I started changing my diet on September sixth, about 40 days ago. I specifically waited until after Labor day because I didn't want to have to start something on or around a holiday, and the sixth just called to me. I changed my diet, cut way back on meat, starches and processed foods, and ramped way up on fruits, vegetables, and unprocessed foods.
I can remember stopping at the fruit market that first day, picking up several pieces of fruit and starting with more of a "raw foods" day, thinking that it was going to be difficult. Surprisingly, it really didn't turn out that way. I didn't focus on how much I was eating, only on what. I ate only fruit at breakfast and lunch, and by the end of the day I was feeling pretty good physically.
I actually didn't get a chance to weigh in for the first time until almost 3 weeks in. The reason for this is that my scale stops at 285, and wasn't very accurate anyway, so I pitched it. My wife bought a digital scale that is accurate up to over 400 lbs and measures by the 1/5 of a pound. I tested it out on the 22th, but didn't take my first official weigh until the 24th. On my first official weigh in, I was 306 lbs. I do assume that I had probably already lost weight, based on the weight I lost the next two weeks and the way my clothes were fitting, so I'm calling my starting weight 308 lbs. so I can judge the progress I've made.
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