Great News!

The teen has been sick off and on for a couple of weeks, so we took him to the doctor. Of course, while he was there, they weighed him.

He's lost 30 pounds! At least. It might be more, because I'm not sure exactly how much he weight when he got here in April. He was 280 at Christmas time, though and he's now 250. Which is just so utterly fantastic. He shrugs off the weight, but I know he feels bad about it.

So, 30 pounds in 6 months. That's just over a pound a week. Not bad considering we haven't precisely put him on a diet. I've been doing my best to keep sugar out of the house (which led to some real tantrums at first) and give him healthy snack options. Healthy meals, minimizing his opportunities for outside snacking, and then since school started he's chosen to walk home instead of riding the bus (which has probably done more than everything else combined) and that's all.

If only it worked on me! I have NOT lost 30 pounds in six months, but I would love to have!