DougNichols

A week that's great! What was the loss got the week?

Lost 7 lbs in 6 days. Then I gained 1 lb back.

I thought the fruit would give cravings..? I'm def interested in following u!

Nah, not at all.

DAY 7 - 313.8 lbs

Grats to me for making it a week! Three to go! Went up a pound, but not too concerned. In reality I should probably only be weighing once a week, but I want to document a solid month of fruits/veggies. I will however adjust a couple things, just to ensure I keep the loss going:

1) I need more food. It's funny how I was sucking down an entire pizza in 9 hours, and yet now I'm rarely hungry. Not only that, but I will literally eat 1 banana and then wait 4 hours until I eat another one. AMAZING how fresh fruits/veggies eliminate your constant hunger cravings. Processed foods suck.

SO in that light, I wonder if I'm hitting starvation mode. My calorie consumption has gotta be way way down. Therefore, I'll drink another smoothie in the afternoons, and then add a snack somewhere.

2) Do a stressful workout once a week, twice later. I think working out 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week is fantastic, and makes me feel awesome. However I'd like to REALLY press myself occasionally, to get the fat burning. I may end up hiring a trainer once I'm not so out of shape. I DON'T want to waste money on a trainer when I can barely climb 2 stairs before getting winded.

3) If a full stall peeks its head in, I may do a 24 hour juice fast. And/or replace my coffee treat with something smaller.

I've never juiced- what do u think is the best 'starting green juice' not too into veggies!! Lol

1) Add more fruits

2) Adjust your existing fruits to be sweeter (peel your carrots for example)

3) Mix in some Low Sodium V8. Adjust amount to taste

Please watch the documentary "FAT SICK AND NEARLY DEAD" with Joe Cross

A 100% juice fast will cause some people to binge afterwards, as pointed out here:

Obviously depends upon the person, but I'm PRETTY confident that I'd be a post-fast-binger, so I'm not going that route.

You don't mind celery juiced?

Nah, I've been juicing for a year so my taste buds are accustomed to anything. When I first started, it would have been really nasty but now I love it. I like celery and carrots because they are DIRT cheap. That whole table full of veggies costs like $2.50 for a full day of juice.

For kale and spinach (which I love), I prefer to blend them into my fruit smoothies to make a "green smoothie". This keeps the Fiber in tact. I use A LOT of spinach, like 3+ handfuls.

DAY 6 - 312.9 lbs (those stupid green Beans messed up my losses)

So I just spent the day chillin'. It's Sunday after all. I think those green Beans from last night stalled me out. Can still feel them in my stomach, ewww.

For Breakfast I had my usual smoothie, lunch a banana + grapes and for dinner I'm having another banana. My food intake is WAY down from what it used to be. Before, I'd stuff my face any time my small tummy could fit food.< /p>

Worked out for 40 minutes on the treadmill. I was really sore doing it the first three days, but now I'm golden. After my workout, I feel like working out again.

juice today:

Which made a good 5 glassfuls:

Are they that superficial that you have to be hot and attractive before they will give you the time of day?

There are countless videos on YouTube showing hot women wearing a fat suit, and getting treated like crap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE1Z-si4skY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X031RoEZvw

Funny how they instantly feel bad about themselves, just putting it on for a day.

Many people just don't like fatties (men or women). Way it goes.

I'm losing weight so I won't die of a heart attack at age 50, and can live to play with my grandchildren. Plus I can be comfortable in my own skin. If I get noticed by some women, then there's a bonus.

I went cold turkey on surgery day. Since I was already doped up on drugs from post-surgery, the withdrawals weren't an issue.

Take your time losing the last 20 lbs. I think you look hot right now.

1) Ride a normal, lightweight bicycle. Not a fat bicycle.

2) SkyDIVING! Always wanted to, never been thin enough

3) Join back into martial arts

4) Be hot enough that girls look at me / talk to me when I visit the gym. Right now they ignore me like I'm a disease

When you start typing it, the name should contain a dropdown with their name. Try altering their name a little, for example if I type "Doctor Nick" it doesn't work. But "Nick" does:

I gave up carbonation and caffeine cold turkey

Coke is bad. It's like drinking battery acid. More a nightmare than a dream. I tried some about 4 months out, and ran around the room yelling OW OW OW sh*# sh*# sh*#! Don't want to go near it ever again.

DAY 5 - 313.4 lbs

(actually was 312 something this evening, but we'll count the 313.4 since that was early morning)

Had my usual smoothie for Breakfast, and then a banana/coffee a little later. For lunch I was in a hurry, so had a banana + handful of peanuts. And then for dinner I went to a barbeque restaurant to attend a hypnosis lecture (don't ask). Not a lot of raw food at a barbeque restaurant, I just want to point that out now.

So I had a choice of a salad, some sides of green Beans (no doubt laced with sugar), and finally a raw baked potato. The salad was HORRIBLE. Filled with chicken, all sort of cheeses and everything I didn't want to jam into my body. Plus they used the cheapest possible lettuce you could find (the nasty big sections of iceberg lettuce that you never eat).

Baked potato looked rotten, like it was sitting under a heat lamp for the past 3 hours. Ewww. I tried to take a picture so I could post here, but the guy gave me a dirty look.

So green Beans it was! I got a double serving but only ate half, which filled me up for a long, long time. Not 100% raw but at 91 calories and 5g of fat, MUCH better than that nasty (FIVE HUNDRED calorie) salad for dinner choice. Plus it's natural food so hey - what can you do. And then the guy sitting next to me kept sucking the rather startling amount of excess snot in his nose loudly into my mouth/esophogus, which rapidly reduced my appetite.

The creepy part was this girl carrying around a basket of rolls and bread. When people were exiting the line, with a roll already on their plate, she was offering an EXTRA roll. And people were TAKING IT. Zomg.

Next time I go out to eat, gonna just get some Water and take a couple bananas with me.

Hey girl, hey! Actually went out into public tonight, so was late.

Woah dude, you look like a completely different person. Grats on returning to a normal life.

Dang sounds like your doing great!! I'd luv a 'daily menu/Recipies' if I've got time

Thanks!

Breakfast: banana, 5 strawberries, slice of pineapple, 3 handfuls of organic spinach, 30 calories worth of coconut Water into a blender

snackie: banana and my coffee. later I'll drink my veggie juice

Lunch: handful of grapes or an apple. maybe a handful of peanuts

snackie: banana, my veggie juice after 30 mins

Dinner: small bowl of salad or a banana. Or an apple. I avoid my huge smoothie this late, cause it's a ton of food.

Late night: banana if needed. Normally I don't. But sometimes I'm just very hungry.

At least your smart enough to get those natural nutrients..

Yeah I'm reading a book on how processed foods have been bio-engineered to be maximum addicting. Screw that crap. I have an addictive personality, so those things start my bad habits going strong. Best to avoid all of them.

And before fire and cooking, what did mankind eat? FRUITS AND VEGGIES!

It's not your fault, nor a carb monster. Processed foods have been genetically engineered to be the most addictive possible, so you'll eat more of their product. Many good books detailing what they've done.

Gotta get off the crazy food train.

I'm not diabetic, and I get the same sugar/sweets reaction (sleepy, feel terrible, heart races). NO WAY your heart racing that fast is good for you. I figured if I kept eating that sugary crap, I'd end up in the hospital getting some emergency heart surgery.

So I'm off it. For good.

DAY 4 - 314.6 lbs

Almost lost 6 lbs in 4 days. I'm very pleased thusfar. So today I skipped working out, since my feet and ankles kinda hurt from going from NO workout to 3 solid days in a row. Gonna recover and relax, play me some video games.

Look at today's stash from Sam's Club, only cost me $30:

That's a full week of food for $30! They were serving blueberry samples. Lady asked if I wanted one. Of course, I'll take 2! Lady and I had a great conversation about weight loss, and natural foods. Some people have asked about my juicing. Here's the stuff I juice:

Using my Breville juicer:

And it makes about this much. Three big glassfuls:

There is no "honeymoon phase". During the first month or two you're only sipping Soup broth and getting very little calories in, so naturally you'll drop weight faster.

The real challenge comes when you begin sucking down regular food. If you start eating pizza and crap food again, then yeah you'll gain it all back. You must change your diet, your outlook on food to achieve your goals.

I'll get voted down for this, but do you really NEED a nutritionist?

Mine didn't do squat for me. I learned more on YouTube and nutrition sites in an hour than I did with my nut in 5 visits.

I used Dr. Nick. Awesome guy, VERY helpful staff who answered a lot of my stupid questions. I asked him to make mine extra tight, and he did lol. I never went to any follow-up appointments, though (my choice, since I had zero issues).

THIS WAS MY BREAKFAST! I'm so full, I couldn't eat it all. Got 7 slices in, and had to stop.

once sleeved though not sure how far out wld be safe.

Yeah definitely a question for your doctor, during the sleeving process.

My main concern with going raw wld be that with a smaller stomach, it might be hard to eat enough.

Well as you probably know, natural and organic food like bananas, grapes get processed much more quickly than something more dense like steak. So you can eat more often.

Are the peanuts raw?

It's not processed food, so close enough. A little fat makes me feel more full. Plus I'm still having coffee every day from the gas station down the street. Old habits die hard.

Get rid of any therapist you don't click with. I wasted almost 6 months on a crappy therapist, and regret it. Huge waste of money. Taking notes doesn't equal helping you out!

DAY 3 - 316 lbs.

Wow - I lost 4 lbs already in 3 days. My body clearly doesn't want me to be fat.

I started counseling today! Woo, I met this awesome counselor who lives close by and only charges me $80 per session (normal rate is $120). Really connecting to this girl, so I'm all excited about knocking out my food addictions.

Breakfast - big ol' fruit and spinach smoothie

Hit the treadmill for 35 mins

lunch - banana and a few peanuts

dinner - big ol' fruit and spinach smoothie

I didn't really snack today. Oddly, I believe my hunger is going down. For a later night snack I'm making some fresh orange/apple/celery/carrot juice in my Breville juicer! Drinking that makes you VERY full, and don't really want food for like 4+ hours. And by that time I'll be asleep!

I'M SO EXCITED and feeling FANTASTIC all the time.