General Discussion & Chat: my 100 + lb weight loss = my new toy, 1 by HERBIE43

HERBIE43 wrote:
three years ago i weighed a 357 pounds. my neighbor and good friend invited me and my wife to attend his daughters college gradulation cermonies. during dinner while i was talking to him he just keeled over and died right on the spot. he was not that much overweight and he was taking medicatin for high blood pressure. i forget the name of wht killed him but it had something to do with sudden heart failure.

anyway, when he wife mentioned that he did not have alot of life insurance from his company it got me to thinking about my insurance from the post office. i had the minimum and decided to jack it up to the maximum. working for the government i found out that i could only do that at certain times but if i had either either a life changing event (ie birth of a child etc) or a physical then i could change it. i took the physical figuring that would be that but i was told that i had a 60 pct clogged catoriod (sp )artery in my neck plus my aiorta valve was not functioning that great.

i went to a dr. in westchester who told me that he could take care of them but i would have to do my part and lose alot of weight.

i started with the 6 week body makover by tony roberts (not sure of the name) for the first six days all i ate was 8 oz. of boiled green vegetables and 4 onces of either fish or chicken and thats all FIVE TIMES A DAY. . there was no salt, pepper, teal, coffee, milk bread etc. after the 6 days i had lost 15 pounds. i follwed the diet for the next year but to tell you the truth i could not stand eating boiled vegetables. i was able to go back to having salt and pepper and one slice of bread. i lost almost 93 pounds but after a while the weight stayed even. i am lazy when it comes to exercise so that didn't help. next i went on medifast which consisted of buying dry soups and drinks and other stuff for my meals. my dinners consited of my hme made soup or anything with chicken and veg burgers. their deal was not eating anything that was white in color. only whole wheat bread, brown rice etc. from the tme i ended my first diet and started my second i had put on about 35 pounds. with medifast i lost 40 pounds which was good but again i came to a standstill.
i have noticed that whoever writes a diet book has a different method for doing it. some believe in low calories, some believe i low carbs and they all work for a time. i recently bough a book titled fit for life which has a diet and exercise program. the theory behind this is that its not what you eat but when you eat it and to get the most bang for your calories. right now i am eating all the fresh fruit i want from the time i get up until 12 noon. after 12 i can have a healthy salad with diet dressing or a sandwich made with avocato slices, tomatoes, lettuce and a little mayo. my dinner is either the usual fish or chicken etc but my favorite is my home made vegetable soup. if you eat fresh fruit all day and the soup at night you will have the most weight loss. i do that twice a week and then the other stuff for the rest of the week.

when i say you can all you want i mean until you are full. do not over or under eat.

so, i went from 357 pounds to 255. i now eat fresh fruit in the morning. until noon time. for lunch i have a maybe a salad or that sandwich or i can have a cold cut sandwich if i want. just eat until i am full. nowadays that means just half a sandwich. our dinners at night are either soup or a veggie burger, or one of the home made wraps using ther soft tortillia wraps which we have with chicken and peppers and mushrooms.

i think i can keep this type of eating for ever cause i like what i am eating and i notice that i have cut down alot on the amount of food i eat at each meal.

here is a picture of me before my diet