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What a difference a change in diet makes (Standard American Diet (SAD) vs. Vegan) - Democratic Underground
Http://www.tickerfactory.com/weight-loss/w5Sn8t8 >My Weight Chart:
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In terms of plain text, my weekly progress thus far has been:
June 21, 2009 - 488 (-31 from Dec.
2007 lifetime high)
June 28 - 488 ( 0 )
July 5 - 485 ( -3 )
July 12 - 478 ( -7 )
July 19 - 476 ( -2 )
July 26 - 475 ( -1 )
August 2 - 456 ( -19 )
August 9 - 449 ( -7 )
31 lbs.
In 18 months on a typical diet, followed by 39 lbs.
In 7 weeks following The McDougall Plan .
Sweet!
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You're doing so well.
I'm so excited for you.
Kirk, you're gonna do it.
I can feel it. And you deserve all the praise.
It's gonna happen for you.
Trust me!
I'm so proud of you my friend.
I think of you all the time and hope you're doing well.
Thank you SO much for posting your great results.
I'll bet you and Jeanette are just thrilled with this.
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You can bet Jeanette and I are thrilled.
I've had too many years of false starts, self-doubt and difficulties.
I'm so happy that this is turning out to be so easy, at a time when it really was just about do or die (or at the minimum suffer an amputation!).
I will definitely keep in touch here on this board.
I'm also posting in the Vegetarian/Vegan/Animal Rights boards now.
As always, anyone and everyone is encouraged to check out my main journal on the McDougall website.
Thank you for all of your encouragement and continued support over the years while I've struggled to get my head in order, auntAgonist.
It's meant more to me than you can possibly know.
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We knew you could do it.
One day at a time.
That's great progress.
We are proud of you!
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Just as I wrote to auntAgonist, thank you for your support as well, justagamma.
Seventy pounds is only part of the battle for me, but already I feel like a totally different person.
I still tire fairly quickly since I'm trying to let my foot finish healing and therefore I'm not on it much.
But, if there's a ring of the doorbell or I need something from the front of the apartment, I can get there much more easily then I could just a few short weeks ago.
I can stand for many more minutes now than before as well.
I just need for my arms to stop hurting so much.
Frozen shoulder is one of the nastiest conditions imaginable, but I seem to be making slow progress with that clearing up too.
I'm hoping that the only surgery I'll ever need will be cosmetic in nature, to get rid of excess skin.
I will be keeping everyone posted regularly!
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June 21, 2009 - 488 (-31 from Dec.
2007 lifetime high)
June 28 - 488 (unchanged due to quitting 3 daily doses of diuretics)
July 5 - 485 ( -3 )
July 12 - 478 ( -7 )
July 19 - 476 ( -2 )
July 26 - 475 ( -1 )
August 2 - 456 ( -19 )
August 9 - 449 ( -7 )
August 16 - 454 ( +5 ) (blood pressure low enough to drop lasix completely, but at the expense of some water retention)
I actually ate less this week than last week, when I made a deliberate effort to slow my weight loss just a bit.
However, at the same time I decided to get off a medication I seem to be able to live without, so I attribute this week's setback to a bit of water gain.
Also, losing 26 pounds over the previous two weeks just wasn't something sustainable given that I'm not really exercising yet.
That comes when I break below 400.
Otherwise, I'm doing very well and still thoroughly enjoy the McDougall lifestyle.
Last night's dinner was a mushroom dish with a red wine reduction over some quinoa.
Delicious!!
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I love McDougall.
The recipes in his books are easy & good.
A long time ago I read that it takes two weeks for your taste buds to adjust to a new diet.
I think that a lot of food in America is basically salt & fat & people don't really taste the food underneath.
If you can put in the two weeks, you really start to taste the whole foods you are eating.
I haven't visited McDougall's site in a long time.
Thanks for the link.
And again, congrats on the outstanding progress!
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June 21, 2009 - 488 (-31 from Dec.
2007 lifetime high)
June 28 - 488 (unchanged due to quitting 3 daily doses of diuretics)
July 5 - 485 ( -3 )
July 12 - 478 ( -7 )
July 19 - 476 ( -2 )
July 26 - 475 ( -1 )
August 2 - 456 ( -19 ) ** (resumed diuretic and diabetic meds)
August 9 - 449 ( -7 )
August 16 - 454 ( +5 ) (stopped diuretics again due to lowering b.p.)
August 23 - 444 ( -10 ) (nope...
Can't quit lasix -- I want to but I need to be real)
My experiment in stopping lasix due to acceptable blood pressure readings wasn't such a great idea.
I still retain a lot of water in my bad leg due to some vein damage, so I can't tax myself that way.
Better a drug than the consequences of further compromised circulation!
I'm still continuing to eat vegan, with no added oil.
I feel great except for the pain from my healing leg, so sometimes I have a hard time sleeping, but all-in-all I'm far less miserable than I was 3 months ago!
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Down 44 pounds in a little over 2 months is wonderful.
That's nearly 10% of your starting weight- in other words, remarkable progress.
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June 21, 2009 - 488 (-31 from Dec.
2007 lifetime high)
June 28 - 488 (unchanged due to quitting 3 daily doses of diuretics)
July 5 - 485 ( -3 )
July 12 - 478 ( -7 )
July 19 - 476 ( -2 )
July 26 - 475 ( -1 )
August 2 - 456 ( -19 ) ** (resumed diuretic and diabetic meds)
August 9 - 449 ( -7 )
August 16 - 454 ( +5 )
August 23 - 444 ( -10 ) (tried stopping lasix again -- no go)
August 30 - 449 ( +5 )
September 6 - 443 ( -6 )
I seriously have no idea what caused me to gain 5 lbs.
Last week. Even worse, I had another episode where my left thigh got really tender and immediately afterward my whole body fell ill for two days.
It's got to be long-trapped lymph fluid coming loose as weight loss reverses my lymphedema, is all I can guess.
That would certainly be toxic enough to throw me for a loop as it works its way out of the body!
I spent the entire weekend last week in bed, asleep.
Only ate one time, but also only took my medications one time.
My blood sugar spiked for a couple of days as a result, but by Wednesday I was on my way back to normal.
At least whatever caused that weight gain, I reversed it plus a pound this past week.
I'll take it!
Oh, and I've begun exercising daily too.
Just marching in place on the bedroom floor for now, but that recumbent bike of mine is waiting for me to drop under 400 so I can get on and pedal all I want with no impact on my bad foot.
I hope all of you are doing well!
Thanks to everyone who has been checking in on me.
Sorry I didn't have much to say for a little while.
I just needed to get over whatever happened last week and know that my weight was coming down properly again.
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We all have setback occasionally.
I know I do.
It's OK, as long as the general trend is downward.
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