well i'm now 286.4 in the last 18 wks i have lost 49.4 lbs of fat, gained 7.1 lbs of muscle and have an overall loss of 42.4 lbs!! i feel amazing!!! wow!! i'm finally figuring out to some extent how this program works and i'm still loving it!!! my coach and surgeon are thrilled with my progress and told me i will b a posterchild for his program!! hahaha!!! i've been blessed enough to be pain free enough to do my treadmill work out and all is good!! so thankful to feel sooo much better!! i was worried about going over on high cal days by 200 cals and the coach says i don't care if you eat 2,000 or even 4,000 extra calories on those 2 days just no carbs!!! hahahaha!! and i found out the atkins candy 1 or 2 on high cal days are fine!! life is good!!! till next time keep on keeping on all!!! we can do this!!! xoxoxo