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.