BillP63
Tue, Oct-07-14, 08:50
Hi, my name is Bill and I've lost a ton of weight on low carb, but lost focus and gained a fair amount of it back. Now I'm back to finally get rid of it once and for all.
Back about 2000, I was 5'7'' and had a 64 inch waist, and could just barely get 6X shirts to stay buttoned when I sat down. I couldn't stand or walk more than about 10-15 minutes at a time before the back pain set in. I estimate that I weighed between 500 and 550 lbs, but never found a scale that would weigh me.
I saw a copy of Protein Power in a local bookstore and thought, "what the heck! I'll give it a try". I took the book home, read it and started low carbing. About 8 months later, in August of 2001, when I finally screwed up the courage to purchase a bathroom scale that went to 400, I was down to 365. I stayed at it and right around Jan of 2002, I hit 300, making it all the way down to 295 by March of 2002, when I met the woman who would later become my wife.
I entered a relationship, and bumped along at 295-300 until September of 2002, when I quit smoking. I promptly gained 50 lbs, and found myself at 350. A few months later, we got engaged, and then in July 2004, married. Between 2004 and last Summer, I gradually drifted up, a little at a time, another 60 lbs thinking; "Well, still down 100 or 150 lbs from my 'all time high', that's not TOO bad" (YEAH, it WAS!).
Last August, I hit 411 and finally decided to do something about it. I don't know why, (probably wishful thinking, I LOVE BREAD!) but I thought I could do it by calorie limitation without reference to carb counts. It worked, sorta. Over the next year, I did manage to lose 30 lbs and get down to 381.
On 8 September, thinking there had to be a better way, I started back to low carb, using the Protein Power plan. In the past four weeks, I've lost 16 lbs and I'm down to 365, on my way to 250.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm looking forward to hanging out here and getting to know you folks.
Back about 2000, I was 5'7'' and had a 64 inch waist, and could just barely get 6X shirts to stay buttoned when I sat down. I couldn't stand or walk more than about 10-15 minutes at a time before the back pain set in. I estimate that I weighed between 500 and 550 lbs, but never found a scale that would weigh me.
I saw a copy of Protein Power in a local bookstore and thought, "what the heck! I'll give it a try". I took the book home, read it and started low carbing. About 8 months later, in August of 2001, when I finally screwed up the courage to purchase a bathroom scale that went to 400, I was down to 365. I stayed at it and right around Jan of 2002, I hit 300, making it all the way down to 295 by March of 2002, when I met the woman who would later become my wife.
I entered a relationship, and bumped along at 295-300 until September of 2002, when I quit smoking. I promptly gained 50 lbs, and found myself at 350. A few months later, we got engaged, and then in July 2004, married. Between 2004 and last Summer, I gradually drifted up, a little at a time, another 60 lbs thinking; "Well, still down 100 or 150 lbs from my 'all time high', that's not TOO bad" (YEAH, it WAS!).
Last August, I hit 411 and finally decided to do something about it. I don't know why, (probably wishful thinking, I LOVE BREAD!) but I thought I could do it by calorie limitation without reference to carb counts. It worked, sorta. Over the next year, I did manage to lose 30 lbs and get down to 381.
On 8 September, thinking there had to be a better way, I started back to low carb, using the Protein Power plan. In the past four weeks, I've lost 16 lbs and I'm down to 365, on my way to 250.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm looking forward to hanging out here and getting to know you folks.