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I had been following a Weight Watchers program since December of 2007. The program was successful in getting me to think differently about food and diet and I successfully lost weight (from 187 to 165 over a six month period of time. In the last year, however (2010-2011) I have slowly gained weight while following their prescribed methods and guidelines for food intake. Their approach was helpful in getting me started, but not sufficient to provide truly healthy eating habits.
At the end of January, 2011, my wife and I became the patients of Dr. Miles Hassell. His book, GOOD FOOD, GREAT MEDICINE, has formed the basis of a new approach to our eating habits. After testing my blood with a lipid screening, he specifically asked me to limit my carbohydrate intake to 200 grams per day. I began this change in my diet at the end of February. At the same time, he prescribed 12.5 mg of Chorthalidone taken daily to help keep my blood pressure down while taking me off Atenolol.
The Weight Watcher program/software has no way of displaying the carbohydrate intake of members. The data is there in their database, but no means of displaying it to the participant exist. I wrote to them via email about this and received a generic form letter response. I subsequently began looking for an app. on my Android phone that would allow me to know the carb. intake of foods I was eating and found FatSecret. I was delighted to find that they had a website that was far superior to Weight Watchers and immediately signed up. Good bye WW, hello FatSecret.
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173.0 lb
Lost so far: 1.5 lb.
Still to go: 3.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 02 April 2011:
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1533 kcal
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Fat: 64.28g | Prot: 86.78g | Carb: 132.68g.
Breakfast: tea, water, Bananas, Trader Joe's artisan salami, sweet pepper, scrambled egg. Lunch: orange, sweet pepper, salmon, water, carrots. Dinner: fish oil carlson, Trader Giotto's Roasted Vegetable Multi-Grain Lasagne, red wine, water, edamame, asparagus. more...
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2498 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 40 minutes, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 15 minutes, Skiing (cross country) - 27 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 38 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 1.5 lb a week
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