This probably won't be of much interest to others, but since this is the first and only forum I have ever really been involved in (and certainly the greatest) I felt if there was anywhere to share, it would be here.
On March 1st of last year, to celebrate the 1st birthday of our only daughter, my wife and I felt it was time to start a serious diet. She was still carrying weight from her pregnancy, and I had recently come from a physical from my commercial drivers license. I knew I had steadily been gaining weight, but was frankly unaware just how much. So, I was surprised to find it had creeped up to 330 lbs for me.
We chose the South Beach Diet after some internet research, and although it was a bit difficult in the beginning, we have found it a very doable way of eating, with lots of variety and some very tasty healthy meals. Even if you don't need to lose weight, our daughter eats mostly the South Beach way as well (with the exception of her french fries
) and some others for her.
The weight loss has pretty much capped off the last few months or so, I suppose if I want to lose more I will have to get more aggressive, but I now weigh 208 LBS. for a total for myself of 122 lbs lost. My waist has gone from a 48 to a 34. I am 6'2" and although BMI charts show my ideal weight as what I consider unreasonably low, I am thrilled with where I am. My wife has lost just under 70 lbs in the same amount of time so between us our total is over 190 lbs lost. In addition I have lowered my blood pressure, blood sugar, cholestorol (both good and bad cholestorol).
For anyone that may be considering undertaking there first or there last diet, I would heartily recomend doctor Augistine's way of eating. There will be naysayers out there, but to us we are living proof. Nearly everyone asks us how we do it, and more than one friend or family member has gone on South beach since. Some haven't had the commitment to stick with it, others have. Even if they don't have the dramatic change we did, they can expect to be healthier, and perhaps even a life changing experience.
I am not selling anything, nor do I hope to profit from this, if you wanted to try this yourself and feel as though you could use some encouragement, feel free to PM me. If we got a group of people together we could continue this thread or start a new one of each others progress.
Have a wonderful day,
Chris
On March 1st of last year, to celebrate the 1st birthday of our only daughter, my wife and I felt it was time to start a serious diet. She was still carrying weight from her pregnancy, and I had recently come from a physical from my commercial drivers license. I knew I had steadily been gaining weight, but was frankly unaware just how much. So, I was surprised to find it had creeped up to 330 lbs for me.
We chose the South Beach Diet after some internet research, and although it was a bit difficult in the beginning, we have found it a very doable way of eating, with lots of variety and some very tasty healthy meals. Even if you don't need to lose weight, our daughter eats mostly the South Beach way as well (with the exception of her french fries
) and some others for her.The weight loss has pretty much capped off the last few months or so, I suppose if I want to lose more I will have to get more aggressive, but I now weigh 208 LBS. for a total for myself of 122 lbs lost. My waist has gone from a 48 to a 34. I am 6'2" and although BMI charts show my ideal weight as what I consider unreasonably low, I am thrilled with where I am. My wife has lost just under 70 lbs in the same amount of time so between us our total is over 190 lbs lost. In addition I have lowered my blood pressure, blood sugar, cholestorol (both good and bad cholestorol).
For anyone that may be considering undertaking there first or there last diet, I would heartily recomend doctor Augistine's way of eating. There will be naysayers out there, but to us we are living proof. Nearly everyone asks us how we do it, and more than one friend or family member has gone on South beach since. Some haven't had the commitment to stick with it, others have. Even if they don't have the dramatic change we did, they can expect to be healthier, and perhaps even a life changing experience.
I am not selling anything, nor do I hope to profit from this, if you wanted to try this yourself and feel as though you could use some encouragement, feel free to PM me. If we got a group of people together we could continue this thread or start a new one of each others progress.
Have a wonderful day,
Chris
