Where I Was, How I Did it and What I'm Doing Now.

Okay, here's the whole story. Last October I took a look at myself. I realized I had let myself get to the point where moving had become an issue. I was at the point where doing simple things like getting up off the floor, walking, personal hygiene and getting in and out of chairs was difficult. It had to stop. I couldn't find a scale to weigh myself. I was probably eating between 5,000-7,000 calories a day. (My Doctor and I recently estimated my weight at around 410 lbs. Just an educated guess). I decided to replace my daily lunch ritual of a double cheeseburger and large fries with salad or veggies and chicken. It worked for about a month. After that month I had dropped to 397 lbs. Hooray! Just that simple switch had got me down to a point where it wouldn't take a cherry picker and a construction crew to lift me up when I fell.
I tried to not fall back into my old eating habits in November. Holidays are a bitch. Candy, huge dinners, football all are traps for me. December came along and I had done okay. Down to around 385. I wasn't feeling any better though. I should have seen the signs but people who work in the medical field seldom ever self diagnose when they need to. I had been extremely thirsty, urinating every 20-30 minutes and was constantly hungry. I also had a constant headache. I honestly thought I was just dehydrated. Then "The Day" happened.
Woke up feeling like crap. Wife and I went to a meeting and ate Ihop for breakfast. All-U-can eat pancakes was my healthy choice. Felt like total shit. Went in to work and immediately checked my blood sugar. 437! To be continued...

Some pics

Just some pics from over the past year. Going to hit the reset button on the blog but not sure which direction I'm going to take it. It's been and awesome experience losing this weight and I am ready to drop the rest of it.