Background, I have always been active but also usually the biggest guy doing it, Triathlon, swimming, running, bodyboarding, freediving. Well last year I got to that point where I had to do something as my size 42 pants were so tight some days I didn't button them and wore a belt to hold them up ( I told myself they shrunk in the dryer). I was tired all the time and grumpy, and not as active as I wanted to be at 36 years old.
10-4-2011
5' 10"
289 #
BP 145/94
Pulse 82
Cholesterol 193
HDL 39
LDL 124
Tri 154
Glucose 96
So I started and fumbled around with a little progress. Then Feb 11 I started engine 2 and quickly found Mcdougall and was all in.
Today 7-27-2012
180#
BP 98/62
Pulse 51
Cholesterol 137
HDL 46
LDL 79
Tri 62
Glucose 88
I now feel great and am running 4 days a week, my breath hold while freediving is better than ever, able to dive to 70' and look around for a minute or more before having to surface. Now when I do some apnea training and meditate I can get my pulse down to 39-41 bpm, before I was lucky to hit 64 bpm. I still have a little weight to get rid of but that will be no problem. I think in another week or two I should be in the "Normal" weight range for the first time since I was really young and as I am now I weigh 40# less than I did when I got my drivers license.
A lot of great info on this site and in the books and DVDs, also as a single guy Jeff's fast food DVDs are awesome! I usually cook a big pot over the weekend and eat on it all week with some modifications. So in closing I just want to say it is possible, all you have to do is believe in yourself and follow the guidelines and it does work.
