I'm going to lose 130 lbs starting today, Sept 1st -- wish me luck.

[Mozart]

Today, Sept 1st, is my official start for me to really, finally and effing lose this weight that has long buggered me for the last bunch of too many years. Way too many years. This month is my b-day month (Sept 4th).


So many wonderful opportunities to live life to the fullest passed up because of my weight in the last 7 years. *sigh*


I do know why I gained it on deeper levels and I know exactly how to lose it as well, so I don't need any advice about how to lose it; however, if you feel moved to comment on something, feel free to do so, as others -- and I -- could learn something.


I do want to inspire others who'd be dealing with the same weighty issue that I'm dealing with to, perhaps, get started too. And I'm getting started at 52, going on 53 ... it's horribly more difficult to lose weight at this age, than compared to 42 or 32.


So if you are those younger years and have too much weight on ... don't you DARE think that it's going to be easier to take off that weight when you are older! Lose that sh!t now! Or asap. But not when you are past 45!


I'm just posting this so that I can say that I publicly declared somewhere that I'd be losing this weight. Failure is not an option for me.


My starting weight is 330 lbs. Target weight 200 lbs, which is my natural weight.

[EDIT: My actual weight was 333 lbs on the morning of the 1st of Sept, so my goal is to lose 133 lbs asap.]


I was once invited to audition for the Chippendale dancers back in the '80s ... now I'd dance for "Chubbydale" dancers ... not. I think that Chris Farley did the most-awesome fat-man dance EVER on Saturday Night Live when he danced next to Patrick Swayze. I was literally ROTFLMAO watching that ... but I was not fat then.


And it's hard to believe that BOTH those guys have passed on and are gone. Too young, man!


I have a ton of good clothes that I scored from digging through dumpsters in Tahoe -- all washed, of course -- so I look forward to wearing those clothes once I'm small enough, like 270 lbs, or less.


Diet-wise, it'll be mostly raw foods that I've harvested -- blackberries, plums, pears, etc -- from my local area; I'm still harvesting many fruits, including the blackberries that grow along the streams in my area (Sierra Mtns in California).


And other raw foods are eggs, meat and milk -- all raw. About 90% of my food will be raw, organic and free-range. I catch fish (trout in streams; bass in ponds, lakes) locally and I do cook those, as pan-fried trout gently cooked in butter is just too good to pass up!


No amylase whatsoever, so that cuts out wheat in any form; no processed foods; no sugar, etc. Honey would be unheated honey. I get another kind of honey that's been heated to some degree, but not significantly, for my teas and other hot drinks.


Lots of hiking about; biking; walking in the streams, fishing and exploring about in nature. Even at this eff'n weight now, I can go hike for 4 to 7 hours straight and cover 10 miles, no problem. But after a 10-mile hike, I really DO feel it!


I do have a membership at a gym, so for the first month, I'll just walk to the gym -- 3.5 miles one way -- then stretch on this huge stretching device (it's got a bunch of bunging cords all over it, like a spider web), then walk back. That's it. Then a month later, I'll step it up with resistance training. I used to be a fitness trainer back in the day, so now I'm my own fat ass client to train.


I'll just be in the moment with food and not do the same-old patterns that formerly supported my bad habits. Every 2 or three hours, I'll nibble on something if I'm going to go long periods of time not eating ... I don't want my body to think that it's starving, hence it would conserve calories.


It's not going to be easy, I know ... I've started and stopped many times, but this time, I'm not going to stop. It'll get easier as each day goes by further and further along my new, healthy path as I trod along to my goal.


Wish me luck,


~Mozart

[Finefeather]

I wish you lots of luck dear Mozart, this is going to be a changing moment in your life.
Just make sure you have good advice from someone around you, I do know that this can be quite a dangerous undertaking if you are not mindful.
There are many on this forum that I believe would be of great help to you, put the call out in your mind.
Let us know as you progress.
Love and strength
Ray

[Heartsong]

Bravo Mozart! It is hard to lose weight. One of the hardest parts for me is to keep my mind quiet and positive while at the same time disciplining my appetite. Find quiet positive times for yourself and take it one day at a time.
positive vibes coming your way.

[Lifebringer]

I find the Asian diet very helpful it keeps the weight off by speeding up the matabolism and removing toxins in the body with minimal exercise.

Buy a personal trampoline to burn the calories for 15 minutes of "twist bouncing" and then NO fried foods, if you like chicken rack bake it dropping the fat off to collect in a flat pan, not our cellulite thighs.
Also very important "Apple Cider Brown vinegar" One tablespoon 3 times a week, followed by tablespoon of honey for motabolistic boost and glucose tolerance. The brown vinegar melts the already stuck to our body fat, until it's a liquid. Yes, just like in a salad dressing bottle, the vinegar separates fats from tissue, so it can be urinated out. If you can't tolerate the one fell swoop spoonful of vinegar because of tartness, then put it among some baby carrots and oregano with garlic the "natural antibiotic for the immune system" and enjoy. NO creamy salad dressings until you have reached your ideal weight.
Every spring this matabolistic booster will kick start your energy and weight loss as it heats up for spring and summer, when you are active. The small 8-10 holiday weight will melt off next season, so don't pig out, eat what you earned as a reward, and love yourself enough to know when to stop by cutting your calorie intake to NO more than 1800 calories daily. Fruits and veggies will aid in the vitamin intake.
I remember when I was 85lbs overweight and how it took 6 months discipline, to remove the "fat accumulation of 6 babies, where after every birth, the weight just dropped off.

Drink 6-8 glasses of water to flush those toxic fat cells that cause disease/skin rashes, as they come through the pours.

Sit baths of "powdered ginger, or ginger slices in the hot tub to purge toxins from skin. Look at the color of the water as the Asian culture has a color code for the toxins that are coming off the body. i believe grey or black is carbon, brown chemical like pesticides of the liver/kidnes or pharma drugs toxidity. You can look up Tai Diet

If you have been a smoker and feel there may be some carcinogenic cells created due to this habit, start immediately on 1tspn of baking soda, and two tspns of any natural sugar(molasses, honey, maple syrup, pineapple sugar, NOT fructose, they have it in crystals, mixed in 8oz glass of water, to shrink tumors and destroy the cells safely leaving the healthy cells alone. cancer cells crave sugar, so if the baking soda sneaks into the cell, oxygen is created to destroy the cancer which hates air. If you have an outside tumor, neck or other place, use pure garlic oil and saturate the tumor until is either slides off or completely die, or one in the jaw by the teeth that doesn't hurt, but is there all the same, this will dissolve the masses where they are benign.

Do this for two to three months about 3 to 4 times weekly according to how many packs per day you smoke. Use lemon on you meats like fish, chicken, eat tuna, light weight cold cuts, (no mayo or very light mayo), leafy green spinach fresh tossed into soup the last few minutes of simmering make a fantastic meal with garlic/non-cholesterol butter spread. Olive oil, if you must fry and becareful of the breading unless white breading is replaced with whole wheat or multigrained breads. Experiment with the natural breads slightly heated up for 20 seconds in a microwave like in a restaurant.
Experiment with some of the light spreads with flavorings. Bagals with onion, soups, help you sleep, and maintain the proper fullness to deter the stomach from feeling hungry. if you balance the meals out like 800 for dinner, and 500 for breakfast and 500 for lunch, you will lose that weight in no time. I personally gave it 21 days and in that time lost 21 lbs without any energy loss.

Lamb is also a good replacement for beef when you have digestive problems that are caused by meat sitting too long in the intestines, blocking absorption of minerals and vitamins before leaving the body.

If you block up the pipes, you will get back up. If you get back up, then you get GERD, IBS, and colon problems.

Save yourself and eat smartly and cook all food until it comes off the bone or animal fats(which may contain the refuse antibiotics in the animal) must drain off the meat or be pour off in a boil before baking.

Good luck, you won't need luck if you do this, but luck and health, just the same.

[NancyV]

Sounds like you're basically doing the Paleo diet. It's a good one! Much good luck!

[Jeffrey]

Hey man, I'm not going to wish you luck because you don't need it! All it takes is persistence, a plan, and motivation. It sounds like you have those basic ingredients already! I have my BS degree in Exercise Science so if you have any questions or need someone to review an exercise regimine for you I'd be happy to do that. One of my favorite subjects was on Sport and Exercise Psychology which deals with topics like motivation, burn out, goal setting, program adherence, etc. Great stuff.

Congratulations on taking the first step. The first of many on a challenging, rewarding journey!

[EsmaEverheart]

You can do it! I know this because I lost 110 pounds a few years ago and have kept it off. If I can do it, you can too!

[Eram]

All the best to you Mozart.

A new chapter of your life is opening up to you.

[RunningDeer]

Good for you, Mozart! Sounds like you have all the ingredients for a successful program.

And happy birthday and rebirthday!

[cacklingmuse]

Congrats, Mozart on your re-birthday! Happy birthday, as well! I, too, am on the quest for a healthier me... My hubby and I are trying the High Carb Low Fat Raw Vegan approach (basically all fruit and veggie, as much as you can eat w/ NO calorie restrictions.) My hubby has been more vigiliant than I and has lost over 40lbs in less than a month! We started out walking a mile a day and are now running more than that. This fruity diet is amazing!!! Check out 30bananas a day on youtube. Changed our lives.... Hope this might interest you. Good luck and blessings on your life change~

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Wish me luck,


~Mozart

Luck Mozart

You might want to try Tonic Alchemy by Dragon Herbs for nutrition, very little calories and densely packed with the best foods in the world, i dont use it to lose weight but to provide my body with foods it would not normaly get, i made room in budget for that by stopping with buying fake food, some things i also use are chlorella, spirulina, wheatgrass and barley grass and maca ( everything is in powdered form by the way and its all very very green except the maca) I toss everything in a glass bowl and mix it all together, and use a minimum of at least two tablespoons with this mix a day and it cleans you right out and provides you with just about everything you need Mix it with juice or water or some yoghurt drink), for carbs you can eat whatever is best for you, i just eat a lot of brrown rice and whole grain pastas.

Be aware of the fact your fatcells are packet with the bad stuff too and this might take some hard detoxing ( can be done quite effordlesly btw by using zeolites and mms, the zeolites are the easy part, the mms intake you might want to build up) Doing livercleanses while you are at it cant hurt either ( maybe the Andreas Moritz book is available as free E book). If you are going for you might just want to get all the way and see how that works out for you.

Good luck, you will love yourself when you get it over with even more.

Not a very polite question perhaps but if i may ask, how much do you have to spend in you food budget per month, is ask this in public so others can see how you can get this done.

i will go first then to make it easier i spend about 350 a month on food, about 200 of those go into the above named products, the rest i burn on the carbs and fruit and such. Yes yes i do eat potato chips and greasy **** too a few times a month.

[Cartomancer]

I am sending positive thoughts your way. Keep us up to date on how you are doing. Over thirty years ago I lost 80lbs and have never gained it back. I found that if I didn't eat at all past 4pm that it came off easily. You can almost eat normally if you do not go to bed within four hours after having eaten. Drink lots of water. I'm from CA down in the Sacto Valley.

[Amysenthia]

Good Luck Mozart,

Making the conscious decision to do things differently is the start. Losing weight first and foremost involves changing old HABITS. There are no miracle weight loss formulas. It is simply take in less calories and burn more. Simple!! Eat plenty of wholesome, organic fruits, vegetables, and less meat. Drink plenty of pure water. Be careful with fad diets. You must do lifestyle changes not diets. This is why all protein diets, mediterranean diets, raw food diets, all eventually fall by the wayside. They are not sustainable for the long haul for most people.

Also, as a 51 year old I personally know the only way to lose weight at this age is exercise, exercise, and then some more. Weight lifting is great for toning and muscle strength, but it will not burn off fat like cardio exercises such as walking, swimming, bicycling, etc. If you are at the weight you say you are you must be very careful about starting a exercise program. DO NOT OVERDUE IT AT FIRST. Many have put themselves in coronaries by starting too hard at first, because in the beginning you are all "lets get this done". You must look at this a being in it for the rest of your life so whats the hurry.

Good luck to you. I do have an extensive background in nutrition/medicine and would be happy to help you in any way if you have questions as you proceed.

[Corncrake]

I am sure you have your own regimen worked out but as others here have shared advice with you please read this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19112549 It is about a recent documentary by the excellent Horizon team regarding the power of intermittent fasting and it is really do-able and really works! If you are interested the same production team investigated exercise in another documentary with surprising results and in yet another they looked at 'diets' and how people respond differently to different diets. All well researched and very interesting. Horizon has been running for decades and their catalogue can be found on line. Good luck.

[Alie]

Mozart
That sounds so delightful with all the walking! Good luck!
Alie

[Flash]

I am getting in with you. How about coaxing each other.

I am a woman, so right there it is usually harder than for men, and at an age where hormones plays fool.

I do not want to give my actual weight publicly (woman pride) but would not mind posting how I am doing - you may find my weight at the end.

Is that alright with you Mozart? I have been caught with that excess for 10 years and missed good time as well due to too much work and could not lose the weight due to stress. Now is time to take care of myself. Could we be companions in fat burning (I have quite lot to lose too, but less than you, so being a woman and burning slowlier, we may arrive on target at the same time).

Flash

[shadowstalker]

In case i miss it HAPPY BIRTHDAY
And good luck I hope you start using MMS while your loosing weight..

[Anchor]

Vision = 200 lbs

I do have some advice, sorry. Take, fluids lots and lots. Water lots and lots.

The reason is that the body takes the opportunity to lock up excess toxins in adipose tissue.

When you start to loose weight you will free any that this happened for, so you need lots of fluids to provide an expedient exit route.

Please don't rush this too much, for the same reason.

I wont wish you luck.

I wish instead for you to have the ability to maintain the vision of success.

[TWINCANS]

We're all behind you, Mozart. Good luck. I know you can do it!

[The Truth Is In There]

lots of good ideas in your post, mozart. here are some more:

if you want to burn fat you have to eat fat (from grass fed animals + cold water fish, no omega 6 vegetable oils!), not sugar, so drop the fruits (except a few berries if you must have any). sugar is toxic and fructose is the most toxic of the lot. all carbs are turned into sugar in the body and all excess is stored as fat as long as you're a sugar-burner (except fructose which is metabolized directly into fat by the liver) so try to limit carbs to no more than 50g per day to become a fat-burner, the remaining food should be approx. 50:50 fat and protein in terms of weight. that gives you about 65% calories from fat, 30% from protein and 5% carbs. most things raw is great, be sure to include lots of fermented foods as well (incl. fish & meat).

to burn calories, forget all the low-level exercise like walking, jogging and the other cardio-crap. build muscles! they burn calories even when you sleep. no cardio exercise does that, the only thing it does is create lots of free radicals and waste muscles. exercise has to be short and intense, you must be dead on your feet after no more than 20-30 minutes. that forces the body to adapt and make beneficial changes. knowing how to influence anabolic and catabolic hormones is the secret to weight loss, health and anti-aging. do resistance training once a week, and sprint training once a week 3-4 days later. 2x 20min per week, no more exercise is necessary. the rest is recovery and muscle build-up (get no less than 8 hours sleep).

if you decide to go low carb (the only sensible thing to do, really) you're gonna drop a lot of weight during the first few weeks. most of that will be water, not fat, because on a regular (read: unhealthy) diet the body retains a lot of sodium in order to be able to also retain water (to dilute the toxic sugar in the body. that creates high blood pressure among other things, not high salt-intake as many people claim). once the blood sugar and insulin levels drop you'll start losing lots of water and sodium (blood pressure goes down) so be sure to get enough himalaya or sea salt or your energy level is going to drop as well because of adrenal insufficiency.

it will only take a few days to go from sugar to fat-burning but the whole metabolic and hormonal adaption incl. changing enzyme production etc. will take 1-2 months so be prepared to go through some heavy carb/sugar cravings and low energy periods during that time. don't give in! once you make it through that, low energy will be a thing of the past, even if you eat nothing all day. the body will burn your body fat and no longer cry for carb-loading every few hours.

good luck!