I don't own a scale, haven't used the scale at the gym for awhile... BUT in the last 6 weeks of modifying my vegan diet to one of low fat, low glycemic index, increased aerobic and resistance exercise I had to hit the scale yesterday at my new physician's practice. I've lost 22 pounds! 6 weeks! This is in spite of adding some lean muscle mass!
Next, I'm looking forward to having my labs drawn and see the difference in the lipid panel. I also have to see a the cardiologist about an abnormal EKG that, on first glance, seems to indicate the possibility of a previous myocardial infarction; this was ruled out 2.5 years ago by the same cardiologist. When it was ruled out, I was 25 pounds heavier, not exercising, and off my vegan diet for a couple of years; my lipid profile was sky high. Yet, my carotid ultrasound showed only a minor plaque at a bifurcation and I passed my treadmill stress test with flying colors. I found it amusing, at that time, that the cardiologist seemed disgusted that I would not consider statin drugs and, likely, that he would not be doing a bypass graft!
So, my thanks to Dr. McDougall, Jeff, its contributors and supporters!
However, we don't worry about the glycemic index here:
