Hi everyone,
My name is Cheryl and I live in rural north texas. I just felt compelled to post and thank Dr McDougall for my life! That's not an exaggeration. I started at 378 lbs with a slew of health issues, all self-induced. From chest pains to what I suspect was pre-diabetes or maybe even diabetes.. never went to a doctor to find out, but had neuropathy symptoms, and falling asleep after eating carbs. Or eating anything, really. I coughed up phlegm every morning, I had shortness of breath if I walked a block and was so tired all the time, I had to sit in a chair to load or unload the dishwasher. I had all these little tricks for how to do things because I was so tired all the time. Sitting in an office chair with wheels, to mop my floor.. you get the idea. I was one of those low-carb is the be all end all, types. And my weight kept going up. I also was addicted to diet soda, and drank at least a 12 pack a day. I had my gallbladder removed in my 20s, in a small town in Arkansas and am still convinced it wasn't necessary for anything other than to pad that particular doctor's wallet. heh
This is all garbled. I'm usually more articulate. I am just so grateful I found this site that my eyes are pouring. heh
Today I am still obese at 314, but pretty proud of my 64 lb weight loss that happened over thanksgiving and Christmas holidays!
I started in early November. I consider that pretty good for 3 months. Within a couple of days I had SO much energy. I found myself bored and looking for things to do around the house. One day it seemed silly to go get the dining room chair to load the dishwasher so I did it standing up and wow.. no backache. I was still bored, a little antsy just being indoors, so I bundled up and went for a walk. I later checked with my car's odometer and discovered I'd walked a mile out, and a mile back!
I am still walking. I don't do it because oh, I'm overweight and need to exercise. I have energy and run out of things to do around the house!
I started out on this journey with another Dr's materials.. he was on PBS with his program of beans, greens, onions, mushrooms, berries and seeds. I mean no disrespect. I highly respect and admire all the doctors encouraging people to eat this way. I began to google and found a fat free recipe site and the author recommended Dr McDougall. His picture looked familiar and I realized I'd seen him on TBN! It looks like that show was done in the 80s or maybe 70s from the clothing, but I'd definitely heard him teach before. So I started with the free meal plans and wow. I wasn't so hungry I was eating every two hours. This was filling! I was afraid of potatoes at first, because of falling asleep in the past when I ate them, but now they gave me energy. Right now I'm eating a late lunch of the Mexican potato salad and garbanzo spinach salad and feel terrific!
Once my husband gets home we're going for a walk together. He is totally on board with eating this way now that he feels more energetic too, and he's 60.
I should edit this for the rambling, but I'm so excited, so thrilled and so extremely grateful for Dr McDougall, for my life. Literally!
This board has helped me so much!
