Time for a lifestyle change

So I've been watching my weight on the scale for a while now and it eventually topped out at 244lbs.  HOLY SHIT!!!  That's the biggest I've been in my life.  That was last Monday (3/24) at the doctors office.  I was going to the doctor for some issues and the issue of my weight came up and that I would benefit from losing some weight.

Today I weighed in at 238.4.  In a week and a half I've lost 5.6 lbs by switching to a healthier more natural diet.

Here's what I am doing.  I am not on some fad diet like south beach or atkins.  In my personal opinion I think those diets are unhealthy.  I am looking to try to eat as naturally as possible.  So that means cutting processed foods out of my diet as much as possible.  I've also switched to drinking water.

The great thing is I have the support of my wife and we aren't telling the kids that what they are now eating is healthy for them.  So far they haven't noticed and during one dinner (wheat crust pizza with low fat cheese, red pepper, red onions and chicken) they said it was really good. 

Last year I was doing this same diet but way more extreme (I was counting every calorie and measuring myself every week, etc.) and I got down to 226.  But I eventually got frustrated. My wife was eating South Beach and we weren't making the kids eat what we were eating so that meant 3 different meals a meal we were cooking.  It came down to me only able to do my diet at work and then coming home and eating crappy.  Finally I caved and just went back to eating whatever.

I think I'll create a new category called 'fitness' and use this blog to  talk about my progress and my plan.  Hopefully being open about what I am doing will be a good kick in the butt to show progress to someone.