Totally forgot about this thread.
The other month I had to see my cardiologist, nothing to worry about just my yearly check up. And he told me I need to start actively dieting and working out more.
As for dieting I signed up to myfitnesspal.com and have been tracking my calorie intake. I've been doing pretty well with that, not going over my calories too often (although I've tipped passed my sodium intake more than I'd like). I've noticed that meals that I would consider too small or not enough are actually fine, but it's just that I usually eat too fast for my body and mind to really register that I'm actually full (not stuffed but you know).
As for exercising, my doc told me about what he does which is the Royal Canadian Airforce workout, also known as 5BX.
http://fit450.com/HTML/5BX_Intro.htmlhttp://www.campbellmgold.com/archive_health/5bx_cmg.pdfIt takes 11 minutes to do and all you really need (if anything) is a yoga mat. You start out at the lowest level and work your way to the level for your age. You do 2 minutes of stretching, and then three other exercises for one minute each. And end with either 6 minutes of walking in place or walk/run X.X mile(s) in XX minutes.
I weighed 213 when I saw my cardiologist awhile back but he scheduled a stress test for me today and I weighed 207. Just 37 more pounds to go!
Just weighed myself on the scale I bought and I was 211, 209 without pants. This morning with the 207 weigh in was with pants but not having eaten anything since 4am. So it more like 40-ish more pounds to go.