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Old August 30th, 2004, 10:25 AM
ray miller
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On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:31:27 GMT, occupant
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weight loss - not spam

I am in a little bit of shock. I just weighted myself and I have lost
20 pounds of a 40 pound objective. I have never lost weight in my life
before. I have steadily gained weight since I was 38 years old. I am
now 55. I was 6' 200 pounds and am now 180 pounds.

The last couple of years I have been a significant internet couch potato
who would eat probably 4 100g chocolate bars in a week and probably
drink 4 12 oz cans of pop in a week in addition to regular meals.

Here is how I lost 20 pounds in a 2 week period.

Friday nights I eat whatever I want. I don't sweat the diet but I make
every effort to keep as close to the low fat diet as much as possible.

The only comment I would add is that it is absolutely necessary that I
have my chicken in the morning. It prevents me me from getting hungry
during the rest of the day.

I expect it will take a long time and lots of effort to lose the next 20
pounds - but what a surprise.


Congratulations on changing your lifestyle. You seem to have got off
to a great start.

There are some provisos.
Running/jogging is great exercise but it can be hard on the joints,
especially if you go from couch potato to jogging every day. You are
OK so long as you get no pain from it.
What is the advantage of low fat? You should make an effort to add
some non-saturated fat to your diet. Do you like nuts/fish? If so add
some of them. Losing 20 pounds in 2 weeks at your weight is a bit
fast. I would suggest that you add a peanut butter for a snack every
day to get some more fat, and add a tin of tuna to the salad or a bit
more chicken to get more protein.
It would be interesting to know whether this is water weight or fat.
Do you have body measurements before and after? Or pictures? 20 pounds
should be measurable/visible if it's fat.

You do have some _really_ good ideas. The protein in the morning is a
great way to stave off hunger as you say. And having one day of higher
calories is a great way of keeping the metabolism high.

This all sounds a bit negative, but it isn't really. What you are
doing is right, but 20 pounds in 2 weeks is a bit too much.

Ray

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