1 year anniversary on LDL and down 70 POUNDS!
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 10:50 pm
Hello Everyone!
I don't post too often but I could not pass this opportunity up! Today is my 1 year anniversary with LDL and I have lost 70 pounds!!
(Photos coming very soon) There is no way that I can put into words my excitement and joy at how my life has changed in this past year! I would have never believed that "I" could lose 70 pounds! I look back at photos of myself before LDL and it's just unbelievable that I had let myself get in that shape! I feel like a new and free person!! I no longer hate the way I look, and the complements that you get from everyone just makes you feel so great. I get called "Skinny" all the time now! I have gone from a very tight (stomach hanging over the belt) size 40 pants (probably needed a size 42 at least) to a LOOSE size 36 and I really need to change to a size 34. The other day I got into a size 32 pants very comfortably! I was thinking these must be sized wrong!!
I think everyone has defining moments in this "way of life" and for me it was when I first got into a size 36 pants. I remember thinking "NOTHING tastes as good as getting into these size 36 pants feels"!! I'm telling you, it's a feeling you will never forget!! Every once in a while I remind myself "your not a fat person anymore"!! That is just the coolest thing! I have gone through Christmas, birthdays, numerous occasions where everyone pigs out all around you and you are able to survive because you don't crave the stuff anymore! Everyone ask me how do you have the willpower to not eat the bad stuff? I tell them it's much easier when you don't crave it!!
I would just like very much to encourage those people who are not quite sure yet if they can do this. I don't care how many things you have tried and failed at in the past this way of life is for you! YOU can do this! I have lost count of the people who I know that were inspired by my weight loss (if he can do it I KNOW I can!). One of my coworkers has lost 70 pound also (he started in January 2010), my Sister-n-law on last account has lost around 50 pounds. Our preacher has lost around 50 pounds! I have had people at work that I didn't really know stop me and ask me about Lets Do Lunch. Neighbors, cousins, the list goes on!! It's a wonderful thing.
One of the biggest benefits that I have had is the improvement to my health. I had a high blood pressure problem and the doc had prescribed me medication for this. I never did have to take it though, I found LDL first! My BP would normally be 140-142 over 85-90 and my heart rate would be around 85-90. Just a few days ago I checked mine and it was: 106 over 63 and my heart rate was 58!! Wow!! That alone would be worth it all!!
Okay, I know this has been a long post and thank you for hanging in there, but let me say a few things. I haven't really cheated at all because I haven't craved the bad foods. There are too many good things to eat and you can have plenty of them. I took what Roger said in the book and followed that. I have seen a lot of comments in the forums that can make this seem harder than it is. Remember, its all in the book. Just do what Roger said "IN THE BOOK". I always ate until I was full, I always snack when I am hungry and guess what.... I don't go hungry! I am also not hard on myself, I see some people in the forums that seem to be hard on themselves with this way of eating. They may do that for a while and then fall off the wagon. I had rather Just stay steady and stay on the plan! The weight WILL come off! Just remember, this is not a diet, it is not a sprint or race, it is a new way of eating FOR LIFE! The trip is worth every step and every mile!!!
May God bless you as he has so richly blessed my family.
Glen
I don't post too often but I could not pass this opportunity up! Today is my 1 year anniversary with LDL and I have lost 70 pounds!!
(Photos coming very soon) There is no way that I can put into words my excitement and joy at how my life has changed in this past year! I would have never believed that "I" could lose 70 pounds! I look back at photos of myself before LDL and it's just unbelievable that I had let myself get in that shape! I feel like a new and free person!! I no longer hate the way I look, and the complements that you get from everyone just makes you feel so great. I get called "Skinny" all the time now! I have gone from a very tight (stomach hanging over the belt) size 40 pants (probably needed a size 42 at least) to a LOOSE size 36 and I really need to change to a size 34. The other day I got into a size 32 pants very comfortably! I was thinking these must be sized wrong!!
I think everyone has defining moments in this "way of life" and for me it was when I first got into a size 36 pants. I remember thinking "NOTHING tastes as good as getting into these size 36 pants feels"!! I'm telling you, it's a feeling you will never forget!! Every once in a while I remind myself "your not a fat person anymore"!! That is just the coolest thing! I have gone through Christmas, birthdays, numerous occasions where everyone pigs out all around you and you are able to survive because you don't crave the stuff anymore! Everyone ask me how do you have the willpower to not eat the bad stuff? I tell them it's much easier when you don't crave it!!
I would just like very much to encourage those people who are not quite sure yet if they can do this. I don't care how many things you have tried and failed at in the past this way of life is for you! YOU can do this! I have lost count of the people who I know that were inspired by my weight loss (if he can do it I KNOW I can!). One of my coworkers has lost 70 pound also (he started in January 2010), my Sister-n-law on last account has lost around 50 pounds. Our preacher has lost around 50 pounds! I have had people at work that I didn't really know stop me and ask me about Lets Do Lunch. Neighbors, cousins, the list goes on!! It's a wonderful thing.
One of the biggest benefits that I have had is the improvement to my health. I had a high blood pressure problem and the doc had prescribed me medication for this. I never did have to take it though, I found LDL first! My BP would normally be 140-142 over 85-90 and my heart rate would be around 85-90. Just a few days ago I checked mine and it was: 106 over 63 and my heart rate was 58!! Wow!! That alone would be worth it all!!
Okay, I know this has been a long post and thank you for hanging in there, but let me say a few things. I haven't really cheated at all because I haven't craved the bad foods. There are too many good things to eat and you can have plenty of them. I took what Roger said in the book and followed that. I have seen a lot of comments in the forums that can make this seem harder than it is. Remember, its all in the book. Just do what Roger said "IN THE BOOK". I always ate until I was full, I always snack when I am hungry and guess what.... I don't go hungry! I am also not hard on myself, I see some people in the forums that seem to be hard on themselves with this way of eating. They may do that for a while and then fall off the wagon. I had rather Just stay steady and stay on the plan! The weight WILL come off! Just remember, this is not a diet, it is not a sprint or race, it is a new way of eating FOR LIFE! The trip is worth every step and every mile!!!
May God bless you as he has so richly blessed my family.
Glen
CONGRATULATIONS, GLEN!!! 
It's wonderful to hear from you and with such good news! We are all very proud of you -- keep on spreading the word. I'm sure your coworker, sister-in-law and preacher thank you many times over.