Systematic Chaos (7,247 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
I'm way overdue for a visit to this forum. Hello everyone!
I just want to say hello to all of you who visit this area of the DU, and update my progress. It's been a while!
Well, I'm now down just a bit over 200 pounds -- from 519 to 316 -- and my 21-year milestone of finally breaking below 300 is in sight! I am continuing to follow the McDougall plan (www.drmcdougall.com) with its starches, veggies and fruit. I am still having a hard time getting around much due to problems from my feet to my hips, so most of the weight loss continues to be thanks primarily to the plant-based eating lifestyle, but I continue to try and be on my feet and walking around the apartment for at least a while each and every day (and continue to hope that eventually, putting on a pair of shoes won't be excruciatingly painful; I bet I miss the outside world a helluva lot more than it misses me ).
I have also taken the (for me, anyway) huge step of setting up a YouTube channel where I plan to talk about my challenges and triumphs, and encourage others who suffer from obesity and/or chronic illness to do the same. You can find it in my newly updated signature, below.
So, how is everybody?
Response to auntAgonist (Reply #4)
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 04:15 PM
Systematic Chaos (7,247 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
6. It has been slow as molasses at times, but I refuse to quit.
I'm going to have the option for some good non-impact cardio exercise again after I get paid this coming Wednesday, so the process should pick up speed here shortly.
Losing weight with diet alone, when your muscles have atrophied due to pain and lack of activity, is not easy. Toning my legs back up will work wonders for fat burning!
Does that mean he has a job or he's just snatching Jeanette's paycheck?
and my 21-year milestone of finally breaking below 300 is in sight!
For the curious: http://www.youtube.com/user/PlantBasedWeightLoss/videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/PlantBasedWeightLoss/videos)
I don't think I want to go there, for fear he might show that ulcer, or whatever it was, on his groin.
Even though he was rude to me I'll be nice and congratulate him on his weight loss.
I still think he'd make an excellent bell-boy in a hotel in Las Vegas; you know, one of those guys with a red round cap and a red jacket, who make a mint in tips. It'd help reduce his weight more, and toughen up his feet.
I still think he'd make an excellent bell-boy in a hotel in Las Vegas; you know, one of those guys with a red round cap and a red jacket, who make a mint in tips. It'd help reduce his weight more, and toughen up his feet.
He could go back to school and maybe get a degree in nutrition, open his own business, and help other people.
A 21 year diet plan? I haven't seen that one advertised on TV.
Bally, Bally, Bally.
Girl, what are you thinking? Jeanette's not made of money.
LOL, I just assumed he would get a loan, go to a community college or a vocational technical school.No can do. No 15EEEEEEEEE "shoes", and pizza boxes just aren't durable enough.
He could go back to school and maybe get a degree in nutrition, open his own business, and help other people.
A 21 year diet plan? I haven't seen that one advertised on TV.