the big log
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BarnBuster
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Holding at 180, this is down from 240 or so a couple of years back. <60 grams of carbs per day and most of that fiber (yuck) but it worked for me. Dropped my A1C from 5.8 (May '23) to 5.4 (Mar '25) diet changes only, no meds. 75 years young.
Jimski
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4-12. 284
From a very active person working on cars in 1995 to back problems replaced knees and the a spinal fusion. In 2020 I was at 387 lbs by gaining 10 lbs a year for 15 years.
Biggest problem I had was hormones. My metabolic rate was so low I needed about 1400 calories to run the whole day but by then I was drinking my dinner so I could sleep for 5-6 hours before the next shift. Finally went to my doctor and got set up on a diet program and hrt.
I lost 125 lbs in 14 months and went down to 264. Then COVID hit. Basically 26 weeks off with full pay and this was not a good situation. I had stopped drinking and had moved from opioids to cannabis for pain management. The pain had been in my back and was manageable but then I had some leg issues and found out it was still in the back. Pressure on the sciatica nerve was a level of pain that I was not prepared for. Molten lightning up and down the right leg. When wind hit my leg it could feel like wind or water or a blowtorch. My toes started pointing in different direction as the nerves were like a command for muscles to do something but no control from central processing it was just pressure on a nerve. The first 2 procedures did nothing for this but the spinal fusion finally stopped the pain. This saved my life as I was very close to a fatal decision.
If you had a dog that would howl for hours with a panicked pain filled never ending until it decided to stop due to exhaustion what would you do? I had tried what they told me and the fusion was the last attempt.
The burning stopped but has left me with a leg subject to blood clots and muscle spasms. When I walk the right leg acts like a full on sprint was asked for by central command. The leg is 20% larger than the left leg because basically it is doing isometric exercises on its own. Just walking gets me to lactic acid burn in 5 minutes. By the way 500th step I have to lock the knee and pivot at the hip to move forward with the left leg.
And this leads me to now. I am back up but " only " to 285 range and pretty stable for the last 4 years through the surgeries and pt. My doctor told me he has a few 60 year olds at 300 lbs but only 1 above 65. This is finally a life worth living and I mean to stay here with my wife as long as I can.
My diet last time for the big weight loss was walking and diet shakes 2 times a day and a reasonable dinner. No snacks and no eating after 7 pm. Sundays are a free day. This cost me both knees as I walked them down to bone and both have been replaced.
I will post here weekly with numbers and daily with activity and a food log. My goal is 90 lbs to go under 200.
Let's get this done
From a very active person working on cars in 1995 to back problems replaced knees and the a spinal fusion. In 2020 I was at 387 lbs by gaining 10 lbs a year for 15 years.
Biggest problem I had was hormones. My metabolic rate was so low I needed about 1400 calories to run the whole day but by then I was drinking my dinner so I could sleep for 5-6 hours before the next shift. Finally went to my doctor and got set up on a diet program and hrt.
I lost 125 lbs in 14 months and went down to 264. Then COVID hit. Basically 26 weeks off with full pay and this was not a good situation. I had stopped drinking and had moved from opioids to cannabis for pain management. The pain had been in my back and was manageable but then I had some leg issues and found out it was still in the back. Pressure on the sciatica nerve was a level of pain that I was not prepared for. Molten lightning up and down the right leg. When wind hit my leg it could feel like wind or water or a blowtorch. My toes started pointing in different direction as the nerves were like a command for muscles to do something but no control from central processing it was just pressure on a nerve. The first 2 procedures did nothing for this but the spinal fusion finally stopped the pain. This saved my life as I was very close to a fatal decision.
If you had a dog that would howl for hours with a panicked pain filled never ending until it decided to stop due to exhaustion what would you do? I had tried what they told me and the fusion was the last attempt.
The burning stopped but has left me with a leg subject to blood clots and muscle spasms. When I walk the right leg acts like a full on sprint was asked for by central command. The leg is 20% larger than the left leg because basically it is doing isometric exercises on its own. Just walking gets me to lactic acid burn in 5 minutes. By the way 500th step I have to lock the knee and pivot at the hip to move forward with the left leg.
And this leads me to now. I am back up but " only " to 285 range and pretty stable for the last 4 years through the surgeries and pt. My doctor told me he has a few 60 year olds at 300 lbs but only 1 above 65. This is finally a life worth living and I mean to stay here with my wife as long as I can.
My diet last time for the big weight loss was walking and diet shakes 2 times a day and a reasonable dinner. No snacks and no eating after 7 pm. Sundays are a free day. This cost me both knees as I walked them down to bone and both have been replaced.
I will post here weekly with numbers and daily with activity and a food log. My goal is 90 lbs to go under 200.
Let's get this done
