Losing Weight with Starscream

[waffle]

Ok so I'm new to this board & thread, but I wanted to jump on in here... and give you my journey to date... I'd been slowly gaining weight since sophomore year of college and tried a couple of crash diets that were junk. I have a step-brother in a very similar situation and he decided to seek professional (weight loss management clinic) help. He is 22 weeks into the program and has lost 95 pounds and looks and feels the best that I have ever seen him look and feel. I jumped on board this same program about 6 weeks ago at 311.3 lbs. The program is small "meals" five times a day and 60-80 oz of water along with a workout plan/activity. Its geared as a life change and not a diet. It's sinking in well, with me getting to the gym on an eliptical 3-4/wk 30 mins each and soon I plan on adding a trainer. I weigh in on Wed. Nights (privately, with a nurse who also checks bp and I have blood work done every other week with a meeting with a doctor) so I'll be checking every Wed. Night/ Thursday with loss. (Sorry for hijacking, I thought a backstory was appropriate).

Starting weight - 311.3 lbs
Weighed in - 283.4 lbs
Total loss - 27.9 lbs

My goal is to be in a 38" waist pant (ideally 200 - 220) and possibly XL shirts, its more about finding what I'm happy with and not a number.