I'm down 22 pounds since January 1! 

I was getting a little frustrated and down on myself because the last couple of weeks I'd seen very little change (one week I even gained 0.5 lb...big whoop, I know, but it wasn't the direction I was aiming for).  I was trying to be really strict with my eating, but I wasn't exercising...I had a bad cold for a week, then for the following week-and-a-half I didn't exercise either...very busy at work - about to be derailed, though in the back of my mind I knew I wasn't off the wagon.  I noticed that I actually felt more fatigued and less energetic since I'd stopped working out.  The kinds of foods I was eating were giving me bursts of energy until I had to work out   I started back up this week and the weight started coming back off.

So I started at 270 and now I'm at 248 - in a little over 2 months.  I'm feeling better and better.  I'm thinking after losing 10 more pounds I'll be able to fit in a brand new 4-year-old Brooks Brothers suit hanging in my closet with the tags still on it.  I bought it on our honeymoon and it remains ever unworn.  April 15 we'll be in a Katrina-afflicted municipality for a certain event that I'm not sure I can discuss lest someone connected to it randomly stumbles upon this, but it involves a suit and tie...think I can make it?  (Nevermind, a beautiful bird over my shoulder just said it wasn't a surprise - Adrienne's grandparents' 50th anniversary party in New Orleans).

Oh, and I finished Eat to Live.  It was so hard core at cutting animal products out of the diet and pro-vegetarian that it was somewhat intimidating.  I've followed it as much as possible and as much as is practical, and I really like the results and the foods I'm eating.  The author, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, also has a website - www.drfuhrman.com - that's really helpful. 

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