My Fat Self

Dannelle and I have had some health problems but God has truly Blessed us and helped us to learn that we are the keeper's of this temple, our bodies and that we have to take responsibility for our health, good or bad.

We have been to some Main stream Doctors and they have helped some, but we have received more help from
alternative Health Professionals than main stream Doctors. Alternative Health Professionals have helped teach us over the past few years to rethink
how to eat,
when to eat
and what to eat.

I have had High Blood Pressure and a weight problem for years. My Doctor told me I needed to loose weight but he had no suggestion as to how I was suppose to do that!
In August of 2000 I went to Durham NC for the

Virginia / Carolina Classic Body Building Championship.

I am proud to say Lisa won first place in her division and Lisa won first place over all, for women.

However I was not proud of how fat I was standing beside her. I weighed 225 lbs and you can see how I looked with my belly hanging over my shorts.

Dannelle and I have learned to not only eat smaller portions to consume less calories but to make sure what calories we eat have good nutrition.

First of all we stopped drinking soda pop, sugar laden
juices, and we started drinking pure water. Then we
started eating healthy, fruits, vegetables and meats
only in moderation, and now I have lost 50 lbs.

What every your caloric intake: only 12% needs to be
protein, no more than 30% fats and the rest
complex carbohydrates.

Potatoes, rice, pastas and sweet fruits (like bananas) are simple carbohydrates and turn to sugar (glucose)
as fast or faster than table sugar triggering our
insulin response. The body then thinks it has all the
energy supply that it needs and sends everything else
into storage.

This storage takes the form of fat. So eat these things
alone with enough time in between so that when you
eat something else it want all go to fat or don't eat them!

Now I weigh just 190 and will continue to loose weight until I am near 180. Just 10 lbs more to go, but they are the hardest to loose. There is a wall here, after almost a year now I am still at 190. Ugh, I guess this means, I will actually have to exercise.

But my knees want let me, so I am just trying to stay under 200!

Good nutrition helped me to loose weight, but it also has helped us to both be healthier, have more energy and enjoy life more. Good nutrition, is just Good Sense!

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The Champ & the Chump
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Beth, Lisa, Me, & Dannelle

It is my fat self standing there. I decided then, that I was going to loose some of that fat, or at least stop gaining weight. It just didn't seem to be in the cards. I was almost convinced that it was just part of growing old! But it is not! It is part attitude, lack of knowledge and just plain choice.
When I started making the right choices, I started loosing weight!