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Patch

Start Weight:	(01 Aug 08) 221.0 lb
Current Weight:	(07 Oct 08) 214.4 lb
Goal Weight:	210.0 lb

following: Patch's own diet
performance: losing 1.8 lb a week

Sixty-one year retired Corrections Administrator. Have had heart disease and diabetes for 20 years. Gained a lot of weight in the last 5 years along with becoming a couch potato. Got to where I didn't want to walk to the edge on my property. That changed this year with a new Diabetic Dr. I weighed 316 lbs last August and on 7-30-08 I weighed 223.6 lbs. I also now walk 5 to 8 miles 7 days a week. I now need to start a life-style change that will maintain my weight when I reach a BMI of under 25 or 190lbs, which ever comes first. I have been on a low carb regime for the last year did not eat enough protein or salads.

FatSecret member since: 30 Jul 08

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6 Week End of Summer Challenge

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ended:	16 Sep 08
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10-15lb Weight Loss Challenge

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ended:	30 Aug 08
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Help Please
Don't get down on yourself, that will only promote more eating and thus weight gain. I truly believe that if you watch your carb intake and keep it around a 150, eat 3 meals a day and 3 snacks. The snack should be no more than 15 carbs and the meals no more than 40 carbs. Now if you add those up you will come up with more carbs than 150, so try to make some adjustments. You also need to control your proportion size. I found that if I got my plate and filled it up and then only ate half that it worked out fine. With all that said, I want you to know that I am not a doctor or a certified diet specialist. I am a poor type II diabetic that was eating myself into an early grave and I did what I thought was necessary to change things. This morning I was 3 lbs away from losing 100 lbs in the last year. Only 29 to go. I hope you find what will help you. There are many diets here that appear to work, but I truly believe until you accept that you want to make a life style change by dieting and getting exercise, nothing will help. Good luck and wishing you well.

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04 September 2008

Not much happing going on since I spent much of the day in the Dr's office trying to get the pain down from a kidney stone. The day is beautiful and I ...

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02 September 2008

Started fresh this month. I kinda hung around the lower 220's and higher 218's. Gonna kick it on down this month.

on diet Patch's own diet losing 3.5 lb a week

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Patch's Recent Food & Exercise

	1 serving saltines
	1/2 cup deluxe mixed nuts
	1/2 sandwich vegtable wrap
	Desk Work
	Walking (slow) - 2/mph
	Standing

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