by Jerry Angelo » Tue May 03, 2016 4:31 am
Tuesday Weigh Day - Week #6
Week 1 ________ 0
Week 2 ________-4
Week 3 ________-4
Week 4 ________-2
Week 5 ________-3.5
Week 6 ________-4
3/21/16 --- 238
5/2/16 ---- 220.5
17.5 pounds lost / 2.9 pounds per week average
Man, time sure does fly... 6 weeks, just like that... My 6 week 're-boot' has been a huge success.
While the Gift Part II has run it's course, my journey is far from over, this trip will last the rest of my life.
Just as Part I taught me invaluable lessons, so has Part II and all this knowledge will propel me to the 'optimum health' finish line for sure and with great certanty.
I'm on my way again and headed the right direction.
42 days ago I made a promise, a contract if you will that I would refocus my WFPB WOE plan and make it cleaner and more conducive to lose the remaining weight I needed to lose. I had been plateuing for way too long and need a little kick... That kick came from my son noticing I was eating too much in the way of bread, rice, pasta and nuts... Just as I had promised him to give up all animal products for 'only' 6 weeks- that was 20 months ago and I became hooked- I promised to cut out flour products and nuts which I ate in large amounts and they hampered not only my weight loss but they bogged me down, making me feel so heavy I didn't feel like moving. I'm feeling the hook once again because I feel great, I'm eating better and I'm moving more than ever. I walked 42 mile last week alone!!!
Fast forward to the present, I promised to abstain from those items and I did. Perfectly. I didn't cheat once. Not at all.
And in doing so, in the past 6 weeks, I have learned:
***That if I can abstain from bread, pasta, rice and nuts, I can pretty much do anything. That's how addictive those items were to me. As of now, I don't have a desire to have any and frankly, I'm scared to death to have some because I love the way I feel like I do now. I'm gonna hold off a few weeks or months more to really cement this.
***I'm walking and moving more because I'm eating better and in turn the acts of walking and moving more make me feel even better & better, it just keeps feeding upon itself.
***Journaling your intentions and stating your goals on 'paper' is better than keeping accountable just in your head.
A big thank you to my son for wanting this so badly for me and urging me to get to it...
He first did so in September 2014 and once again he was on my case a short time back on March 21st, 2016.
Thank you Dr. McDougall who laid this WOE out so easily and understandable for me that I could take my sons good wishes and put them into action. The Starch Solution and Maximum Weight Loss are two books that I will promote just as feverishly as if I had written them myself. And thirdly, this forum and the ability to journal here, just as important and valuable than everything else...
Lots of work left to do... These are my short term and mid term goals:
Get to 212, that would be 100 pounds lost
Get to 199, I want to get under 200 again, I would feel so young, I haven't weighed in below 200 in decades lol
Get to 165 - 170, that would be considered in the upper limits of normal weight for my height
108 Pounds Lost Since Sept 2014 - And Counting
No more pre diabetes! Eternally grateful to Dr. McDougall! And Jeff Novick!!!
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