Day 14 of my rebirth

A few weeks ago I did I received a lot of well wishes and promised to keep a blog on my progress over the next two years as I try to go from 341 pounds to 239 pounds. So in keeping with the promise, here is the first update.

When I stated in the blog that  I was 341 pounds I was going by my last doctor’s visit, as you may recall the bathroom scale hasn’t been a frequent guest of mine over the last 10 years. Well, I figured I better get an official weigh-in Dec. 5, the day I began my two- year quest, so I dusted off the bathroom scale and to my dismay my actual weight was 349 pounds. I guess there must have been something wrong with the scale in the doctor’s office 6 month ago, when I was last on it. So lets see, I hadn’t even started the diet and I had gained 8 pounds. Wow, this might not be as easy as I thought it would be.

Fourteen days later, so far so good. I have made it to the YMCA seven times, had no pastries, chips etc. and pushed away the dinner plate after one helping. For snacks I have a V8 juice or a fiber bar and make sure I have eight glasses of water per day. I had a pulsing headache the first week but since then I'm feeling better. My current weight is (drum roll, please) 337 pounds, so I'm down 12 pounds.

Well, I'm off to the Y, I will check back in a couple of weeks. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year.