Previous to starting, I had been 297 at my doctors office. Subsequent to that, I had a string of severe allergic reactions and was on a high dose of steroids. I ballooned. I sat on the couch eating chocolate ice cream on my days off from nursing. I felt horrible and wanted to "detox" and get to feeling better. I estimate I was at around 310 but I have no documentation to prove it. Which is fine with me
My sister and her family have been eating this way for years. I didn't believe in it. I couldn't see how starches wouldn't make you hungry all the time. I read about it but didn't think I could ever tolerate giving up meat, cheese, oil......nope. not me.
I've been on weight watchers and south beach. They both worked to a point but my downfalls were tracking, which I hate, and feeling deprived, which in truth means you're malnourished. Also with south beach I couldn't see how potatoes and rice should be limited as high carb, but other less natural more highly processed foods were encouraged. That never really sat well with me.
I was reading dr. Mark Hymans book and getting ready to do his ten day detox. Then I got to the back of the book where you have to order his supplements for $140 a month. Now, if it was really what I needed to succeed, I would have done it. But it suddenly felt like just another snake oil campaign. He actually says, eating fat doesn't make you fat any more than eating greens makes you green. What? I'm not that gullible.
So at the urging of mrs. Doodlepunk I took another look at mcdougall. I read esselstyn. As an icu rn I see daily the results of the typical american diet. My patients are obese, diabetic, with high lipids and all the stuff that goes along with it. I have vented patients who have to be moved and repositioned with an overhead sling system because of their obesity.
What finally got my attention was what dr, esselstyn says about damage to the endothelium. That is some serious shit, right there. Why is that not the lead story on every newscast nationwide?
So I figured if I'm going to do something for ten days I will try this looney diet. I was back down under 300 the first week. Weighed in at work yesterday at 292. If my start weight guess is correct, that's 18 lbs in a month. Pretty decent, huh?
After my ten days I had no desire to quit. I was just getting good at it. I find the plan easy to follow. Its cheaper to eat this way. And I haven't seen anyone else talk about how much easier dishes clean up. No baked on grease.
I have a loooong way to go yet but I feel like I've finally found MY solution.
I tell coworkers that offer to share their food.....thank you for the offer, but I eat weird, so I bring all my own stuff. So they watch to see what I eat. Low carb is all the rage right now, so they saw me eating my baked potato topped with all bean chili and they asked "how many carbs are in that" and I said " I don't know, a lot, probably 80%." And I'm losing weight. So when I go weigh myself using the same scale at work I come back saying I lost two more pounds or "another one bites the dust" . LOL
You're going to have to change your name. Paging f1jim to the white courtesy telephone... is it possible to change one's screen name here?
She is a smart girl, it runs in the family. 
