YOU are one great inspiration for those following behind. Thank you for sharing your story. I know many will be motivated!

Excellent write up Dean. Congratulations on your success and thank you for sharing how you achieved the weight loss. You are truly an inspiration to all of us!

you should be very proud of yourself you proove to be a great inspiration! Congratulations and best wishes for the rest of your journey!

nothin is impossible, sky's the limit

what an inspiration - congratulations!

That is an incredible story and you have much to be proud of!!! I'm grateful (as I'm sure everyone is) for the detailed graphs, menus and ideas in your story. I know it gets tedious sometimes to graph all that stuff day in and day out, but it sure is helpful when you look back on it. I'm having to start all over after quitting smoking and scrounging around for some motivation....THANKS for taking the time to post your story....you're an incredible inspiration!

HAVE FUN AND ENJOY LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!!!!!!

Dean,
Thanks so much for posting your story, you are truly a Success.

Hugs,
joan

Thanks for posting this! A true inspirations! You've got a plan and you're executing perfectly....keep us updated!

Wow, this is really inspiring! I am also a Somersizer, and have been having pretty good sucess with it so far, but sometimes is can be hard, and you've really had such great sucess it makes me really want to keep on going!

Dean you are doing so great and thanks for posting your story. What a inspiration you are in the Forum

hugs

Great write up Dean - gotta love those graphs!

You need a pic of your belt collection, extra notches and all.

Lynda

Wonderful, Dean, just wonderful!

Congrats on doing such a great job, and what a great write up about it, great detail & info! Way to go!

Valerie

Congrats, Dean! You look great, and you must feel even better. Thanks for taking the time to type that out.

WOW! Well done. I love all the graphs - that's the way my mind works. But I thought I was a pedant! :-))

This bit you said was VERY INTERESTING:

"For me, my weight loss sure seems to come down to what my actual calorie deficit is. Low-carbing takes away my cravings and eating the same thing just makes it easy to not cheat or eat things that will mess me up".

I think this is SO true - and your graph (calorie deficent) shows how directly this works.

I've only just started inputting my details in FitDay - and it is amazing to see how when I aim for around 25g carb per day - then my calorie intake seems to be around 1,600 or so. Giving me a deficit of around 700 cals per day. It'll be interesting to see how this relates to my weight loss per week.

Before I did this I was NOT eating enough calories - around about 700 per day. Thus my diet stalled as my body went into starvation mode.

Hey guys! I've hit the 150 pound loss mark today (July 10th), so I updated my above story with a new weight loss graph and a new picture. I still have about 60 pounds to go, but I've been losing 10 plus pounds a month pretty consistently, so that shouldn't take too long!

Take care everyone! Oh, and thanks so much for all the kind words!!

I am astounded by your perserverance and ultimate success. My weight is dropping very slowly, so perhaps I should look at calories a little closer. Thought because it is mostly veggies protein it didn't matter. But getting discouraged when following plan so closely and not much of a loss. Thanks for your great inspiration and continued success on your journey.

I came to read up in the success section for some inspiration today.. as i feel alittle like i'm in a rut.. well reading your story definately made me smile and feel a re-newed sence of determination to stick with it.. thank you so much for sharing