This is a blog documenting my weight-loss journey. My hope is that by keeping a blog of my efforts to loose weight I will remain accountable to the plan I have set out below. Thus this blog is for me just as much as it is for you, my readers.
As of May 29th, I weighed in at 282.9 lbs. This is almost 150 lbs over my goal weight of 150 lbs. Like, there’s a whole ‘nother me inside me! My cholesterol is out the roof and my labs indicate fatty liver disease. I do not have scarring of my liver–yet! I do not have diabetes–yet! But if I keep going it’s just a matter of time.
Over a recent visit with my father, an MD, we discussed the best way for me to loose weight. I have long-standing mental illness which is very well managed at the moment. However, as the GLP-1 drugs can trigger depression and rebound weight gain, GLP-1 drugs not the best solution for me. That leaves diet and exercise.
EXERCISE: I already have a stationary bike that doesn’t put impact on my plantar-faciistis-prone feet. So that will be the main source of exercise. In addition I will do yoga weekly, seasonal long distance swims and occasional walks with friends.
DIET: For the change in diet I felt that it would be easier to change everything rather than try to portion my current diet. So I am following the Eat to Live diet by Joel Fuhrman MD, as follows. I am considering this to be a long-term change in my diet, a lifestyle change. My hope is that as I see results I will become motivated to stay on the diet. I am certain it will take me longer than 6 weeks to loose a whole ‘nother me!
EAT TO LIVE
6 Week Plan
UNLIMITED Eat as much as you want:
all raw vegetables (goal: 1 lb. daily)
cooked green and non-green nutrient-rich vegetables (goal: 1 lb. daily; non-green nutrient-rich vegetables are eggplant, mushrooms, peppers, onions, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower)
beans, legumes, bean sprouts, and tofu (goal: 1 cup daily)
fresh fruits (at least 4 daily)
LIMITED Cooked starchy vegetables or whole grains: butternut and acorn squash, corn, white potatoes, rice, sweet potatoes, bread, cereal (not more than one serving, or 1 cup, per day)
raw nuts and seeds (1 oz. max. per day)
avocado (2 oz. max. per day)
dried fruit (2 tablespoons max. per day)
ground flaxseeds (1 tablespoon max. per day)
OFF-LIMITS
dairy products
animal products
between-meal snacks
fruit juice
oils
Fuhrman MD, Joel. Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (pp. 215-216). (Function). Kindle Edition.