Weight Loss Support Group

ishmael81 wrote:

Mine has offered that but she also said if I'm cAreful about what I eat that will help.

Mine told me that too. I quite alcohol, organ meats (not that I ever ate any), seafood/shellfish and beef....still had some horrific flare-ups.

Wow. It's interesting to me that different things can cause it in different people. Alcohol, beef, shellfish also cause flare ups for me, but so do eggs, spinach, and asparagus.

I've been getting more and more depressed and less confident in a lot of areas as my weight decreases.  So, I decided to get back on the wagon.  Every day is a new day and a successful one gets a smiley face drawn on the calender.  For now, a particular weight is NOT my goal.  Just making it with successful days of eating low-carb and some exercises for 30 days is my goal for now.  Each goal will be met with a reward day (ice cream or pancakes).  So, I have ONE smiley face on the calender.  I want to just make it through today and earn another.

One day at a time, and try not to beat ourselves up for falling off the wagon.

On a kind of funnier note I found the perfect weight loss plan....four days in the hospital where they don't let you eat anything for 3-1/2 days. I lost 12 pounds in just about a week. Oddly enough my relationship with food seems to have changed. I only eat a fraction of what I used to eat before, and for some reason I don't seem to "live to eat" anymore.....In all honesty I'm hoping to keep that attitude towards food and not go back to my "live to eat" kind of mentality.

I'm currently fasting (not as a weight loss tactic, but for clarity about some things) and Friday I'm starting a juice detox. I'll probably do 2 or 3 days of just juicing and then my wife and I are going back to a whole foods plant based diet.

From September 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016, I lost 46 pounds, just by only eating whole, plant foods. Since that time, I started eating animal products and allowed some junk food here and there and actually weigh more now than then...

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From September 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016, I lost 46 pounds, just by only eating whole, plant foods. Since that time, I started eating animal products and allowed some junk food here and there and actually weigh more now than then...

Mine is mostly from junk that I eat.  When I was losing weight in 2014, I went from 325 down to 258.  I ate any kind of meat that I wanted as I was doing a more low-carb diet.  I don't think that I want to ever just plants as food.  I enjoy a succulent steak from time to time.  I love bacon and sausage.  I love chicken and pork chops.  To deny myself of something that God has deemed "clean" seems pointless.  I do, however, believe that we can overdo anything and that moderation is key.

alldatndensum wrote:

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From September 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016, I lost 46 pounds, just by only eating whole, plant foods. Since that time, I started eating animal products and allowed some junk food here and there and actually weigh more now than then...

Mine is mostly from junk that I eat.  When I was losing weight in 2014, I went from 325 down to 258.  I ate any kind of meat that I wanted as I was doing a more low-carb diet.  I don't think that I want to ever just plants as food.  I enjoy a succulent steak from time to time.  I love bacon and sausage.  I love chicken and pork chops.  To deny myself of something that God has deemed "clean" seems pointless.  I do, however, believe that we can overdo anything and that moderation is key.

Oh don't get me wrong, I love bacon, pulled pork, burgers, chicken...

But, the more of that (and the junk) I eat the more inflamed I get and the more my gout flares up. Which increases my chance of diabetes, heart disease and all that stuff.