A whole lot of learning and eating and exercising and reading, reading and more reading. Oh- and antagonizing everyone who hasn't adopted my way of looking at health and nutrition. Yeah, that about sums it up.
Bottom line, a couple of weeks ago I met one of my goals to lose 80 pounds in 8 months. I really feel that a huge reason why I could do this at my age, is a product I got from a Colorado Company called Real Dose. I bought an 8 month supply of pills called Weight Loss Formula #1. It has been magical for me. It enabled me to sail through the last 80 pounds with nary a hunger pang or craving. Maybe I'm unusual, but hey, yippee for me that it worked so well! I also adhered strictly to the Real Dose fast start meal plan which is a hybrid of low carb, high protein foods. There are tons, repeat TONS of vegetables and just one low glycemic load fruit a day. No starches, no bread, no grain. Since I had no problems following that for a couple of weeks, I just decided to keep on keepin' on and here I am today, 80 pounds lighter with a miraculous feeling of good health since I have been eating 'clean' for so long now.
All those many many years on Weight Watchers were for naught. I, like the other 95% of people who lose weight on those traditional plans failed time and again. Could it be, its all a plot to keep us obese? Well, I fell into it like everyone else who just didn't understand that our metabolisms and adrenal systems were ruined by eating wheat(ie sugar) and other grains.
Why not Weight Watchers this time? Because I have eliminated all sugars from my diet. Grains are sugars, btw. The dirtiest, meanest disease causing, human killers since we humans have walked this earth. I also eliminated all processed foods. You know- the stuff that comes from the inside of a factory and not a farm. No boxes, cans, bags or GMO laden chemically altered shit that takes up 90% of the floorspace of American grocery stores.
What is this radical diet called everyone asks? Its simply not a diet. Its called living clean. I lean toward low carb, but this is no Atkins because the vast majority of my food is vegetables. I find a lot of common ground with Paleo, but I do like organic unpasteurized dairy when I can find it. I eat lots of eggs, coconut oil, olive oil and organic butter. I eat nuts and seeds in small amounts. I don't touch honey or agave which is a deviation from Paleo. I can find many vegan recipes I like, but I eat lots of meat proteins only IF it is organic meat, eggs, poultry, grass fed beef and wild caught fish.
I now understand the damage the typical American diet has caused us and I will never go there again. I don't have any desire to eat any non-food items that are full of chemically altered and dead stuff the corporations pass off onto us as so called 'food'.
Sadly, I now also know how Gary destroyed his metabolism, thus damaging his brain, his gut, his digestive system including the pancreas and liver. Anyone who lives in this country or who eats like most Americans is doomed to the types of inflammation that cause the diabetes, the heart disease, the neurological diseases and the cancers that we just shrug our shoulders about now. We are not living longer healthier lives. Look at the obese kids eating what is said to be 'healthy whole grain' cereal. Death in a box. Slow death, the kind that will cause our economy to stagger and stop to take care of the cost of the illnesses that grain products cause. All the while being sanctioned by the FDA, USDA, AMA, AHA and American Diabetes Association. All have played a part in the lies and misinformation so that corporate profits will benefit the few at the top.
I started an exercise program that I do every other day called Metabolic Aftershock. Boy, does that work to burn fat also! I now have very strong legs and am getting better at pushups, mountain climbers, etc etc. As I get stronger and stronger, I want to start doing weight training to really get at the muscles behind the loose skin I have. I trust my body's ability to heal itself and to eventually 'shrink to fit' better than it does today. With good nutrition, it will be possible.
I have no visions of living longer than anyone else. I just want to feel good until that last day. So even if the long term damage I've done to myself up to now causes my death tonight, at least I've enjoyed the last few months, I say.
I have been taking a nutrition class now for about two months in addition to my regular weekly call with my nutritionist. In the weekly classes we are going over in depth all the material from contemporary books like Cereal Killer, Wheat Belly, Grain Brain, etc etc. I've checked out every book I can from the library, but they are very hard to get. Seems there are a whole lot of people like me interested in this way of living. I have learned about what it will take to maintain my healthy body that works with me and and not against my self.
The result is that I've lost 6 dress sizes and have either gotten into and even shrunk out of all of the 'skinny clothes' I had kept in boxes for the last 7 years. I will start having to buy a few winter clothes so that I can travel to South Dakota/Minnesota in December. My idea of winter clothing for Phoenix is to wear something longer than shorts on my legs and a t-shirt with sleeves for my arms. I have one swim suit that I actually look GOOD in, also! Now I can enjoy the 4 community pools here without feeling like a beached whale.
This all has helped lead me to a decision to stay here for the greater part of the year. I can find cheap clothes and food here. My house is plenty big for me. I can slowly save up to make improvements to it like new carpet or paint. It is an appreciating asset and its not a dump. Most people would say that's a pretty good reason to stay put. I still want to move someday, but it will probably be to another relatively warm place in the west where snow and freezing temps do not cause fear and loathing to winter drivers. This next summer I would like to get a job somewhere and earn enough to add to my meager travel fund. The hardest part for me will be developing the mental fortitude of locking the door here and not worrying about this house and the trees and bushes that may or may not be dying without me here in the summer. Hundreds of other seniors do this every year, so I should be able to do it also.
I know the way I live my life and the choices I make now may not be what others abide be. Opinions about food are incredibly embedded into our minds! Changing minds to see how the food you eat affects you today and tomorrow is a tough job that I am not prepared to tackle. I just know that what I'm doing is RIGHT!
I have 4 more pounds to lose to my 'other' goal, but honestly, I don't know if I will strive for that. If it happens, it happens. I have learned to be happy with how I am today. This morning as I was out walking Robbie in the cool sunny air, I realized, I have a genuine sense of wellbeing. Now that's a great feeling to have!
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