Diet Time

[Old Syko]

Never give up OS!

Don't misunderstand. This old dude doesn't know how to give up. Actually there are a lot of things I don't know how to do. But I'm still learning. After all, I don't want to be one of those where people show up for the funeral and remark about how "good" he looks lying in the casket. The only remarks I want made are in reference to what a ride it must have been to destroy a body that bad.

[BrokenolMarine]

[/quote]The only remarks I want made are in reference to what a ride it must have been to destroy a body that bad.
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I know the feeling. When I filled out formal job applications for secure gov't jobs, they always had a section for listing "scars, marks, and tattoos.". My app always said, see attachment c; and I didn't have any tattoos.


I always took an updated attachment with me so I had a current list to attatch. Can't say it's been boring.

[Old Syko]

Can't say it's been boring.

Can't see how a boring life can be worth living. Been there and done that, no matter what it is. Brother, you sound like you understand.

[BrokenolMarine]

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_gRpyAGCsiw



Broke into the fifties..

259.3 this afternoon.

[markiver54]

Able to do the Snoopy dance now! Yea! Congrats Jim!! Making progress.

[BrokenolMarine]

Weighed in this morning at 250.1
About to break into the forties.
This thing IS working, slow and steady, with a lot of two steps forward one step back, but I am just wavering up a pound or so, and then heading back down.

Miss T has been very supportive most of the time, but now and then...?

She made two small loaves of banana bread early last week to use up some bananas, and presented me with a slice warm out of the oven lightly dusted with confectioners sugar. Mug of hot tea in hand, it was awesome. Breakfast the next morning, coffee and banana bread.

Late that afternoon she asked if I wanted another slice, and I declined. At first, it got really quiet in the house, the dogs even held their breath and the temp dropped ten degrees...
But... She understood and nothing else was said. Awesome... But 200 calories a slice.

The hardest part is the desert cart at restaurants.

[BrokenolMarine]

We don't eat out much any more, easier to control what we eat and how it's prepared that way. So... Not too hard to battle the desert cart challenges.

[Mags]

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Conrats! Stay with it you're doing good!

Weighed in this morning at 250.1
About to break into the forties...

[BrokenolMarine]

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Conrats! Stay with it you're doing good!

Weighed in this morning at 250.1
About to break into the forties...

I have great motivation...

It's not about looking good, it is about the numbers on a bloodtest.
That will raise your heart rate.

[fortyshooter]

I'm on 4 days of Z Pac antibiotics and they don't recommend drinking alcohol so had to give up late afternoon 1 or 2 light beers and a few chips.
Lost 3 lbs. in three days but I only weigh 158 lbs. normally. Of course doing things outside in the heat and humidity this week adds to any loss too!

Congrats on your weight loss program BM !

[markiver54]

Frustrating for me as I currently have little control regarding weight gain due to immobility.
Had remained at 195 for a long time, but now up to 205. Am awaiting back surgery and was diagnosed this week with a DVT.
Double whammy!

[Dahliathemeh]

I too am well loved, and I know portions are my issue. Since March I have cut my portions, and dropped steadily. I went from 220 to 207 in 3 months. I have maintained, now I have to tighten the portions up again. I have slowly let them grow! I want to lose more weight in a slow and steady fashion. My goal is to be in the 190s by fall.

[BrokenolMarine]

When I shattered my femur, the hospital folks were always trying to feed me fattening foods, and me flat on my back or stuck in the wheel chair. The dietician ratted me out to the doc and I told him I would eat, but the cakes, ice cream, and fat had to go. They sent the head dietician to work with me and I lost weight in the hospital.

[BrokenolMarine]

For me it was a losing battle because I had always been active. Running, workouts, mountain biking, softball, competitive shooting, kayaking, flyfishing... Of course when I left the Corps after two major knee surgeries, I slowly climbed from 190 to about 220... But I still could easily do my job.

Then that final bout of major surgeries... Put a halt to most everything. But I didn't change my eating habits. The weight kept creeping after that. Miss T was cooking healthy, but large plates and big guy portions weren't helpful. 250, and then 260 came, and got went. The doc frowned, but other than suggesting a diet... What do you tell the fat guy i n the wheelchair?

At 278, when the bloodtest can scare the fat boy, you say... "Lose weight fat boy, or you won't get much older." Then, you can do the Dr. Evil laugh. .. Bwah hah hah.

That will tighten a sphincter.

Then the doc relented, and told me it wasn't that bad yet...
... But if I didn't change my ways...

So...
248.5 this morning. I have lost thirty pounds in two months by changing my lifestyle..

[markiver54]

For me it was a losing battle because I had always been active. Running, workouts, mountain biking, softball, competitive shooting, kayaking, flyfishing... Of course when I left the Corps after two major knee surgeries, I slowly climbed from 190 to about 220... But I still could easily do my job.

Then that final bout of major surgeries... Put a halt to most everything. But I didn't change my eating habits. The weight kept creeping after that. Miss T was cooking healthy, but large plates and big guy portions weren't helpful. 250, and then 260 came, and got went. The doc frowned, but other than suggesting a diet... What do you tell the fat guy i n the wheelchair?

At 278, when the bloodtest can scare the fat boy, you say... "Lose weight fat boy, or you won't get much older." Then, you can do the Dr. Evil laugh. .. Bwah hah hah.

That will tighten a sphincter.

Then the doc relented, and told me it wasn't that bad yet...
... But if I didn't change my ways...

So...
248.5 this morning. I have lost thirty pounds in two months by changing my lifestyle..

Congrats on your achievement Jim. Starting to think you and Miss T are your own best doctors. You aint no fat guy in a chair!
You are a Marine and survivor!!!
248.5 is great since the start of your diet. I, personally have recently and unfortunately, gone the opposite direction. 195 to 205.
Am pretty immobile for the last month or so awaiting back surgery. Trying to cope with my failing body. I know you will keep fighting, as will I.

[BrokenolMarine]

Hang in there brother...
It was six months for me... I had to learn to walk again when I shattered that femur. The docs had to rebuild the bone and turn the foot back around.

[Mags]

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There's the bottom line so far! Doing good, keep at it!

... 248.5 this morning. I have lost thirty pounds in two months by changing my lifestyle...

[Dahliathemeh]

You got this!

[BrokenolMarine]

245.2 this morning; Still moving in the right direction.
I fluctuate up and down a pound or a half pound back and forth,
But keep moving slowly down.
Still staying around 1,000 calories per day.
Miss T suggested a treat last night, we drove into town for ice cream.

First in several months... Brewsters.
One Scoop... Chocolate. One short shot of whipped cream, no nuts, sprinkles... Etc.
300 calories. I had to look that up.

I asked the girl behind the counter if she had a calorie matrix before I ordered... She grinned.

"Never seen one." Shook her head. " It would probably terrify most people. ".

Turtle Sundae... 1,100 calories.

[BrokenolMarine]

Yesterday was ninety days on the formal change of diet. Miss T and I actually started about ten days before all the materials arrived by mail from the RN that manages the program. I was 278 when I started, and got down as low as 242, a couple days ago. I was at 243 this morning. I have gotten used to the new life style, and dont find it that hard to stay in the 1,000 to 1,500 calorie range.

Every now and then I can treat myself, but carefully. Miss T made oatmeal cookies last week, but three had the same value as my bowl of oatmeal I would have for breakfast, or two the same as one of the kellogs breakfast bars. The trick is not to have three at breakfast, three after lunch, and half dozen in the evening while watching tv. (Nope, just a couple with coffee for breakfast.)

The ninety day program is over, I PLAN to stay in the new groove, and on the downward slope, weight wise... If possible, to 200.