bkdelong

On January 5th of this year, I started my trek into the world of the South Beach Diet as first recommended by my doctor and then by a group of friends who wanted to all try it together.

Due to this new way of eating combined with daily exercise (mostly), I have lost 41lbs as of this morning: down from 306 to 265. That's damn impressive if I must say so myself.

I say "mostly" regarding the daily exercise because the last 2 weeks have been nasty outside and incredibly busy at work - so I ignored my morning 30-min walk around campus. Plus, we had a ton of work being done on the house which disrupted access to the kitchen and I had a piece of chocolate cake to celebrate work's release of 200 more courses.

So tomorrow, provided the weather holds out for the most part, I will start up my morning walks again. I have 9 more pounds until I hit 50lbs and 15 more pounds until I reach my first goal of 250lbs. I have two more goals after that - to be 200lbs by the end of summer and 175lbs by next January. The latter goal is quite ambitious - but it wouldn't hurt.

As soon as I figure out MovableType categories a bit more, I will create a whole page dedicated to my foray into better health. I have a checkup on the 14th and think my doctor will be pleasantly surprised - I know I am.

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