Long Bones

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 207.2
Pounds Lost: 72.8

Bust – 44
Waist – 38
Hips – 44

BMI – 28.1 (overweight)
Hip to Waist – .82

It all starts tomorrow.

It all actually started April before last when I went to the doctor for my woman’s exam and discovered that I weighed 280 lbs. Two Hundred and Eighty Pounds. Two. Eight. Zero.

What can you do with that kind of number? I managed, barely, not to break down in tears right in the doctor’s office. Two Hundred Eighty. I mean, I knew I was heavy, obese even. I’d seen pictures, you can’t avoid mirrors. My jeans were size 22 and kinda tight and all but…280?!

I resolved right then and there to lose it. Lose the weight. It would happen this time.

And to my utter amazement it did.

Since then I have lost over 70 pounds, completely changed my life-style, gained so much more confidence and energy, and have been diagnosed with a fairly significant disorder (more on that later). It was just a couple weeks ago that I announced I had lost one quarter of my body weight and I’m nowhere near done.

Tomorrow starts the next step of my journey. Tomorrow is the first day of my gym’s Fitness Challenge (which I’m going to win). Tomorrow is my first official weigh-in here on Long-Bones. Tomorrow I renew my commitment to my own health and wellness, both mental and physical.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow, it’s only a day away!