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Okay, I'm not really HooserDaddy, it's my alter ego, kinda like Spider-Man is to Peter Parker. My first name is David, Dave, and a lot of times I answer to "Hey You" from my wife. 
Army veteran of ten years, Cold War Vet, early-retirement in my mid fifties, former teacher, married twenty five years or so (to the same woman), father of two daughters, 22 and 16, Post Tramautic Stress Disorder (funny how army service, helicopter crashes, and . ..other things sneak up on you) and I'm obese.
I hated that word for years. Hid behind. . ."the wife and I have been married for x amount of years and the only thing that's changed is the letter C. .. .the Hunk is now a Chunk." My joke. It's gone as bad as a Letterman joke about Sara Palin. Not funny.
So, I bought the book about a year ago, put it in my library, and just sat down abut a month ago and read it from cover to cover. Six Foot and 400 lbs is too much, and it's either this or . ..surgery. Forget that. Another embarassing motivator: I had to go onto the roof to replace some shingles that were ripped during a windstorm, and during that little DIY moment, the ladder fell to the ground. I couldn't jump down, or climb down, and I was alone at home. The local fire department came and helped me down after I called my wife on the cell.
It's been two and a half weeks on the induction diet -- I've slipped up a bit when my wife brought home a donut from Tim Horton's she thought I should try -- but it's the only slip up in two weeks. I've taken myself off of the pills, especially the anti depressants (I did it in a weekly reduction of the daily dosages, until I was down to nil). I do think that five years on the stuff added to the problem. It wasn't the only thing, but it sure didn't help.
I'm at that stage where I can say no to soda pops and mean it, Tim Horton's and M & M's. Still kinda hard to say no to the wife. . .but, she's not a carb.
The late night walks are getting a lot easier and longer, too. 
I'm staying on the induction diet for a bit longer, maybe another two weeks, maybe four more. . .but I can tell it's working. Don't know how much I've lost, but. ..I can tell.
So, let's see if HoosierDaddy can stay on this thing and go from Hunk to Chunk back to Hunk again. . .
Army veteran of ten years, Cold War Vet, early-retirement in my mid fifties, former teacher, married twenty five years or so (to the same woman), father of two daughters, 22 and 16, Post Tramautic Stress Disorder (funny how army service, helicopter crashes, and . ..other things sneak up on you) and I'm obese.
I hated that word for years. Hid behind. . ."the wife and I have been married for x amount of years and the only thing that's changed is the letter C. .. .the Hunk is now a Chunk." My joke. It's gone as bad as a Letterman joke about Sara Palin. Not funny.
So, I bought the book about a year ago, put it in my library, and just sat down abut a month ago and read it from cover to cover. Six Foot and 400 lbs is too much, and it's either this or . ..surgery. Forget that. Another embarassing motivator: I had to go onto the roof to replace some shingles that were ripped during a windstorm, and during that little DIY moment, the ladder fell to the ground. I couldn't jump down, or climb down, and I was alone at home. The local fire department came and helped me down after I called my wife on the cell.
It's been two and a half weeks on the induction diet -- I've slipped up a bit when my wife brought home a donut from Tim Horton's she thought I should try -- but it's the only slip up in two weeks. I've taken myself off of the pills, especially the anti depressants (I did it in a weekly reduction of the daily dosages, until I was down to nil). I do think that five years on the stuff added to the problem. It wasn't the only thing, but it sure didn't help.
I'm at that stage where I can say no to soda pops and mean it, Tim Horton's and M & M's. Still kinda hard to say no to the wife. . .but, she's not a carb.
The late night walks are getting a lot easier and longer, too. I'm staying on the induction diet for a bit longer, maybe another two weeks, maybe four more. . .but I can tell it's working. Don't know how much I've lost, but. ..I can tell.
So, let's see if HoosierDaddy can stay on this thing and go from Hunk to Chunk back to Hunk again. . .
Coming back to claim my life.
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