Wow 37% of total weight loss 157.2 down 62.8 To Go

Time to hit the goal weight by the end of the year. Goal weight under 200 lbs. Started at over 420.0 now at 262.8 which means I have lost 157.2.  That is 37 percent of my starting body weight.  It is hard to believe as this has been a huge long term slog.  It has not been as fast as I wanted but it is happening.  

New time frame I am hitting 200 by End of 2017

Starting Weight 420 

Birth Day Cake

Working Out Like a Beast

The Weight Starts Coming Off

Full Shaming Picture

Not Posted in Years

Posting for the first time in years.

Weighed in at 278.8

That is down 141.2 Pounds 84.8 to go.

Here is my daily vlog Episode 1 Season 1.

90.2 Pounds down 130 Pounds to Go

Hey two blog posts in one month.  That is neat.

I now weight in at 329.8.  Feels good to be under 330 for the first time since 1995.



So since I am blogging here I must have lost weight.  Yes the diet is going well and I am way below my target trend weight at this time.  Which means I am on track to hit my goal weight by 12/31/2013.

The hCG diet is still working and little to no hunger.  I miss eating the amount of food I used to but I am loving not having blood sugar issues.

So on the chart we can see I have lost 20 pounds in the first 20 days of this year.  This makes me very happy.  My goal for the first quarter was to lose 50 pounds.  so I have roughly 70 days to lose 30 more pounds.  This is going to be tough as I am only on the hCG diet for 20 more days, then I have three weeks off the diet to recover and rest my hormones before my next round.

My wife has also lost over 20 pounds in this period which is amazing since she is much lighter than me to start with.

New Year 2013 - Goal of 153 Pounds in One Year - hCG Diet

Scales do not lie
1-1-13 to 1-11-13

85 down 139 to go.


Ok It has been along time since I posted. Sorry about that. I have been bouncing between 350 and 375 for the past two years. On December 26th my wife and I started a medically supervised hCG diet under the care of Mila Q. McManus, M.D. The Woodlands Wellness MD 

The scale readings to the left show my progress over the last 11 days.  So now 334.6 started at 349.   So 15 pounds in 11 days is better than I expected.


THE DIET 

The hCG diet involves daily injections of hCG hormone along with a restricted 500 calorie a day diet.  To minimize the stress of only eating 500 calories a day our doctor has suggested supplements and weekly injections of B-12 and amino acids to help us feel our best. 

It has been great so far. Only eating 500 calories a day is not very hard while taking the daily injections for hCG. I have felt only minimal hunger but have completely eliminated my high blood sugar, water retention and nighttime frequent visits to the bathroom. It has been great.
The only small downside is an increase in Gout pain which I manage with a daily dose of Colchicine.

A new year update page would not be complete without a before picture to mark the starting point of this leg of the journey. 

Jan 1,2013     349 pounds

When you are only eating 500 calories the taste of the food is so important.  We have opted to use the Dinner Dude  hCG diet menu so we would not have to prepare our own food to avoid any over indulgences.  They have a weekly menu and I highly recommend their food.  My favorite is the Texas Chili 197 calories with the Beef Kbob a close second 207 calories.  The diet has almost no carbs or fat and all the meals are green veggies and very lean protein sources.


GOAL AND TARGETS

With this great jump start I have set a goal of 153 pounds during this year.  With that I will be at my all time goal weight of 196 pounds.   To make the goal more manageable I am breaking it into four smaller goals corresponding to the four quarters of the year.


So for the period January to March 31 I want to lose 50 pounds and for each following period I need to lose 34 pounds.  I am nine pounds better than the goal trend line right now and hope to keep it up to hit the first target 79 days away.



Please check out some of the resources below for more information.

I Hate Gout

Weight 355.2

64.8 down 155.2 to go.


Every time I start to lose 10 pounds I get a gout attach which limits my movement and limits my diet to non protein foods.  I really am getting sick of this.

Back from Santiago Chile

Weight 353.2

66.8 down 153.2 to go.

I really am starting to hate travel.  Sleeping on airplanes and having limited menu choices are not good for loosing weight.  Am doing pretty well. I am down to 353.2 which is a new record.  Have been able to walk around 1.3 miles a day with the dogs and wife and it is going well.

Table of Weight.

Cooking in Brazil May 2010

As you can see in over two years I have only lost 24.6 pounds but in the last two weeks I have lost 7.6 pounds.

Date	Weight
8/8/2008	381.0
12/17/2008	374.0
3/12/2009	374.0
4/24/2009	370.0
12/13/2009	369.8
1/1/2010	366.0
3/28/2010	364.6
9/2/2010	364.0
9/18/2010	356.4

Strict Diet End of Week 2

Weight 356.4

63.6 down 156.4 to go.

Have something to say about Weight Watchers. IT is crap. I had the will power to stay on the starvation diet but my blood sugar soared on the diet. Forty four points of the food on the diet would send my blood sugar over 250.


Have been on a Primal no Sugar diet for 10 days now and have lost 7.6 pounds. Blood sugar has returned to 110-130 range which is very good for me. I have no hunger or problems sticking to the diet. Many thanks to Chris Girgis for recommending the diet.

Have been having problems with my knee again so no treadmill and only light duty around the house.

30th Birthday 2004

I have fallen off the wagon many times in this long Journey from 420 down to 200.  Here is a picture at my 30th Birthday which was about seven years ago.  I may have been more than 420 then but at the time I had no scale on which to weigh.  Check out the Coca Cola on the table.  This is just not good.  This picture makes me so mad.  I cannot believe what I did to my self.
 

Christmas 2004

Trip to Brazil

Weight 364.6

55.4 down 164.6 to go

Spent the last 10 days in Sao Paulo Brazil. Even thought the food there is probably some of the best in the world I was able to resist. As I was battling gout I only had two steaks and one small fish fillet the entire trip. The rest of the time I limited my carb intake and ate small portions with mostly cheese, lettuce, heart of palm and some artichoke hearts. I has some bread a a few bits of fried polenta and a few small servings of Gnocchi with four cheeses.

Was unable to do much exercise due to the gout and the amount of work required.

This means that I am 1.4 pounds heavier than on November 10, 2009. I am back on the wagon and using my new Wii to burn the calories. I have Dance Dance Revolution 3, Wii Sports and Resort Sports and The Biggest Loser games. I hope to post some videos of me doing the games as they progress.

New Year New Challenge

Weight 366

54 down 166 to go.

Check out my new exercise video.

It took me 2 min and 32 seconds to do 10 "Up Downs"

Was 369 at last post at December 16th so I have lost 3 pounds in about a month. Need to speed up the pace.

Love my new Doctor

After suffering with Gout for a week and missing some work because of it. I finally was forced into a dreaded doctors office.

All I have to say is

Best Visit Ever!

The first thing the diabetic councilor said was

Boy you are FAT.

Then we spent an hour going over food choices and strategies. She asked me what I had for breakfast. I could not lie and told her about the 5X McDonalds Sausage Biscuit and hash browns. Not missing a beat she reached into her desk and said if you continue to eat like this call this number.

It was for a Funeral Home! LOL. This is they type of doctor I need.

Current Weight 369.8
Current average blood sugar 211


So after some backsliding I gained back the 16 pounds I lost via the kidney stone episode.

So I have 170 to go and I have lost 30 pounds.

47 down 153 to go With - Amazing Weight Loss Plan

Had a horrible last three weeks dealing with some kind of virus and a 3mm kidney stone. All is well that ends well as I weighed in this morning at 353. This means I have lost another 17 pounds which is pretty good as from April to end of October I was stable in the 370-378 range.

Weight Update 30 Down 170 To Go

After a bout of gout followed up with kidney stones you think I would be in a bad mood. I was pretty depressed until I weighed in at 370 pounds a loss of 4 more pounds. I have been trying to only eat half of a meal at each meal and I have been pretty succussful. I was not able to get in the full portion of exercise over the last week due to the medical problems but the diet did come thru.



Well I plan on attending the Magic the Gathering prerelease on Saturday April 25th in Houston. I will let you all know what happens. Until then lets take a stroll down memory lane with old School Magic.

Still Holding at 374

I do not know what is happining. I am getting smaller and have much more energy but the weight has remained the same. I was able to maintain my heart rate over 128 on the treadmill/basketball court for almost an hour.

Oh well I guess I better redouble my efforts.

I have been blessed and had my second article posted on Seeking Alpha.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/124780-autozone-is-headed-for-a-near-term-breakdown-time-to-short

Weight Update 26 down 174 to go.

After several more weeks of treadmill and basketball I now weigh 374 pounds which is a loss of 7 pounds since the last weigh in.

Keep up the comments and everybody have a happy Christmas Season.

Shooting Baskets

Hey All

Sweating up a storm here in November.

Still doing the 100 shots exercise bit I have been trying and it is a pretty good workout.

Take a peek.

19 Pounds down 181 to go

All the exercise is paying off . Went down to the gym today after lunch and weighed in. I am now a 381 pound dude. I am so happy and I wish to thank everybody who has commented on my videos and blog you guys are the best. I started well over 400 pounds so I am happy with the 19 lost forever.

This is my favorite one of my videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDRsMxRTFU

Found a Fun Way to Burn Some Fat

Hello all.

Still here still fat still trying.

I have a Basket Ball hoop at my new house and have tried a new exercise routine. I shot 100 free throws and chased the ball after either a basket or a miss. I keep track of the % made so I can keep interested in the routine. I did it twice last night and shot 23% on the first and 52% on the second. Took about 30 minuets per time and was not very hard to keep going. Was a bit sore in bed last night, but that cleared up in the morning. Blood sugar was 180 at bed last night and was 207 on waking which is lower than normal.

Will try to get some video of the game if I can up on http://www.youtube.com/

Lets get some more fat jokes going.

Hurt Myself

After the work session in the yard got progressivly slower and finally broke down and went to the doctor. She thought the problem was fluid behind the knee caps from over work. The solution was sticking a 3" needle behind my kneecap into my knee and shooting it full of steriods. That did not feel good! It has helped, but the doctor has ordered me off the treadmill and out of the yard for a few days.

here is the picture of how it is done.

www.aafp.org/afp/20021015/1497_f1.jpg

After she did the first knee (which was in more pain) she asked me if I wanted the other knee done. At first I said who would ever get the second done once feeling the pain from the first but did it anyway.

Going to try to focus on diet more for a bit.

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Lazy is not Fat

Back Again

Video as promised of me working in the yard. I worked about 6 hours on that hot day.