Want to lose 30lbs in 3 months easy?

Then go somewhere else. But I will tell you how I did it.

First start out fat. That part is easy. Early 2008 my BMI was almost 31 qualifying for the obese category.

I started running outside again in February 2008 and trained for my 1st race a 5k. In April 2008 I joined a group that trains people for marathons (triathalons, 10ks, half marathons as well). This group trains regular old people as well as people who already consider themselves athletes. I was part of the former and now part of the later. Between Mid April to October I lost a grand total of 5 lbs. Got that BMI down to 30.2. Wahoo!

Mid November I decided that I would break from the insanity of doing the same thing and expecting different results. So I saw a dietitian/sports nutritionist and radically changed my eating habits for the better. The 1st 2 weeks were a challenge but the results were nearly instant for me. 10lbs in 2 weeks. Now I am in the swing of things I can't see going back to my old ways but I do miss the junk food. ;-) I had a chocolate chip cookie - the real deal mind you not some cardboardy tasting diet version - yesterday to celebrate the 30 lbs mark. 1st cookie since Christmas day.

Another thing I did was choose to be more diligent about my training. I was getting in 3-4 runs a week and the occasional cross-train session. Now 5-6 days a week doing something. Running, swimming, lifting weight, the occasional elliptical session. Just added the weights about 3 weeks ago. Today, for example, was weights in the AM with plans for run tonight.

This swimming is helping a lot. I started going to the Weds night swims with the triathlon group. The swim coach helped me with make great strides with my stroke. Is that mixing sports or metaphors? Swimming 2-3 days a week.

So here I am Mid January 2009, 30 lbs lighter than mid-November 2008. At a weight I have not been at for 12-15 years. My BMI is 25.7 which still puts me in the overweight category but on the bottom end of the range.

Was it easy. No. But it could have been harder.