I'm on my way!

My visit with Dr. Seberger was this afternoon.  Believe it or not, he had lots of good things to say about my current state.  My cholesterol was 113 (42 good, 60 bad...can never remember which is LDL/HDL).  EKG was good, all my other blood levels are good/normal.  He also said that with the way my fat is distributed (I'm pear-shaped), I'm at lower risk of diabetes, high bp, and heart disease.  That's a big relief considering Daddy has type 2 diabetes, and mom has high bp (she's apple-shaped).

We discussed my past dieting efforts, and he was pretty blunt when he said that if I hadn't made all those seemingly fruitless attempts, I'd probably be 400 pounds right now.  Unfortunately, I can see that he's probably right. 

Food for the week was $75.  That also included 2 bottles of Zilch creamer and some BBQ sauce.  I won't have to buy many groceries for next week (mostly stuff for the girls).  I have lots of frozen veggies, chicken, shrimp and fish.  And tomorrow I plan to roast the 14 pound turkey that was my Christmas "bonus" from Learjet.  That should give me plenty of food for dinners for a couple of weeks.

Oh, the doctor also told me that if I were to get down to 190, I'd be well on my way to a perfectly healthy life.  That was nice to hear, but I have no intention of stopping there.  Yes, I'm planning to lose some weight for vanity's sake.  Shoot me.  I'm going to see how I feel once I get to that point.  It's 30 pounds from where I am now, and 20 pounds above my lowest adult weight ever.  I might revise my goal a bit.  I honestly don't know right now.