RSHagen's Journal

I have started on a restriction diet.. to avoid refined sugars, excess fats, and all yeast products... including fermented sauces.   when I am stable enough to carry on with this...

I started on Sept 24, 09 and weighted 184 lbs.   now a little over a month later, I am down to 178.8..  the numbers have gone up and down... but stayed under the original...  my highest weight when I started this Goal was 186 + lbs. 

I feel better already, one thing I am very thankful for... Is I dont have so much bloating... there are times however, that I feel that way due to bowel problems.. but that is an on and off situation due to the meds I take.

 It is my hope to eventually avoid wheat products as well. and if I can get that far down the path also red meat as the major protein in my diet.   We do eat a lot of chicken, and some pork, but not enough fish.   I have been drinking natural soy milk to help increase my proteins, and have notices a huge decrease in muccous problems in my throat and sinuses... I can breath and sing better now, after only a month.

If ...  always that powerful 2 lettered word... If I can manage to maintain this program and increase my exercises... my goal is to loose 4-5 lbs / month. and eventually end up near 150 lbs or lower.   my ideal goal for my age would be @ 140 lbs.  thin enough to feel light and energetic again, but heavy enough that I wont succumb to increased bone loss.... years ago I went onto a strict but managable healthy diet... I lost 30 lbs in 6 months.   all I did was get rid of the junk food. and stay active... I know that there is a big difference in my metabolism from a 23 yr old to a 49 yr old... but even if it took a year.. 30 pounds would make me a whole new person.

My ultimate goal... is to encourage my husband to want to change his eating habits for the right reasons... and reap the benfits of outliving his mother who died at 56, and a brother who will not live many more years without some miraculous intervention.   I want to grow old With my husband, not without.

So... Slow is good,   as long as it is forward motion... I will be smiling.