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Would having cancer, and Type II diabetes count as cheating?
Holy cow. Well at least you still have your sense of humor. Hope you are doing well considering.
Would having cancer, and Type II diabetes count as cheating?
Holy cow. Well at least you still have your sense of humor. Hope you are doing well considering.
Well, fellows, I'm a little late to the party; but 4 days ago, I decided to cut out extraneous sugar, refined flour, white potatoes, white rice...all the fun stuff. I'll still eat plenty of 'bad' stuff; but just not the most egregious examples. I've been doing somewhat better with meals, having a protein and veggies or salad, cutting down starch and bread in general. The problem for me is my affinity for sugar. Only thing I like better than sugar is cooked sugar...or sugar mixed with something like iced tea or vanilla cream, etc. Pork ribs might be my second favorite food group!
Wouldn't surprise me if I'm already down a pound or two this week...DW says I can chew sugarless gum and end up losing weight just by thinking about it! The first 10-12 drop pretty quickly; but from my high of 250, I've not been below 235 in quite a while. Even though I'm shrinking down from 5'11", I'd be happy to see deuce and a quarter again...cardio doc says 200(but he's a whippet).
Best of luck to those on this adventure!
Holy cow. Well at least you still have your sense of humor. Hope you are doing well considering.
Late to the party but here's my story.
I'm a lifelong fattie who developed Type 2 diabetes a number of years ago. I gave up on ever losing weight many years ago.
Things changed a couple of years ago. My doctor did something (I don't even remember what) that seriously pissed me off so I stopped seeing him and went to an endocrinologist who came highly recommended by another doctor I've known and trusted for many years. The woman was a godsend. She pointed out that one of the meds I was taking was notorious for making people gain weight so she changed my meds. In addition to taking me off the stuff that had me seriously gaining weight she also put me on a fairly new Type 2 diabetes drug that has, for some people, a side effect of reducing hunger. I'm one of the people who benefits from that side effect. Those changes allowed my weight to stabilize for quite a while.
I was happy with that. I wasn't working (much) toward weight loss because losing weight had always meant heavy weightlifting if I was going to see any results quickly. I always managed to injure myself and never made working out a steady habit. But once my weight was stable for a while, I began to get restless and wondered if I could do better.
A few months ago I started doing very gentle, short, non-challenging workouts but doing them religiously, every single day. Basically, it's just walking and a little light weightlifting. Add in a little carb-cutting and eating a few vegetables and the results have been good.
I've lost 47 pounds in about the last 5 months. I'm actually confident I can keep this up. As I get closer to my long-term goal weight, I know I'll have to work much harder to lose each pound but, for now, I think I'll just keep on with what's working.
I am down about 26 lbs, not sure where I will stabilize but thinking I am close now, maybe another 6-8 lbs bringing me in at 187, on my 6'2" frame, age near 70...I know real change comes with eating better and moving more. So now that, thats out of the way...
Anyone want to lay it on the line and do a weight loss challenge for a month or something?
Its good to be part of a group for encouragement and accountability.
We can end it on Thanksgiving.