Sat, Jul-26-03, 14:33
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Renaissance Man
Posts: 640
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Plan: Dr. Atkins
Stats: 298/197.5/185
BF:26.08
Progress: 89%
Location: Windsor, Ct.
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Patience?????? Nah, focus
This is the first time since 1978 that I have seriously tried to lose weight...and that was the second time in my life that I seriously tried. I first tried in the fall of 1959 when I lost 63 lbs in 61 days through really heavy exercise and diet in order to gain a starting position of the varsity hockey team in college.
I then lost 71 lbs. on Weight Watchers in 1978, bought all new clothes and then proceeded to gain it all, plus more, back over the next five years.
In the last 10 years, I have not even tried, ate and drank whatever I wanted, and blossomed to 302. I consumed a half gallon of Friendly ice cream in 2 1/2 helpings...(the 1/2 was because I'd open another half gallon to fill the bowl a third time).
This time, I decided I simply had to do it right. I tried Dr. Atkins and said WOW, a diet where I can eat most of the things I love. I'll eat a whole lb of bacon in the course of a day, just nibbling a few slices each time the mood hits. Nevertheless, I continue to lose weight, slowly but surely.
Tomorrow morning is my weekly weigh in but I just jumped on the scales for the heck of it and if the weight holds for 16 hours, I will have shed another 7 lbs.
So, weighing out the portions is not such a big sacrifice to make in order to fill in an accurate Fitday report each day and really see what I am doing in terms of carbs and calories and protein.
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