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Saturday, June 21, 2014

released from physical therapy

june 21, 2014

on thursday was released from physical therapy and no pain in my leg. i get a slight nagging pain in the side of my hip. i'm much better and can function like normal. i'm am thankful and glad. i used to be in so much unbelievable pain before. i use to have trouble standing, walking and the whole nine yards.

i had re-injured my back in december and hadn't work out since then. tonight i will do my first workout in my basement. i will do some light stuff since my phyical therapist advised to build up to doing weight lifting and boxing. so for now just aerobic stuff - elitical, walking, dancin and stretching.

my diet is going well. still keeping sugar to a minimum. every other week will eat a hershey candy bar. yesterday my wife brought me three cookies from her food day. i ate 2 of them and she ate one. i stopped buying sweets except for that candy bar twice a month. i drink water and non sweet tea. i drink three cups of coffee maybe once or twice a week with a spoon full of sugar in each cup.

still eating three meals with almost no snacking. eating a lot of fish and more vegatables that i like. last weekend made a pot of yams since my colorard greens had expired. my wife doesn't enjoy the smell of collard greens on a daily basis.

on june 7th had lost two more pounds. today the scale said i had gained a pound. that's good reason to add back the exercise and stretching to lose weight and keep from re injuring my back.

looking slimmer and went down a waist size. now down to a 46 in the waist and my wife has notice how smaller i've gotten. so back on a good roll and ready to keep tackling this weight and getting healthier and stronger.

well that's it for now, wish you guys success in your adventures. Rest in peace casey kasum, miss that top 40 countdown from my youth. until next time, take care God Bless.



Friday, June 06, 2014

18 month summary

june 6, 2014

this month marks 18 months in my journey to lose 100 pounds. i though i would provide a summary of what has happened so far.

my starting weight was 296 pounds of which i have lost nineteen pounds. it been a real struggle due to my bad back going out five times during this period. last year i had lost twenty three pounds but regained a lot of it during my down times.

most of this happen because i lost it while mainly exercising. recently all this changed when i ended up in the emergency department this year from injuring my diseased toe. i have gout and slammed it coming down the steps.

that inspired me to really change my diet drastically. i cut back on bread to every other day, cut sugar down 85 %, and cut dairy food to a minimal. as a result 90% of my new weight loss is due to diet.

there you have it in a nutshell my journey so far. until next time, take care and God Bless.