Getting started - Measurements and weight

It's here! Ordered Monday night and already received my shake mix today (Friday). Not bad for selecting standard shipping and being the week of Christmas. 

So as you've probably noticed, I'm anxious to get started on my weight loss challenge. I dusted off the Wii Fit this afternoon, logged in (it informed me it had been 283 days since my last weigh in) and my results were almost exactly 250 lbs. If this is the first post you are reading, this is my information before I have started the weight loss challenge. I will be posting updates as I go along.

I had a big lunch of pizza and soup, so I think I'll begin this evening by taking the shake for dinner. It will be a good test on how full I stay. 

My wife helped me take my measurements. They are as follows:

Height: 6'1

Neck: 17 inches

Chest: 45.5 inches

Stomach: 47 inches

Waist: 43.5 inches

Hips: 47.5 inches

I have to say the waist was a shocker, especially since I wear size 40 pants. But sure enough, I measure the waistline of my pants and what do I find? Size 40, actual measurement 44 inches. Kind of depressing, but now it's time to change all that. 

So I entered by measurements on the website, even uploaded my before picture, because apparently if you do so you can qualify to win prizes by losing weight. I figure I might as well, I plan on losing the weight either way. 

UPDATE: I had my first official shake on the plan for dinner tonight. One of the recipes they sent was for a Cafe' Mocha. That sounded good so I gave it a shot. Delicious. I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I do like those sweet coffee drinks. That's exactly what this was. I used decaf since it's about 5:30 pm. 

Here's the recipe, Cafe' Mocha:

2 scoops Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake Mix

1 tsp instant coffee or 10 oz cold coffee (I used cold coffee since I had it available)

1-2 tsp cocoa powder

8-10 oz non fat milk or water (I used almond milk)

4-6 ice cubes

If you do the math, you're getting about 20 oz of mocha here. It's quite filling, and seems to expand in your stomach afterwards. And with all the flavor, only 163 calories if I did the math right (90 shake mix, 40 almond milk, 30 in 2 tsp cocoa, about 3 in decaf coffee).

To get the shake mix, click on http://weightlosstools.bodybyvi.com and then "join the challenge".

This will replace my dinner tonight. The plan I'm on is to replace 2 meals a day with the nutrient shake, and a regular meal (nothing too crazy fattening) and sensible snacks. Since I got my first shakes today, I will only be able to replace one meal today, and tomorrow start on the regular program.