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Old Sun, Jul-04-10, 10:34
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Plan: Chicken. Meat. Eggs.
Stats: 472/437.6/250 Male 5'9"
BF:
Progress: 15%
Default 6 months & 93 pounds lost

Hello low carbers!

So today is my 6 month mark from when I decided to re-start low carb after reaching my highest point. I was 442 pounds.

I am now 93 pounds down to 349.

I decided this time was going to be the time that I put all the bs aside, followed my plan and didn't cheat. I can honestly say I haven't had one grain of rice, a single french fry or bite of ice cream. To me, if I do, I will want to binge. Simple as that - so I don't even bother.

I came back to this site, started a journal and updated my first page each time I weighed myself. Its pretty cool to see the numbers gradually decrease. They are coming down slowly these days, but thats okay - I don't need 3-5 pounds a week like in the beginning.

I found that for the past few months I am losing about 10-13 pounds per month, steadily. This is with nothing but eating my menu.. No exercising at all (I plan on that sometime soon). I have about 99 pounds still to lose, so I am hoping to be at my goal within the next year if I can maintain this 10-13 pound loss per month.

My friends and family are starting to notice.. When you are so big, as I am sure many of you can relate, you have to lose a good 60 pounds to make a dent in yourself It feels nice when people do say things and they can't believe how fast its come off.

The biggest question is always 'what do you eat?' - so here is a little run down of what i do..

breakfast: no
lunch: bowl of tuna
dinner: 2/3 pieces of chicken

breakfast: no
lunch: chunk of ground beef
dinner: 2/3 small pieces of chicken

Thats pretty much it. I should probably be taking a multivitamin, eating greens and breakfast, too, but I'll add that in eventually I stick to those 3 foods and rotate them through the week.

So 6 months in I am feeling a lot better. My ankle still hurts when I'm on it a lot, but I know its because I'm still pushing 350 pounds. I expect it to hurt.. all I know is that it feels a lot better than it did before.

Eating low carb is now just something I do. I don't have to worry about meals or not eating carby foods - its just something that happens now. People around me respect me and understand what I am doing, my wife is starting low carb again and I am excited for her to be a part of this, too.

I am sorry this is so long but I just wanted to share this milestone with my friends here..

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!!
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Old Sun, Jul-04-10, 11:52
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 266/222/166 Female 65 inches
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Progress: 44%
Location: Cincinnati
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Great job! Congrats on all your weight loss! You are doing awesome!
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Old Sun, Jul-04-10, 11:54
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Plan: Aspiring Paleo
Stats: 144/136/127 Female 67 inches
BF:
Progress: 47%
Location: San Diego, CA
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Congrats on the success!
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Old Sun, Jul-04-10, 12:02
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Posts: 245
 
Plan: Reduced carbs/Organics
Stats: 240/213.4/150 Female 5ft 6inch
BF: ?/26.9%/22%
Progress: 30%
Location: Toronto
Default Good Job!

Just wanted to say congrats! Good job!

And I will NOT remind you how important Breakfast is
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Old Sun, Jul-04-10, 14:40
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ringamajig ringamajig is offline
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Posts: 7,280
 
Plan: Atkins
Stats: 237.0/209.0/160 Female 5'5"
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Progress: 36%
Location: Northern CA
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Congrats, what an accomplishment!

Roxanne
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Old Sun, Jul-04-10, 20:21
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Plan: Atkins Induction/CALP
Stats: 142/137/125 Female 5 ft. 7 in.
BF:
Progress: 29%
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I'm so happy you posted this today, you are an inspiration!
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Old Sun, Jul-04-10, 22:19
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 345/330/180 Female 5'3''
BF:
Progress: 9%
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Good Job! Whatever works for you is what i say. I skip breakfast sometimes too.
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Old Mon, Jul-05-10, 15:07
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Plan: Atkins 72
Stats: 158/158/118 Female 63.5
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Progress: 0%
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Congratulations on your weight loss. That's just awesome.

Never worry about not eating breakfast. There is no scientific evidence to support eating X amount of meals. For a lot of us, breakfast increases appetite.

A lot of low-carbers eat only one to two meals a day. So, don't worry about it.

I wish you and your dear wife great success.
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Old Mon, Jul-05-10, 19:33
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Plan: Atkins 72
Stats: 129/129/112 Female 5'2
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Progress: 0%
Location: Midwest
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Congratulations on the incredible loss. For doing it your way and figuring out what works best for you!
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Old Tue, Jul-06-10, 22:47
redmountai redmountai is offline
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Plan: Atkins/Bernstein
Stats: 307/297/150 Female 67
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That is great. I wish I could eat just 2 meals a day, what you are eating, but I get very tired and weak, and then have to eat more fat. I am not hungry in the morning and always have something because I am told that is important, but why and where is it scientifically proven the need to eat breakfast, when intermittent fasting works so well. I admire your food plan and would love to follow that myself, except maybe for some tea or coffee and vegetables.
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Old Wed, Jul-07-10, 10:41
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Plan: Chicken. Meat. Eggs.
Stats: 472/437.6/250 Male 5'9"
BF:
Progress: 15%
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Thanks everyone!

It is hard only eating those 2 things, but lately I have been eating more (ie: deli meat, some steak).. just been really hungry the past few days..

I do enjoy my diet coke.. If I didn't have that I think I'd probably go nuts!
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Old Wed, Jul-07-10, 10:42
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Plan: Primal Blueprint
Stats: 389.6/222.6/225 Male 6'2"
BF:24.6%
Progress: 101%
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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nice job!!
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Old Wed, Jul-07-10, 14:47
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Posts: 45
 
Plan: Atkins
Stats: 264/243/180 Female 5'10"
BF:
Progress: 25%
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Hurray! Congrats to you!
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Old Thu, Jul-08-10, 09:01
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Posts: 119
 
Plan: atkins
Stats: 252/210/150 Female 67 inches
BF:
Progress: 41%
Location: worcester,ma
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thank you for posting this it is great motivation to see that other people are doing so well it makes me want to work even harder.
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Old Thu, Jul-08-10, 09:15
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 182/174/140 Female 5
BF:
Progress: 19%
Location: Alberta, Canada
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You have encouraged me to be more diligent,to NOT cheat,you are fantastic!
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