Ok, my dear friends, here it is the end of 2004 and in a few hours it will be a new year and a new set of goals for me to achieve.
Here's my mission, to set a new mini goal till Mar 27, 2005. I chose that date since it is when I first started and will be my 1st year anniversary on Medifast. When I started Medifast, I was already on a weight loss medically supervised program from the doctor of low carb, high protein, but it was worse than turtle mode to lose weight and not stable. So we talk about Medifast with the recommendation that I cannot be on a full liquid program, but one with a low fat, high protein, low carb meal. We agreed and the journey began. Even with the meals that I am required to be on, I still lost in these past 9 months 50 lbs (with a few stubborn plateaus along the way). Well, my plateau has ended and I am losing weight again (I did gained a few lbs due to being pissed that I could not lose anymore during that time).
So I will make this my journal thread updating every week as I go along to help me stay on track and keep losing to improve my health and lifestyle. I am right now at 240 lbs (phooey), but I am not ashame to say that I gained and with that out on the open, I will stick to my plan and hopefully weigh by the end of my anniversary date 200 lbs!!!! That would be a 40lbs weight loss, although it might sound far fetch, I am sticking to that goal number and hope I can do it.
Now guys, on top of being depressed over my plateaus, please provide alittle support to me to stay on track with my goals. I have been through so much this year and really need a few simple words of support to help me combat this morbid obesity, lose the weight and keep it off without gaining. I now have 104 lbs to lose to be at my ultimate goal of 136 lbs.
If anyone else want to join in feel free to jot your data below or you can start your own thread so we can all cheer each other on and see our actually update whether we lose any weight or not. I feel it is the best thing we can do to keep us on track and not feel down like I have, kinda like a motivational personal thread for each of us as well as see how we are to date. You chose your own personal goal date and weight. I need it in big bold fonts so I can stare at it everytime I come here
personal goal date Mar 27, 2005
starting wt/amt to lose/amount lost/goal
240/40/0/200
let me add the total stats for 2004 as well, initial weight for Jan 1 was 303 lbs and on Mar 27 it was 285, but I have to add from the beginning. Although, I got to weigh in at 235 in November, I did gain a few lbs afterwards and am now at 240 lbs, so that is my ending weight for 2004. At least, I lost a total of 63 lbs for the year without surgery or weight loss drugs. I did it naturally with Medifast and low impact exercising. It was slower than other, but the weight did come off without saggy, flabby or hanging skin. I feel happy about that.
total weight stats from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2004
Jan 1st/goal amt to lose/actual lost/Dec 31st
303/167/63/240