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25 October 2021

Weigh-in: 235.0 lb lost so far: 83.0 lb still to go: 15.0 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   add comment losing 1.0 lb a week

07 September 2021

Been trying to slow weight loss, healthily. want this weightloss to stick so need to give my body a chance to catch up. Total weightloss has been somewhat successful except in the snacking department - I tend to have a dessert every now and then but this has helped me slow my current weight loss trend. Things internally seem to be doing a lot better and i have had no big fluctuations in my weight regardless of what or how i eat, so safe to move on to my next phase; goal weight of 220. This has been a long dream of mine and never thought it would be with in my reach but here it is. Soon I will enter into the 230's, and I should reach 220 in no time.

When they say nothing tastes as good as losing weigh feels, they are right (well the weight loss part sucks sometimes especially at the beginning but that all passes) And i really felt that this weekend, when I purchased some new clothes for myself. I purchases clothes that fit me well, no baggy clothes or lose fitting pants cause the waist was so large that they assumed i had the legs to match. It felt good to wear clothes that fit my body and looked nice on me, it was a good feeling. I even gave away my fat clothes and have vowed not to get that big again. Kinda like a rebate you been looking forward that finally arrives.


Anyhow just wanted to record my weight and a few thoughts. Hope everyone finds success in what they are doing and remember no matter how far your goal is, you will never reach it if you don't move forward.
Weigh-in: 242.0 lb lost so far: 76.0 lb still to go: 22.0 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   (1 comment) losing 0.8 lb a week

03 August 2021

Weigh-in: 246.0 lb lost so far: 72.0 lb still to go: 26.0 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   add comment losing 1.6 lb a week

08 July 2021

hello, its been a while since i logged on here and updated my profile. (Long Long update)

I took a break from recording and obsessing over carbs, calories, sugars etc. I re-read past entries to learn and listen to my own advice and learnings.

I guess i will just state the good news - I am down into the low 250lbs. This morning i was actual 248.7 but that is after 12 hr of fasting and before meals.

I have spend the last year or so, continuing on with low carb eating, and taking care of my sugar levels. The last time i recorded entries, here i was discussing IF and extended fasting. I continued on with this way of life for the majority of the time i was off line. Sometime during this time i broke my addiction to food, i stop obsessing with what i will cook and eat during the week. I stopped recording my efforts and measuring everyday. I began living my new life and didnt look forward to "when i am skinny..." or "when i lose this much i can...". One day I just noticed that i wasnt watching cooking shows, wasnt looking at flyers for sales and deals about food and quit making plans about what i am going to eat to celebrate. I lost interest in a lot of items i use to only live for like potato chips and gummy candies, things that diabetics should eat lol.

I also stopped look at food as good or bad as healthy and unhealthy, this mentality affected me poorly whenever i "cheated" and started a shame spiral. Food is neither good or bad its just a tool. Use the right tools to build the right thing. There are foods that are more helpful in the health lifestyle than others, jsut choose the life you want. I know this sounds easy but it is hard.

What i learned, your body will fight you every step of the way - it doesnt like changes. The harder and faster you try to lose the harder it tries to get back to its normal weight. If it comes off easy it will go back on even easier. Slow weight loss also allows your body to catch up to its now normal easier. It is true low and slow is a good way. One tip your hormones will be stronger than your will power and you will cheat, your body "needs" items and sometimes this need triggers craving for bad foods.

The main point i learned is the need for your body to heal. And this is dependent on how long you have been over weight. I have been abusing this body for ages, and have done a lot of damage. This is complicated even further with diabetes (which was cause by my abuse to my body). In the past the effort was great but the weight loss was next to nil or sometimes negative (weight gain). This lead me to be disheartened and quit my efforts. Little did I know as these stalls were occurring that my organs were healing, the damage my diabetes had caused was stopping and the body could begin to heal. So once i stopped looking at the scale as a goal, i focused on my health and my healing. I started to feel better and i noticed the weigh coming off. I thin this is where my addiction to food broke, when my body started to heal itself.

I was 280s last Nov, in the 270s by feb and 260s in may and i tried to maintain this weight for a while. I am still losing weight and in the 250s for july. Once your body is healing nicely the weight will fall off without any effort it seems, i mean my old effort to lose weight was like a 8-9 intensely for short burst, when low and slow worked better and allowed me to acclimatize myself to each new weight region. Now my effort is 6-7 and i am losing more weight now that i ever did in those sprints.

I am tring to main this weight for the next few months, what they dont tell you is your body does not like losing weight, i sometimes feel so horrible its like i need to be fat again lol. But as your lose weight your body stops needing certain things like miles and miles of nerve and blood vessels, also loads of skin and other excess tissue. My IF and Extended fasting helped with this by autophagy, the body started to break down this extra "stuff" and re using it. This is where fasting came in easier, many times my body wasnt hungry and i didnt crave food. There were other days that i craved items but always leaned toward healthy alternatives and also stuck with my eating window, (16/8 fasting majority). However like all renos there are by products left over or uncovered (fat stores alot of fat soluble stuff and most of it aint good, also your digestive organs need to shrink, so that is fun, but now i see these waves of uncomfortableness, chills and other associated events as signs of healing.

Oh and also before i forget, i have been doing all of this will the help of my doctor. He has supported me in my efforts to lose weight and less the impact of my diabetes. I go in for frequent check up and blood work just to make sure nothing is going wrong.

so tips for myself when i get run over by the wagon again.
1. eat healthily
2. dont eat often , given your body a chance to digest and begin to use the fuel you gave it.
3. practice extended fasting, this allow your body to use up the old parts it doesnt need and allows it to determine what it needs (protein, fat, and yes some carbs).
4. When refueling choose health options, if not dont make a habit and dont beat your self up.
5. throw away the calendar - Scales and measuring tape are great tool to help you track but these should be done at stages where your body feel different, you should not try to abide by a timetable you set up, your body doesnt know what day it is and you dont know how much work your body needs to heal. so throw away the calendar.

6. move - Start to move, i started small but going up and down stairs on purpose, ie smaller cup so i had to walk up the stairs more (doesnt have to be stairs, just getting up off the couch and do something). Now dont over do it. Just move around maybe play VR or Wii type games. Exercise will come later, as your begin to heal and your body begins to get stronger you will want to do more things like walk and bike and stroll, great do these things and at some point you will want to exercise (one is too much energy and the other is your body's desire to build a new better you - or rediscover the old you...

Wow this is long - i may not even read this later lol any how i hope my next post is when i down in the 220 (my end goal) but who know where my body wants to go.

Good Luck Future Me - dont disappoint.
Weigh-in: 252.0 lb lost so far: 66.0 lb still to go: 32.0 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   (1 comment) losing 0.6 lb a week

03 January 2020

Weigh-in: 300.0 lb lost so far: 18.0 lb still to go: 80.0 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   add comment gaining 0.9 lb a week

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