Almost a year under my belt and almost a third of a way to goal. (47 pounds lost)

I started MFP for the third time on December 30, 2016. That was my anniversary, and I allowed myself to enjoy the buffet we went to to celebrate, but I tracked my food for the day anyway and count it as my first day. I started trying to stay at/just under my calorie goal the next day and tracked pretty faithfully for the next four months or so. I dropped about 35 pounds in that time frame, then I took about a four month diet break and ate at maintenance.

I still lost about 3-5 pounds during that diet break, and always knew I'd come back when I was ready. When I was ready, in the middle of August, I came back and started tracking faithfully again. I've been logging in and tracking for 46 days now, and it feels like no time has passed at all. I've lost about another 10 pounds, making my total weight loss 47 pounds as of this morning.

Height: 5'7
SW: 307
CW: 259.2
GW: 150 (soft goal, that's in the middleish of the BMI chart for my height, I'll readjust my goal when I get close, the last time I was close to that weight I was twelve, and I have no idea how I'll look when I get there)

Current short term goal is 255. That puts me at a BMI of 39.93 which is Obese Class II. I was a BMI of 48.08 when I started, or Obese class III according to bmi-calculator.net. My goal is to reach this short term goal by my birthday at the start of December, which I should have no trouble doing.

I have recently added in exercise to my routine. I try to walk twice a week, but my walking routine depends very much on my bad knee. I had a tendon moved to prevent my kneecap from slipping out of place four years ago, and because it's mechanically abnormal, it is often hurting. Sometimes I can walk three miles without pain, sometimes I can only walk one. So I bought an inexpensive stationary bike and ride it daily.

A friend of mine who is a trainer is working with me to create a resistance routine that takes into account my physical limitations, and I'll start adding that into my routine in the next couple of weeks.

My diabetes A1C has dropped (with the help of medication, but I am off of my insulin (metformin tried to kill me)) from a 6.4 to a 5.9 and 5.7 is the lower limit for pre-diabetes. My cholesterol with medication is right where it needs to be, so I hope I can ditch my statin and triglycerides medications by my next test in May. I would like to put my diabetes in remission by this time next year, but that may be a bit steep of a goal, but I have faith that by the time I get to my goal I'll get there.

My ultimate goal is to take the next two years to take off this next 100ish pounds. I know weight loss will slow down drastically the closer I get to goal, and I'm not in a hurry. It took 37 years to put the weight on, if it takes three years to take it off, I'll be very happy indeed.

I have a plan for maintenance already, and have been reading the maintenance forum for advice and tips for when I do get there. I figure it's not to early to start thinking about what I'm going to do after the weight loss period is over, because I do not ever want to do this again. I want this to be the time that sticks.

Here's a picture of me from May of last year, and a picture of me at 264 pounds, taken a couple weeks ago. (I'm losing too fast now, so I'm upping my calories a few hundred to slow down) Future progress pictures will be taken in the green top and leggings so I can get a better idea of how I'm progressing. It's a subtle change, because I had a lot of very firm fat, and now that fat is very squishy, but if you look closely you can see some subtle changes.