Tue, Dec-11-07, 12:03
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Senior Member
Posts: 826
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Plan: Maintenance since 6/08
Stats: 250/189/195
BF:Not so much.
Progress: 111%
Location: Sacramento, NorCal.
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When I started gaining weight 5 years ago, I never really ate a large amount of food. Midmorning snack was three taco bell tacos, or some sort of Mcmuffin style sandwich . Most days lunch was a Whopper jr., small fries and a coke,and that was enough to fill me up. Of course, it was a Whopper jr., small fries and a coke. Not the best thing in the world. Then there were usually beers after work with the guys. None of that light beer crap for me, it was either Sam Adams, or Sierra Nevada pale ale.
Dinner was usually a home made, delicious meal, but it was usually something pretty carb heavy. Like Martha Stewart style mac and cheese, with sour creme on top. Gods, that was good. Not very good for me though. Great big steak with huge baked potato. Chicken Caesar salad, with giant croûtons and fresh bread to go along with it. Home made beef broccoli with fried and white rice. Lasagna and garlic bread, and lots of spaghetti with home made meat sauce.
It was all poisoning me! I miss it sometimes, but then I look at some of the pictures I have of me at my 31st birthday party, and then look at pictures of me at my 36th and all of a sudden I don't miss those foods very much. Once a month I will have a day when I can have a carb rich food so I still get to eat those things but I have to adjust my cooking style since I no longer make enough to freeze or have leftovers.
The major change in my lifestyle that happened right before the weight gain was tearing all the ligaments in my left ankle, and being unable to run 20 miles a week with out hurting it again. My eating habits never changed, but my exercise dropped down to nothing. I was still doing alot of physical work, which is why I think it was such a gradual thing at first.
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