70 lbs. down. Now I can rant about obnoxious fitness fanatics.

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126. I've lost a lot as well, almost 100lbs, though it has been over more than half a decade

Essentially I have found my diet is the biggest contributor. Even now I am still shocked at some of the calories I am blindly eating... It says 140 calories, but there were supposedly 3.5 servings here in this little bag, so that's really 490 calories. I thought we were supposed to have serving sizes that made sense on these labels? No way am I going to sit down with a bag of gummy bears and eat only 28.5% of the bag each sitting. (Gummy bears are the final sugary thing I have yet to give up. I really need to find another snack.)

I walk at least 45 minutes a day at about 4mph which is enough to get my heart pumping a bit (up hills) but my legs haven't burned doing this in years. It's probably time to transition to jogging but I haven't made that leap yet. I do find walking enjoyable, though it took a while for it to get to this point with routes that I find interesting. (It didn't help when I was very fat and people driving by cruelly yelled insults at me while I was trying to exercise. I live in a college neighborhood.) Winter doesn't make it easy but luckily the past couple of years ice has been at a minimum. I have figured out how to plan routes accommodating the wind, which has been the biggest problem recently. I hate the idea of a gym and exercising around a bunch of fit strangers, so I would like to avoid that.

So bottom line is that cholesterol and blood pressure are normal without drugs, I feel good, and some women actually check me out now.