It took 41.6 lbs, but I made it! It took a few days shy of 5 months doing a combination of south beach diet, calorie counting and exercising for an hour 5 days a week. People want to know my secret, it's no secret. I stopped eating processed food. I do indulge every now and again.
I feel so much better, I can wear way cuter clothes and I'm really getting in better shape. I checked my blood pressure yesterday - 117/64. At the start of this it was 130/90+ My pulse rate has gone down from the 80's to the high 60's/low 70's.
For those with a lot to lose - I never really contemplated the overall number. I didn't even set an end goal for a long time. I made lots of teeny tiny goals, I even have a list of them I check off as I go along and I can feel a sense of accomplishment hitting a new goal. I also give myself a date to accomplish it by - I makes it achievable, and not too far away. Next up - 20% weight loss which is 181.2.
