87 Pounds in One Year

Started at 274. The pic on the left is actually before I reached my peak weight, probably 265 in the pic. I am 192 in the pic on the right but I've lost 5 more pounds since that pic was taken a couple of weeks ago.

When I first started losing weight, I looked at it as a "diet" and had a goal to get down to 200 pounds......or anything close to it.

When I started thinking of my project as a permanent lifestyle change and started wanting to actually get my body in shape, and be healthy, my weight loss actually accelerated. Since November 1st I have lose 39 pounds.

I walk 4 miles every morning or evening, and 2 to 3 times I will do both. I work out with weights (arms) about 4 times a week and do abs 4 times a week. Currently abs excercises consists of 175 sit ups (5 sets of 35), forward and side planks (3 sets), 3 sets of crunches, 3 sets of leg lifts. Two days a week I will do just the situps and two days a week I add the lower ab stuff, but I do them at a different time of day than the sit ups.

I am happy with most all of my body now, just need to tighten up my abs. If I happen to lose 13 more pounds, that would be pretty cool too, be nice to reach that 100 pound loss mark. But that is not my goal. My goal is to look good and feel good.