My initial weight loss is 31 pounds

I was considering bariatric surgery. The surgeon told me that I had to see a nutritionist. That lady, Jennifer told me that I needed to eat high-protein low-carb foods and use my fitness pal to log all my food and drink intake. I am also logging all my exercise. I started as simple as walking around the Wawa parking lot. I was using map my walk which is a GPS for walking. It then Imports calories burned into MyFitnessPal. This way I could see calories consumed and calories burned against my calorie goal for the day. I also eliminated purchasing all sodas both regular and diet for my household and all fruit drinks especially cranberry juice and apple juice. My wife has been telling me for years that they were loaded with sugar, but I never stopped to read the label. My solution was to mix the cranberry juice half and half with water. In my mind it diluted the sugar. In reality it didn't. My highest weight was 368 lbs. Both my brother and my sister each hit the same weight and all three of us independently said, "that's enough". Our father died 10 years ago weighing 450 lb on a 6-foot frame. Our mother is currently also losing weight. Each one of us has lost 30 lb at least. We are very excited about our progress. I would love to hear your story and I look forward to updating you on my progress as my journey continues. I have already lost 6 inches in my waist. I had edema swelling in my ankles that was pretty bad. As I begin to eat less and drink more water and started my workouts the swelling begin to reduce. Then finally 2 weeks ago, I was able to get into an edema Clinic where they have been wrapping my ankles and lower legs three times a week. Now the swelling has reduced drastically and hopefully I'll be able to switch to compression boots to maintain the Better Health in my lower legs. I do a lot with cardio on the stationary bike and the stair stepper machine and walking outside. Those are my three main aggressive cardio's that are helping me to burn a lot of calories.