On Feb 15, 8:11 pm, "RCE" wrote:
"Caleb" wrote in message

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2-15-07
Day 46 and still 23 pounds gone
265/242/200

I got on my scales today and though the indicator was close to 241, it
did not sink below the line, so I am still at 242. Oh, well! In the
fullness of time good things will happen! Actually, they are
happening, down at the cellular level, not to mention the belt and
pants level.

I went in to see my physician today and she said I was doing great! My
1000 calorie diet is fine with her until the weight is gone. (She also
noted that at 1000 calories, it's tough to indulge in a lot of the
foods that were bad for me.) Also, my blood pressure was considerably
lower today than it has been and I'll have it checked again when I
reach 220 or so as the medication I take may then be unnecessary.

Good going.

One of the factors that convinced me last October that it was time to do
something was my doctor's recommendation (request really) to start taking
medication to control blood pressure as, at 260 lbs, it was something like
154 over 90. For all my life I've never been a pill taker (other than an
occasional aspirin) and I really didn't want to start. I told him that if
I lost some weight, I was sure the BP would come down. He agreed but
convinced me to start taking the pills anyway, saying that if the BP dropped
enough I could always stop taking them.

So, in addition to buying new types of foods, I also invested in a digital,
automatic home BP instrument (Omron) and started to monitor the blood
pressure daily.

By mid December I threw the pills away with the doc's blessings.
Right now, coming up on 4 months and at 205 lbs, the BP is typically 116
over 63 or less and the pulse rate has dropped from around 80 BPM to 63 BPM
or less.

I like being pill-free.

RCE

260/205/195

RCE -- You Are GREAT!!!!!

TerrIFIC!!!

How did you lose your weight?

I'm going to post the question in ASD and you may want to answer
there!

Great job!

Yours truly,

Caleb