Last time I posted, I had lost 14 pounds. This time I've lost 30!

That's right, I'm thirty pounds lighter than when I started my diet a couple months ago. The initial weight loss was pretty drastic, almost five pounds a week. It's slowed since then to just under 3 pounds a week. I was expecting that, so I haven't become discouraged by it. Every time I start to worry, I check my weight loss chart and see that the graph is still declining one pound at a time.

Certainly, my physical capabilities have improved with the 30 pounds gone. I've still got over 50 pounds to lose (yeah, I started out really big), but some of the major health problems have disappeared. After going on the paleo diet, I noticed I was actually hungry LESS even though I was eating fewer calories. I guess that's what happens when so many of your calories are protein and fat rather than sugar.

Also, as per the health blog I've been reading, I feel a lot less stressful about eating. I don't go through the guilt/reward cycle anymore, which is a major improvement from previous diets.

Perhaps the best side effect is the breathing. When I weighed what I weighed when I weighed more than I had ever weighed, simple breathing was actually a problem. Sitting on the couch watching TV, I would actually feel a little like I was suffocating occasionally. And getting to sleep was damn near impossible. I could feel myself begin to snore while I was still awake, and it would jerk me out of any slope to dreamtown I was headed. That doesn't happen anymore. I hope my breathing/restfulness continues to get even better the more weight I lose. So, onward and downward!