down with painful gout

oct 5. 2014

it's been a very long time since i've posted about my journey but had a lot of changes since then. in july laid off from my job and in august stated a new career as a saleman of health insurance policies. at the end of june came out of physical therapy.

for the last four days dealing with painful gout and changing my diet to keep this from happening again. gout is more serious than i realize. searching the internet, it says it can be disabling and can attack several joints all over your body. mine is in my feet, so walking is a challenge.

before  this gout attack i had been lifting weights frequently recently. tried to do a short thirty minute workout today but the pain was too much and had to give up after five minutes. now staying off my feet as much as possible and cut a lot of red meat out of my diet.

today bought a ton of different kinds of vegetables and drinking plenty of water. still researching and building a good diet for gout. if anyone has any good suggestions let me know. also got on the scale yesterday and lost one pound and back down to 287 pounds. with the radically changes in my diet i should be able to lose better.  until next time take care and God Bless.