Hello all. Hope your day is treating you well. I have been seriously working out for about 5 years now and have dabbled a bit with using supplements as a way to add more to my diet.
I had a scare well let’s see. I am 56 now and my scare was 6 years ago last November. I had been sick for weeks prior and getting sicker. Losing weight by the ice cream bucket (literally). By the time I gave in and had to have my twins come and rescue me. They had to help me walk down the stairs to the car and drove me straight to the hospital. They were very worried for me.
Before I got sick k weight about 235 at my heaviest. Now going into the hospital I was not that. I got admitted for three days and was on bolus drip, for what seemed like 8-10 hrs. 5 bags of saline for sure.I was on it for all three days I was there. The Dr. Determined that I had developed H-Pylori. Bacteria infected my stomach. He also suspected I lost about 45-50 lbs during my 6 weeks I was sick.
After the 3 days I was released and went back home. I went back to my old eating habits again n gained back the weight back to about 235 lbs or so n now I had a 44 inch waist.
Now this time was different tho. I felt real sluggish n tired all the time. Not good.
I started doing research and stumbled upon Intermittent Fasting. Found it to be interesting and a possible bridge between what I am to what I could be. I picked the 16/8 pattern.
I went shopping and loaded up on chicken (my favourite other then pork). Got fruit and veggies. Looked also into meal prep. All of this I will touch on as we grow in this blog.
I also dropped my 2-3 2 litres of Pepsi I drank everyday. Not the best thing to have I am sure.
Right away I had the cravings for sugar but I willed my way to water and to replace my sugar I turned to fruit. Apples and such, that relieved the craving and I started to lose weight quite quickly.
Over the course of a few months along with developing a manageable workout routine (which I will also touch on as we grow along), the weight seemed to fall off.
I still do my best to be good every day but I will tell u that it is a battle. Takes a lot of effort and thoughtfulness and consistency to be able to over come. I have to say I have a sweet tooth the size of the world and would love to live on sweets but the man made sweets are in no way good for you for the long term.
Please keep fighting the good fight and if you are thinking about a change in your day to day eating habits and ever wondered if I.F. Intermittent Fasting works or not. I can tell you that for me it did and I still am doing my best to follow 16/8 the best I can. Of course I have good days and some are bad. I do my best to not beat myself up about it and do what I can to get back on the horse (so to speak) and continue on this tricky journey.
Thank you for hanging in there. I know this maybe a bit long but had to get the information out there and let you know what I have done and know also if you try and put it in to practice you to can do it.
Let me be the first to congratulate you for attempting to change and the first step is always the hardest. Congrats to you all.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask. Let me say tho. I am not a medical professional just an average guy who took time to do alot of research and tried very carefully different ways to lose weight and losing faith till I found what worked for me.
Thanks again for your time. If you enjoyed the read. Please let me know. Like. Comment. Share. Subscribe. And I hope to hear from and or see your successes come to life. Please now have a great rest of your day and I will continue to walk this awesome journey with you if you are willing and wanting to continue with me. Chat soon
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