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5'9"
@290 LBS
I was a lean 200 lbs when I was 22-23 but it's been that long since I've seen anything that side of 235.
Around 2000-2001, I started an Atkins program, I was about 280 with severe HBP. I got down to about 255. I was wrestling with a severe drinking problem though. In the fall of 2002 I started a recovery process from that. To avoid the severe discomfort of alcohol withdrawal I was told to eat sugar. When I said, "I'm on Atkins", I was advised that Atkins had to wait. First things first.
I entered that program at 260 and a year later weighed 290-295. In Jan 2003 I started another Atkins cycle but didn't follow it to the letter, I was in a hurry to lose weight so I made the mistake of thinking that 4 week cycles of induction followed by a week of "whatever I wanted" and back into a 4 week induction period ..... it worked but it was costly ..... by
August of 2003 I was at 245-235. My primary motivation for losing weight at the time was removed so I backed off Atkins and tried to eat like a "normal person". This meant I could have one S'mores poptart or two to three chocolate chip cookies, a slice of pizza. The lie being, I've never moderated when it came to eating anything with sugar or simple carbs.
Off and on, off and on. Lifting weights and exercising throughout. I managed to sustain the 255-260 range all the way up until May 1, 2006. Then I decided I needed to stop chewing tobacco. I've gained everything back and am now at 290lbs.
I no longer feel the need to stuff my face with comfort food because "I've quit drinking, I've quit tobacco, oh boo hoo I should be able to have a whole sleeve of cookies ONCE IN AWHILE". And my motivation for losing weight has changed.
In 2004, it was to try and join the service. At the time the max age was 35 and when I turned 35, I figured it was over. I realize the age is 42 today and some small part of me is still motivated towards that, but realistically, it's looking dim. My motivation today is to avoid the pain of being obese. Both parents are obese. Type II Diabetes runs rampant on my father's side and exists on my mother's side. Hanging around reformed drunks a lot I've seen a pattern, lots of drunks have sugar issues and some are diabetic. I've accepted as a foregone conclusion that I will be diabetic.
What I haven't accepted is that I will have to be obese. I haven't accepted that I will have to get "flebitis" or whatever that horrible thing is that has scarred my father's legs. I haven't accepted that I am required to have one leg chopped off like my uncle (TypeII).
Ergo, the name, WarOnTypeII. I'm not going down without a fight here and I joined up here for the information contained in these forums. Atkins .... while I might not have followed it to the letter in the past ... has proven itself to work for me and it got me a lot healthier than my excuses ever have.
So just wanted to chime in and say hey, thanks for the information and help.
37
5'9"
@290 LBS
I was a lean 200 lbs when I was 22-23 but it's been that long since I've seen anything that side of 235.
Around 2000-2001, I started an Atkins program, I was about 280 with severe HBP. I got down to about 255. I was wrestling with a severe drinking problem though. In the fall of 2002 I started a recovery process from that. To avoid the severe discomfort of alcohol withdrawal I was told to eat sugar. When I said, "I'm on Atkins", I was advised that Atkins had to wait. First things first.
I entered that program at 260 and a year later weighed 290-295. In Jan 2003 I started another Atkins cycle but didn't follow it to the letter, I was in a hurry to lose weight so I made the mistake of thinking that 4 week cycles of induction followed by a week of "whatever I wanted" and back into a 4 week induction period ..... it worked but it was costly ..... by
August of 2003 I was at 245-235. My primary motivation for losing weight at the time was removed so I backed off Atkins and tried to eat like a "normal person". This meant I could have one S'mores poptart or two to three chocolate chip cookies, a slice of pizza. The lie being, I've never moderated when it came to eating anything with sugar or simple carbs.
Off and on, off and on. Lifting weights and exercising throughout. I managed to sustain the 255-260 range all the way up until May 1, 2006. Then I decided I needed to stop chewing tobacco. I've gained everything back and am now at 290lbs.
I no longer feel the need to stuff my face with comfort food because "I've quit drinking, I've quit tobacco, oh boo hoo I should be able to have a whole sleeve of cookies ONCE IN AWHILE". And my motivation for losing weight has changed.
In 2004, it was to try and join the service. At the time the max age was 35 and when I turned 35, I figured it was over. I realize the age is 42 today and some small part of me is still motivated towards that, but realistically, it's looking dim. My motivation today is to avoid the pain of being obese. Both parents are obese. Type II Diabetes runs rampant on my father's side and exists on my mother's side. Hanging around reformed drunks a lot I've seen a pattern, lots of drunks have sugar issues and some are diabetic. I've accepted as a foregone conclusion that I will be diabetic.
What I haven't accepted is that I will have to be obese. I haven't accepted that I will have to get "flebitis" or whatever that horrible thing is that has scarred my father's legs. I haven't accepted that I am required to have one leg chopped off like my uncle (TypeII).
Ergo, the name, WarOnTypeII. I'm not going down without a fight here and I joined up here for the information contained in these forums. Atkins .... while I might not have followed it to the letter in the past ... has proven itself to work for me and it got me a lot healthier than my excuses ever have.
So just wanted to chime in and say hey, thanks for the information and help.
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