My First Post After Losing 109 lbs!

I started my weight loss program after I went to a meeting with my new PCP. At the age of 57 he informed me that if I did not do something about my weight I would not reach the age of 60. I had talked off and on with my old PCP about weight loss surgery however I was reluctant to go through another surgery. I have suffered through 32 previous operation for a variety of different things. many are a result of having played 14 years of football including three in the NFL. Finally in September of 2010 I had my initial meeting to have a gastric bypass. I weighed in at 506lbs and was told I had to lose 56lbs before they would do the surgery. Well I started out on a 2800 calories per day diet and I also used the point system from a nationally know weight loss company. At first the weight came off very easy. I had a meeting with one of their dieticians and the meeting did not go well in my opinion. About 3 months had gone by and I had lost over 40lbs. One of their requirements was that you keep a food journal. I neglected to mention that with in the first month I found this web site so I used the food entry journal to keep track of everything I had eaten and I still continue to do that today almost 9 months later. In this meeting with this very attractive 25 year old dietician that had most likely never had to lose an ounch of weigt in her life she proceeded to rip my journal entries. I found her to be border line disrespectful and on numerous occasions she talked down to me. Yes I am morbidly obese and I neglected to mention that I am disabled unable to walk more than 50 feet without the aid of a rollator but unintelligent I am not. As I became disabled back in 1998 with the onset of a degenerative spinal condition I not only continued to teach in a public high school I was also the high school head football coach until 2005 when after my third spinal operation the pain and side effects from the pain medicine made it impossible to continue working and I went on disability retirement. I am proud to say though that I earned my Masters degree in School Administration but due to my disability I have not been able to use it. But damn it I earned it! Needless to say the disparaging remarks from this dietician did not sit well with me and 48 hours later I called the doctors office and informed them that I could not follow through with the operation and to please remove my name from their waiting list!
My weight loss continues on a regular basis usually 2-3 lbs per week sometimes more and sometimes less. All told at my last weigh in I have now lost 109lbs. I continue to work now part time at another high school as a teachers aid and I volunteer at another high school helping their track and football teams. I am very proud of my weight loss and how I have been able to reach and eclipse my weight loss goals. Initially I had wanted to lose 100lbs by the end of June when school ends but I had to move that up to the end of March. For the first time in over a decadeI am no longer in the 400's as 506 less 109 is 397! A year from now I firmly believe that I will be leaving the 300lb weight category and be in the 200's now it will be the high 200's but what the heck. I now try to do a little exercise program for 30 minutes 5 days per week. I purchased some resistance bands with handles and those are what I use. Part of my celebration was now that I have left the 400's in my rear view mirror was to allow myself to write this entry and hopefully give someone else the motivation to say damn it if this disabled guy can do it so can I! Good Luck and thanks for reading this.