I'm not quite understanding the logistics of this diet, Chuck. Perhaps you explained it a few threads back, I don't know. Pretty much all of us, including myself, could stand to lose some weight as we age. But I loved you just the way you were -- strong and handsome and adorable. What's the impetus behind this, I'm wondering?
Hiya Mandy.
The diet works like this. For the first nine days, I can have all the vegetables and fruit I want. 2 cups of brown rice a day. A cup of oatmeal a day. 4 egg whites a day. 6 oz of yogurt a day. All the spring water I want. Exercise 5 days a week, 30 minutes a day. It's a "detox" period to clean the body of the junk taken in.
Phase two is for 3 weeks. The menu is expanded to include unsweetened cereal, 4 oz of meat, 3 oz of seafood a day. Two cans of diet soda a day. Work outs should now be 35 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
Phase three is for 4 weeks. The menu is expanded again to include cheese, whole wheat/multi-grain bread, whole wheat pasta, some desserts like cookies and a serving a chips. Work outs are now 45 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
Phase four is for life. The menu expands a final time to include pizza once a week, small serving of french fries, and other foods. Work outs should now be 60 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
Why am I doing this? First, thanks for the compliments about me being strong and handsome and adorable. Good to hear!
However, my family has obese members in it on both sides, and on both sides of my family, family members have had both legs amputated at the knees due to diabetes.
For my height, my weight should be max 165 pounds. After talking to my doctor, he suggested I aim for 185 pounds due to my age of 41. When I was in Florida, my weight was almost 234 pounds. That meant I was (using 165 pounds as the ending point) 69 pounds overweight, technically obese.
I am not getting any younger, and the older I get, the harder it will be to take this weight off. So that's why I'm doing this now.
Before I went to Georgia in March, I made an appointment with my doctor, and my cholesterol and sugar levels are all within acceptable ranges. The one thing that is out of whack is the weight.
Time to fix it.