15 lbs in 4 weeks

A whole month has passed and I can't believe what a big difference dropping some weight and exercising 6 times a week has had on my body.  I feel GREAT!  When I first started going to Zumba I could barely last the whole hour in fact I couldn't have fun because I was too tired, I was breathing hard and everything felt too jiggly.  But now, tonight I am able to go hard out and actually last the whole class and feel like I'm just dancing at not exercising.  I wonder what I'd be doing right now if I wasn't on this path to fitness?  I think I'd be stuffing my face at this very moment and its 11:20pm.  I've noticed minor changes in my appearance my face is getting skinnier, my eye bags look less pronounced due to less fat in my cheeks, my mid section although still pretty big is more shapely instead of looking like a blob, and my legs are getting smaller little by little, tight pants are still tight but not AS tight, haha. 

Right now at 225lbs its quite easy for me to start thinking that I have accomplished a lot this past month that I can just slack off.  In fact today I ATE, and ATE, yikes, chocolates, pasta(whole wheat), and numerous bowls of cereal with whole milk, eep!  I made sure though to eat it in the morning, early afternoon, and by 4:30 I just stopped eating, I think it evened out.  At 225lbs I'm also feeling like I'm about to hit a plateau and that Zumba will not be enough for me anymore, I mean it will still be good but I'll need to find something else that will push me harder. 

To get over the forthcoming plateau I'm thinking about going on a liquid diet for the next 3 days.  The last time I did one was in 2009 and I started out with only 3 days and by the third day my body felt great so i did it for 2 more days.  I'll probably not go that far and I think 3 days should be sufficient.

I'm feeling really happy right now for my health and for myself in the future and all the things I will be able to do with a healthy heart.