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Weight Loss/Maintenance

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Systematic Chaos

(8,601 posts)
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 01:18 AM Mar 2012

I'm way overdue for a visit to this forum. Hello everyone! [View all]

I just want to say hello to all of you who visit this area of the DU, and update my progress. It's been a while!

Well, I'm now down just a bit over 200 pounds -- from 519 to 316 -- and my 21-year milestone of finally breaking below 300 is in sight! I am continuing to follow the McDougall plan (www.drmcdougall.com) with its starches, veggies and fruit. I am still having a hard time getting around much due to problems from my feet to my hips, so most of the weight loss continues to be thanks primarily to the plant-based eating lifestyle, but I continue to try and be on my feet and walking around the apartment for at least a while each and every day (and continue to hope that eventually, putting on a pair of shoes won't be excruciatingly painful; I bet I miss the outside world a helluva lot more than it misses me ).

I have also taken the (for me, anyway) huge step of setting up a YouTube channel where I plan to talk about my challenges and triumphs, and encourage others who suffer from obesity and/or chronic illness to do the same. You can find it in my newly updated signature, below.

So, how is everybody?

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You are awesome. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2012 #1
Thank you kindly! Systematic Chaos Mar 2012 #2
It's really good to know that. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2012 #3
I KNOW what happens when we don't look after ourselves! auntAgonist Mar 2012 #5
Wow, 6 days?! Systematic Chaos Mar 2012 #7
I'm doing better now .. auntAgonist Mar 2012 #8
hey!! auntAgonist Mar 2012 #4
It has been slow as molasses at times, but I refuse to quit. Systematic Chaos Mar 2012 #6
Glad you checked in. justgamma Mar 2012 #9
Aw, shucks! Systematic Chaos Mar 2012 #10
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