Another short-term goal met!

About four years ago (during the Atkins craze), I gave the low-carb thing a run for it's money. I also started spending most of my free time at the gym. I started off around 330lb and managed to get down to 280. But, life got hectic, my free time became nonexistent, and I stopped going to the gym. Eventually at some point I stopped caring about my diet too. My wife got pregnant with our first child and everything else seemed to take a back seat. Eventually, the weight came back, and them some. Over the next few years, I rocketed past my starting point of 330, and found myself pushing 370 in January of 2010.

280 has always been a number in the back of my mind. That's where I was before I completely let myself go. That's where I had to get back to before I could really call any of this progress. For a couple weeks now, I've been closing in. But then I hit a roadblock. Despite the fact that I'm spending like 12 hours a week at the gym, I hit a little mini plateau. For the last week and a half, the scale refused to budge. I was getting progressively frustrated. I was also driving my wife crazy. But I hung in there and I worked out extra hard at the gym.

And this weekend, I was rewarded with a healthy drop on the scale. I weighed in this morning at 279..4. That's officially the lowest I've weighed in at least a decade. When I started this back in January, I just wanted to hit 280 before my scheduled camping trip in August. Here it is, the end of May, and I'm already there. Now I think I might be able to hit 260 by August, which would exceed my wildest dreams.

So thanks to MFP and all the people that make it such a supportive environment. I couldn't do this without you!

My next short-term celebration will be when I cross the 100lb lost mark.