I changed the way I eat on 5/4/1999 and now follow a low carb plan. It all started after a visit to the doctor for a prescription for allergies. She commented that I needed to lose 50 pounds and should exercise. Then she told me that my cholesterol test from last year was good, at which point I said, yes, but I was once tested high for triglycerides... Boy did her eyes ever get big. She ordered a test for me and sure enough, mine were at 300. While I ended up on a presciption to lower triglycerides, she also put me on a low carb diet... Protein Power.
I started at about 235 pounds and made it to 185 in 7 months. Went off the triglyceride meds at 5 months and had a reading of 145 at 8 months. Used to have acid reflux problems, and lowcarbing took care of that too. I have kept the fat off for 5 years now; something that only 5% of dieters have done!
I took up bike riding initially, and have since joined a gym and do various cardio machines and weight training. I have since gained weight in a good way with the weight training to improve my metabolism..
This pic is from 5/1998. About 235 pounds here.
I reached goal fat loss on 12/28/1999. The first 2 photos are a month or 2 after my goal fat loss and before any weight training at about 185 pounds...
I started lifting weights after my original fat loss, so there is an upward trend:
Pix from 8/2000, 4/2001, and 2/2002 at 190, 202, and 191 pounds.
These are from 6/2002 on a family trip. Roughly 202 pounds at this point. I am pictured with my lowcarb friends turkeylady, karen, and my wife on the occasion of our 12th anniversary:
About 210 pounds in the first 4 pix. First pic is in my back yard, 6/2003. Next 2 are with jsbmom and the fourth is akgirl from 7/2003. Both are lowcarbers I got to meet while they were on trips in Minneapolis. I must confess I was on tiptoes with the akgirl picture.. she is tall.. Last pix are when my wife and I went to a wedding in Chicago and on the return trip, I got to meet Shelly. 9/28/2003. Back down to about 205 in the last 2.
We returned to Chicago for a family trip in June of 2004. I got to meet Shera for dinner. The first 2 pix are outside the John Hancock tower. I met Brook, a local lowcarber for lunch in Aug 2004 and we took pix to share. I am modeling a fashionable "toque" in the last pic from November. About 210 pounds all of them.
The 2 pics below are from the July 2005. The first was taken in Tettegouche State Park on the Lake Superior North Shore while hiking. The trip was to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. The second pic is from Valleyfair with some of the altar servers from church that I chaperoned, including my son and my nephew. Up near 215 pounds in these pics.. Third pic is from 9/2005. Down to 205 in the last pic from 3/2006.
A new one from Apr 2007. About 212 here.
Some of my lowcarb friends have web pages.. Check them out:
ConnieMS. Turkeylady.
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Lynne.
Savie.
Melody.
Brook.