs. At the beginning of the year 2009, we bought a membership to Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center to help incooperate exercise with eating correctly to hopefully help with the weight loss. After about 4 faithful months and very little change, I quit both of those programs. Then in July of 2009 I started the HCG diet. I weighed in at 240 lbs when I started it and then after my 60 days of following the diet, I weighed in at 212 lbs. And then this brings you almost up to date. The following is a part of a post I posted to my personal blog on March 26, 2010:
Good Bye 200
I have tried many different approaches throughout the past 6 years. On January 8th of this year, a group of us started a small weight lose support group. We meet every Friday morning at 10:00 am. When we started on the 8th of January, we took our weight and measurements. I weighed 215 lbs, measurements were waist - 48 1/2 inches, chest - 44 1/2 inches, left arm - 12 1/2 inches, right arm - 13 inches, left thigh - 27 inches and right thigh - 27 inches. At the beginning of March we took our measurements again and they were waist - 39 1/2 inches, chest - 42 1/2 inches, left arm - 12 inches, right arm - 13 inches, left thigh - 25 inches and right thigh - 24 1/2 inches. This morning I weighed in at 195.7 lbs.My goal has been to get below the 200 lb mark and to keep it off. I have weighed every morning when I wake up for a year now. My morning weight in just my underwear has been below 200 lbs for a little over a month now, but I didn't count that weight, because I wanted to be below 200 lbs when fully clothed in the mid afternoon. Now my new goal is to get down to 180 lbs.

I am planning on recording my weigh ins weekly from now on. I am hoping to hear from you guys and your stories also. I am going to use Wednesdays as Weigh-Ins, so I will update you all on this Wednesdays Weigh-In.