The beginning

Here is a brief description of what I have been doing the past few weeks:
April 11th I flew to Wisconson for a week long vacation with my aunt. We spent the week doing raw foods fast. I started an exercise DVD series called Slim in 6 by Beach Body. I managed to do it everyday I was there.
April 18th I arrived home and went grocery shopping. I was starting the Atkins diet again the follwing day
April 19th-April 26th I am in the Induction phase of the Atkins diet and just feel tired and out of sorts. The first few weeks you usually feel like that until your body adjusts to the diet. I have been keeping up my dvd every morning and walking when I can.
April 27th I hurt my knee from the dvds. There is alot of lunges and squats and I either was'nt doing them right or my body could'nt take that much exercise that soon. I am taking a few days off until my knee gets better. In the meantime I will still be walking. I am checking out a few Pilates dvds from the libary to try. Its great exercise and much easier and the joints.
April 30th I am doing Pilates and walking and starting to feel better.
May 1st A local group is putting on a "Biggest Loser" competition. I decided to join. It will help keep me accountable. They meet 1x a week and there is a new topic every time. My first meeting they had a Zumba instructor come and do a demo class. Me dancing is a scary sight! Everyone paid $10 to join and it goes in a pot. Every week you weigh in the and the winner gets a prize. At the end of the competition in June the 1st and 2nd place winners split the money. I think there are about 25 people signed up.
May 2nd I went to the DR to run the diet past her. She thinks all that I am doing is great. I am doing a few blood tests to make sure everything is ok with my body chemistry. I am loosing weight so rapidly that I want to make sure all is ok.
I plan on posting my total weightloss for the first month on May 19th.