Hello,
I found this board after looking for a calorie needs calculator and decided to share.

I started out in July of 2003 at 400 pounds. I cut out the junk food and started walking a few blocks in the morning.
A month later my wife bought an exercise bike. I started riding it 10 minutes in the evenings. (it was all I could do)
10 minutes turned into 15 and 15 led to 20. As the weather cooled off I was riding the bike in the morning as well. By December I was riding 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night. Then the bike broke, so I joined a gym right around the corner from my house. I kept with working out twice a day and hit the 100 pound mark on x-mas eve. I added weights to my cardio training and keprt at it. By April I was doing 45 minutes of cardio in the morning and half an hour of weights plus another 45 minutes of cardio at night.

I cut the evening cardio out in late April. My weight training takes an hour a night and since it's still summer I do almost all my cardio outside. Currently I switch between running 4 miles and bike riding 14 miles 6 days a week. I've done a few 5ks now and plan on doing my first 10k in early november.

I keep my diet pretty clean, though since I'm pretty active I take in alot of food.

Yesteday I ate:
6:00 am oatmeal
running
8:30 5 hard boiled egg whites and an apple
11:00 foot long turkey subway with no cheese, oil, or mayo
2:00 can of tuna and an orange
5:00 bannana
weights
6:30 3 turkey burgers and baked potato, can of green beans
9:30 Natuarl PB sandwitch on whole wheat, protien shake.

Here's my current pics
http://www.gideonspawn.com/fat.html

Stats are
CW 6'1 247 pounds
HW 6'1 402 pounds
GW 6'1 260 pounds

CONGRATULATIONS! I'm only about 30 pounds over my goal, but in 3 pounds or so I'll hit the 150-pounds-lost point myself. And, when I started exercising, FIVE minutes on a bike was all I could do! And now I walk briskly 30 to 45 minutes five days per week. So, I agree you're at a huge milestone that should be celebrated with tickertape parades! Good for you.

But, boy, you gotta get some more vegetables in ya! Fresh ones, too, not canned! And, make sure you are getting some added fat in your day -- the PB is good for that, but you might want a little more elsewhere in your day. You need SOME fat for vitamin absorption and for healthy functioning of lots of stuff.

Thanks, I usually do alright on veggies but yesterday was pretty light. I take flax seed oil to get some added fat, but I know I need more.

Congrats on your weight loss. You look maaaavalus! Keep up the good work.
(By the way, we do have other guys around here, LOL, Jack-150, howie, slimmings, killahgorillah, to name a few.)
Thanks for posting the great pics, too, they're very inspirational for us all.

WOW, you look amazing !!! What an inspiration to all of us, thanks for sharing...

You look amazing!! Thanks so much for sharing your story AND the photos. You truly are an inspiration!!

Congrats on the weight loss! You do look amazing as Carri says. Keep up the good work!
CAROL

those pics are incredible, what a good looking guy you are! i am very happy for you.

Nice biceps!

*Wolf Whistles* Spunnnnnnky! Wow, well done on the weightloss! You look fantastic and you should be very proud of yourself

Wow! You really do look great and have accomplished such a lot - well done!

You should hang around here more often (and come visit the 100lb club) - we getting advice and inspiration from people who have 'done it'!

Love Amanda x

Wow...thanks for posting! You look great! Your hard work paid off! CONGRATS!!

Congrats on your huge accomplishment! I commend everyone on here who has taken the initiative to do something about their weight. We are in control of our own bodies and only we can do something about it. Keep up the good work! You are truly an inspiration!

You look FANTASTIC. Congratulations on all your weightloss. It's really paid off!

Congratulations! You look great and a lot younger as well.