I've lost 85lbs so far, and it's life changing :)

Thought I'd share a little bit of my journey. I'm a 41yr old male 5'11, and have been overweight my whole life. Even seeing pictures of me as a kid I was fat so I have no idea what being normal was like. I've tried dieting my whole life but nothing ever worked. Last year I was in bad health and had horrible back pain, pain in my knees walking around, and was borderline diabetic. I was over 300 pounds and hated looking at myself in the mirror.

It was at this point I decided I don't want to live like this anymore. My wife told me about MFP so I started logging everything I ate, and it was a real eye opener how my crap I was eating. I changed the way I ate, and started eating healthier. Went from eating a whole pizza a couple times a week to chicken/fish/veggies. Once I did this the weight started to drop off, and before I knew it I was 265.

At this point I was starting to feel better and just started walking to get things moving, and next thing I knew I was seeing a real change in my body. It was crazy since I started wearing 3XL shirts, and size 46 pants. The pants sizes kept getting small and I was a 2 XL.

I got all the way down to 215lbs no more back pain, knees no longer hurt, no longer borderline diabetic, cholesterol was normal. It was crazy. I did have one set back 4 weeks ago I had bilateral inguinal hernia and just getting back from it, and I did gain 7lbs and got up to 222. I'm bouncing back and down to 220 and should be back to 215 in no time.

What crazy is I haven't been this size since Jr High. When I started I just wanted to get to 250 I could never imagine being where I'm at today. I now wear XL shirts and size 36 pants which is insane. I can shop at normal stores, and not big & tall. Now I may try to see if I can get to 199lb that would be insane. I could never image thinking that it's mind blowing.

One thing I have learned it's not a diet, because that is temporary. It's a life change you have to commit to a change you live your life. The way to think, and do things. I know I never want to go back to that life. Best of luck to everyone one their own personal journey's. if you put your mind to it anything is possible.