It’s time for a challenge update!
Almost a month has passed since my last update (WOW!) and I have only lost three more pounds, but the key here is that I am still down, I haven’t gained any weight back even with some real cheating! I have decided to make some changes with the nutritional products I am using to help me achieve my goal. Not that I what I was using was bad, I think they are excellent products that have stood the test of time and research, plus I was making real progress with them. Still I have long been uncomfortable using nutritional products that are broken down into components such as individual vitamins, enzymes, minerals, etc. without a trained health professionals direction or more education than I have. I know there is research that shows (for example) that just because vitamin C is good for you that doesn’t mean that a lot of an isolated vitamin C is also good for you. Taking nutritional products is not the same as eating food. That doesn’t make them bad, I knew these products have been proven to be good overtime with research etc. But I think they should be treated more like medicine than food. But I also know that I need to improve my health including losing weight. I was doing both with them so I wasn’t really looking to change anything, but because they are supplements, I wasn’t totally comfortable either. Then I saw a post about what someone who is following my dream (Full time RV living) is doing and I decided to investigate it, and then make a change. Why? Basically because it made far more sense to me and it is backed by even more scientific research. These products are not breaking whole foods down into isolated, individual components such as vitamins, enzymes, minerals, etc. They ARE whole foods with all the trace and complementary components that whole foods should have in place. They have food product labels not nutritional supplement labels, because they are whole food! (why, oh why, didn’t I find this years ago?) It’s fruits and vegetables that I need available (thanks to science) in a way that I know I will consume easily with no fuss or muss. I have been terrible about eating fruits and vegetables, OK actually much worse than terrible. And I yes I know that I need them. But not being able to do nuts or seeds also makes that even more of a challenge. Now I am getting more than thirty fruits and vegetables a day in a way that is soooo completely doable, affordable, and convenient for me. I also know that what I am getting is far better because of how they are grown and processed then I could from ANY supermarket produce isle and probably better than if I grew them myself! I am still doing two shakes a day and I’m loving these even more! I keep hearing that to loose weight you should not eat after 6 pm, well since I work until 11 pm have my dinner at 8 pm and can’t seem to go to bed (typically between 1 and 2 am) after I get home without eating something, that not eating after 6 pm thing just isn’t working out for me at this point in my life. So my main goal right now is to take other steps I can to improve my health. I am NOT giving up on weight loss, but I think as my fruit and veggie intake improves other good things are more likely to happen. This improvement on getting my fruits and veggies is a BIG step. I think my next step will be more exercise. Over all I know I am doing much better, I am happy, and thanks for your support!
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I started this challenge on March 16th at 280 lbs now about a month and a half later on May 2nd I am (by my scale) 266 lbs. So 14 lbs so far!
I am not losing weight as fast now as I did when I started but that is very normal. What's great is that I generally feel better, I am not dragging myself out of work dog tired every night. And a big change that I have noticed recently is I have greatly reduced my consumption of Hershey Chocolate Nuggets! I used to eat several of these a day, now I can go without eating any in a day! And I have not forced this change, I am just not wanting to eat them as much! Anyone who has worked with me the past eight years knows I love these, some of the ladies have even called me "Mr. Hershey" And yes, I still eat them, just not nearly as much. I also still love chocolate, the chocolate meal shake is my favorite, but I am also finding myself eating things like oranges, pears, and peaches more than I have been. I am really liking these changes and am very glad that I got on this challenge! And no I have not eaten that nugget in the photo yet, that was in my hand, maybe later. It is officially time for my first-month update for the Be Your Best Challenge.
On weight, my 30-day goal was 7 lbs. When I started my scale said 280 today it says 271 so I beat my first month's goal by 2 lbs! I have to say that was with a bit of cheating (especially that one Friday night after work!) and going off the products completely for a couple days. Plus without any kind of regular exercise, I still need to work on that. Beyond the improvement in my weight, I am very pleased with my overall energy. I help some friends do some moving yesterday and was not completely exhausted, good recovery. I also fell during that and yes my knees are sore, but not nearly as bad as I think they would have been before. Again, very good recovery. I absolutely know that I am getting better nutrition with this program and I am feeling it. Also saving money over what I was before, which is a nice little bonus. I do have a long way to go on some of my regular food choices but I am seeing that improve without forcing it too, like a couple days ago a got an Orange rather than a bag of chips, Sad to say I don't remember when the last time I had an orange was, and it was delicious! I highly recommend this program to others and invite you to join me in the challenge. Will you rise up? Here is a link for more info. I did not post an update Friday and the Dr. visit was one reason for that. Glad to say that I came away with a clean bill of health most pleasing to both of us that my risk of diabetes (which she was concerned about) is lower now and my weight is down. From their scale at the clinic 280.2 lbs. last year 279.9 lbs. now.
Which gets to another reason I did not post last Friday, I seem to have a totally undependable weight scale. When I stepped on it then, I thought it said 271, but the light was poor and as I adjusted on it to get a better read it was jumping from about 260 to 280 so I stepped off and after the dial stopped bouncing around I stepped back on and it said 275! So I really don’t trust the thing and that rather throws off all the numbers I have been sharing. The good news is that I am losing weight and feeling better. I may have to get a different scale and start over on my progress reports. I have also been having an odd tingling all over my body that I wasn’t sure about (and still not) Dr. says that is likely a reaction to some toxin, which today when she said that immediately made me think of the chemicals at work that I and others have been having issues with. She said it’s hard to know without a lot of testing and it does seem to be decreasing now, so I am not that concerned about it. The Dr. was pleased that I am doing a challenge to lose weight and improve my health, and so am I. In two weeks I surpassed my one-month goal! That was 7 lbs and I have gotten rid of 9 lbs! Good riddance!
Not much change in measurements yet with the new fabric tape I got, goodbye to that yucky metal one. 47.5 inches at the belt, 50.5 at the belly button. Yeah, this area needs some work. It will happen. But the hopeful and most surprising news on this challenge is how I am feeling and my energy. Now I would think that if I am losing weight I have to be depriving myself of things I had before so I wouldn't be feeling as good, right? But I am feeling better! Yes, I am working on cutting back on junk food (not gone, one step at a time) so I am getting less processed sugar, salt, and fat. But with this challenge, I am getting more of something very important, nutrients that I was missing before and that my body needs. Especially with me mostly microwaving everything! Thus, thus the thing I am most pleased with, at the end of the day at work, I am not as tired and I generally have more energy, don't feel like just sitting around as much. I am very happy with that. Haven't gotten anyone else to step up to the challenge yet, but honestly, I really haven't yet either. With all the junk out there, even though I had used these products decades ago as a child I wanted to make sure that I was happy with this before recommending it. And after two weeks I am very happy with it. If you want to know more please contact me. When I was a young child my mother had trouble finding household cleaning products that did not cause me health problems, she finally did when a friend introduced her to a company called NeoLife. Mom also credited the nutritional products from NeoLife for greatly improving her and our families health. She lived to be 86 and dad 88.
As I moved away from home I also moved away from those products. Decades went by and I have grown increasingly concerned about my weight and health. As I looked at things I could do about that I happened across NeoLife again. It’s Based on Nature, Backed by Science, whole food approach to nutrition really made more sense to me than anything else I had been seeing. Plus and I personally remembered the products being really good. Not only does NeoLife have many people using their products for 60 years, including several generations in many families, (I wish now that I had kept using them) their products have had scientific research done on them which have been published in major scientific journals. I don’t know of any other nutritional supplements like them. So now I feel like I have come full circle, back home to the good products that I grew up on. I am starting back with their Weight Loss Pack and will be updating my story as I progress on this journey. I invite you to follow along and also to start your own journey to better health. To give even more motivation for people to lose weight and improve their health NeoLife offers a Live Better Challenge with cash and other prizes. Plus if you refer three members to use the products, you get yours FREE! Check that out here and Join me on the Challenge! My starting point at beginning of challenge Weight 280 lbs, waist 50 in. Goal 200 lbs. |
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