60 lbs down, 7 to go, photos

SW 206
CW 147
GW 140
Height 5'6"
Age 53

There aren't too many photos of me at my heaviest. I pretty much stopped letting people take my pic at that point. The one with the mid length blond hair with Joe Satriani I weighed around 195. The one with me playing with my band was probably around 190. At my heaviest I was 206, high blood pressure, pre-diabetic, and, because I am a frickin' genius, I was carrying around all that extra weight on a leg that was pretty much completely reconstructed after a bad car accident. Top all of that off with waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much booze and you have a very, very, unhealthy person. In Dec. 2012 I stopped drinking and started walking. The fist time I made it around the block, just barely. But I stuck with it! I started strength training about 6 wks. ago and now I walk 3 to 5 miles a day, no matter what. I eat 1400 calories a day and was keeping track of that in a food journal waaaaay before I discovered MFP. I even wrote down what I was feeling, every time I wanted to put food in my mouth when I wasn't really, physically hungry. (That was proabably my most beneficial tool, a holdover from years ago when I quit smoking. I learned a LOT about myself.)
The witch photo was taken today in my back yard. I weigh 147.
You guys, I was over weight for more than 20 years and obese for more than 5. I never thought I could do this and guess what! I DID! And YOU CAN TOO!