You Can't Turn Around a Battleship in a Day (417.2 pounds)

I had my two week follow up appointment at New Directions today.  To be honest, I was very excited to go to this meeting today.  After all, my first week in the program I lost 11.2 pounds and I did all the same things this week.  I knew that I would not lose quite as much this week because some of that 11.2 pounds was water weight, but I expected another big loss.  I went in today and I weighed in at 417.2 pounds (a 6.6 pound weight loss.)  For some reason, rather than my mind going to WOW, a 6.6 pound weight loss, it went to well, a 6.6 point weight loss. Maybe I have spent too much time watching The Biggest Loser and my mind is tempered to believe that with a guy my size a double digit weight loss every week should be expected.  Sometimes, taking a step back and taking a new perspective is the best thing we can do.  My today has since been filled with gratitude.  I LOST 6.6 POUNDS THIS WEEK!  Wait, it gets better; the nurse I talked to said that they do not really recommend exercise in the first two weeks of the diet while your body adjusts, so I have not exercised at all yet.  Don't get me wrong, I will never be confused with Carl Daikeler or Tony Horton of Beachbody and P90X fame, but even moderate exercise should help me a bunch both with weight loss and with energy level, and that starts TONIGHT (I may need someone to hold me accountable to that because at my size, most every exercise has become painful.)

So that is that, like the title says, you can't turn a battleship around in a day, but with the Lord's help, all of your prayers and encouragement and hard work mixed with determination I know that I can get down to a healthy weight.