Weigh Down Diet

i can't believe i found this forum. i've searched CF for a weight loss thread since i joined. i can't believe i found this. talk about hidden. i think they really need to move it into eating disorders or some place a person might actually look for it on the main forums page there isn't a weight loss category, only eating disorders, which takes you into anorexia, which is NOT my problem! then i just happen to see a thread on the main page that someone posted on about dieting, and voila, here i am! (i still can't believe i found this forum..lol).

i've had a little success already in losing, i just need to get back to it. it's kind of embarrassing posting this, especially when i see threads on here about someone who is skinny as a rail and trying to lose weight, but here goes...

in 1998 or 1999 (i'm so old i can't remember which) i found myself weighing in at a whopping 375 pounds . only people who have experienced it (and God) can relate to the torment and agony of being that big. what the medical profession calls 'morbidly obese.' i can't tell you what a nightmare it was. i had no idea i was that big, really (how weird is that?!).

it's a long story that i'll go into some time, but i'ma gonna post a link of some before and 'afters' so far. the 'after' pics are not final, as i still need to lose a lot more weight, but i've already lost 180 pounds!! YES!!

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/suzeequeue/?action=view&current=suzcomparison.gif

and one more...

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/suzeequeue/?action=view&current=ed8366d8.gif

and one more...

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/suzeequeue/?action=view&current=alaska2.gif

i was 195 pounds in the last pic. that's the lowest i've gotten, SO FAR.

please note, in the second photo, i would never leave the house like that, i just took the photo for comparison and so i could see if i COULD leave the house like that... it was decidedly NO! hehe. i wear a blouse over that shirt to cover my giant arms!

anyway, i lost this weight through the Lord and perseverance! i read a book called, "The Weigh Down Diet--A Biblical Approach to Weight Loss." it changed my life. thank you, Lord (and thank you Gwen Shamblin for writing that marvelous book and thank you, Sara, for giving me the book).

i'll post more later on how the diet works if any are interested. i'm just glad to have found this forum! maybe it's time to finish what i started so long ago.

praise the Lord!

i hope the links work, i couldn't figure out how to post a pic. ain't that smart

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John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Wow looking at the pictures alone that is a huge difference!. You definitely should be definitely proud of that achievement. Im sure you feel 100% better every day!.

Richard,

thank you so much for your nice compliments, Hudson Hawk. i feel great compared to how i used to. i could hardly walk at my highest weight, truly. my back hurt so bad and my lung capacity was nil. i had to stop after less than half a block because i just couldn't breathe. crazy. i was literally drowning in fat. and i still managed to work a full-time job. i guess it was only by the grace of God.

it's funny how you said i probably feel better every day, because when i'm dieting, i really do. then if i go off the diet and start to overeat enough to gain weight, i feel every ounce as i'm going back up the scale. if i gain even a pound i can tell. it's weird. by the same token i can feel every ounce leaving my body too, and that's a GREAT feeling. i suppose that's normal for a normal weight person, but for me, when i was steadily gaining, i couldn't tell. i only knew i gained because my clothes would get too small. then i got to the point where i couldn't find clothes to fit at Target/Walmart/department stores. i had to go to one of those specialty shops where the blouses cost a fortune and they go up to like size 6X. UGH.

as you can imagine, i just felt so overwhelmed. it seemed like a battle i couldn't win, and then one day i realized, hey, what's stopping me?!..lol

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John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

wow that is a huge difference. what is the diet like?

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