I had trouble standing on one foot to put on pants, bending down to tie shoes, had trouble with sleep apnea and acid reflux at night that would cause me to wake up choking on my own bile.

I lost about 50 pounds eating low-carb and now average about 210-220. I'm by no means skinny but I'm much more agile, can pick stuff up off the floor, and clothes fit so much better. The snoring is less and I no longer have acid reflux - along with the weight loss, I got a bed frame that inclines to raise my head slightly so gravity also helps with all that.

Oh and knee problems - 50 fewer pounds of pressure helps. When I was not working at home, my shins would get sore walking from the parking lot. My shins no longer swell with edema and I can feel the solid bones in my legs without leaving dents when I press on them.

I completely understand some people can be heavy and healthy, but I was not and it's individual to each person's specific biology.

Granted I'm almost 6'6" so it's not THAT extreme to be 300#, but it is for me. Most of my earlier adult life I was more like 200-220. In last 15 years put 8" on the waistline.

Anyways, same stuff as you exactly except acid reflux, all the rest though. Shortness of breath too, like I could only get a totally full, satisfying intake of breath with yawning, even then only sometimes. That's REALLY disconcerting I have to say.

And now I'm doing (roughly) the same as you, trying to eat low carb and exercise more (well, any is an improvement). Not keto though, my liver is not in the greatest of shape either, not worth the risk to me of stressing it with keto.

3 weeks before Thxgiving I was 299, then on that day I weighed 284 ... so I'd dropped 5 lbs a week over 3 weeks with just (way) less carbs, less fats, more protein, and more fiber ... and fairly light, but daily, exercise.

I've not weighed myself in the interim since (I got a bit of a rush from seeing 15 entire pounds all at once, decided I like that feeling so not weighing daily), but I've upped the exercise a decent bit and I'm hoping the next time I step on the scale, I'll be down to 270 at the most, hopefully a little less.

Carbs are what get you!

Yeah, for me it was carbs. On my dad's side we are prone to diabetes and I am likely pre-diabetic. It was amazing how a 400-calorie bowl of pasta would put me down for a nap, but eating 900 calories of bacon and eggs on keto did not.

I'm sure I was carb-addicted for a long time, and I lucked out that in the midst of my pure keto run retailers embraced the low-carb thing and I can get zero-carb bread from my supermarket now.

I almost feel like cutting sugar, carbs, and most pastry and breads and being careful with everything else was the key. An app like Carb Manager where you enter all of your food to keep track can also really help.

Just be aware that there is often a "rush" of weight loss with a positive diet change at first. Don't lose hope if it slows down. It won't come off any faster than it took to put it all on! Don't micro-watch the scale. Weigh no more than once a week, longer if you can help it because your weight will fluctuate up and down naturally on a day to day basis.

Best of luck, and keep at it!

Yeah, added a few notes after posting above. Apart from liver issues, I just don't think I'm capable of pure keto from a willpower perspective. Honestly I really have not 'denied' myself all that much in my 55 years of life, and that applies to pretty much all things you might think of.

So, I've cut my daily avg carb intake by at least 80% ... my morning fruit smoothie is the major offender of each day ... has 2 tbsp pomegranate juice, 1/3 ripe banana, 5 strawberries & 15 blueberries ... but I also add nonfat unsweetened Greek yogurt, egg whites, green powder, hemp hearts, and ground flaxseed. IOW, it's carby, but it's filling and overall healthy.

The huge carb cut, plus improved quality of everything else I eat (I've not eaten out in a month, used to do fast food 3-5 meals a week), and am exercising daily, is hopefully going to do quite a bit of good, w/o having to go to the (what I'd call pretty extreme by my standards) full keto route

Last nights Fajita Chix Salad ... cheating by keto standards with corn, tomato, red bell pepper ... but still pretty healthy!

Some people won't put a piece of fruit in their mouth, but in my opinion if you're eating something nutritious with reasonable carbs and fiber to offset, and not overdoing it, that's still healthy. The (short version) goal of keto is to deprive your body of fast digesting carbs and stay in that state so it will instead learn to pull energy from and burn stored fat.

The happy medium is moderate healthy carbs. I won't eat a whole baked potato still, but I will occasionally eat half of a small one. And I'd choose an apple with 12 carbs over a cookie with zero nutritive value.

It's just being aware of what's in food. For some, a bagel is a healthy breakfast. For someone like you and me, that piece of bread is not worth the whopping 45-50 carbs at once. If you're gonna splurge, healthy vegetables and greens and fruits are the way to go.

I remember one time feeling so naughty for eating two extra brussels sprouts more than the specified serving of six. And the first time I ate an apple after two years it tasted like candy. That would seem ridiculous to people without weight problems.

It is funny though I miss the starchy stuff more than the sugary stuff. I used to drink 'fruit juice' constantly, and/or soda ... I cut that out w/little difficulty.

It's the stuff you eat with meals that's really tough for me ... bread, rice, potato, tortillas (though I have TEENY, paper-thin multi-grain ones I'm using for street tacos still, with very high ratio of good fillings vs. starchy tortilla when I assemble) ... those 'sides' have been so much a part of life for me.

Also ... chips aren't easy for me to cut out. I LOOOOVE tortilla chips and my homemade pico de gallo. So I have the Late July organic tortilla chips, full of healthy other things like chia, flax, and quinoa ... and then limit myself strictly on how many I eat. 5-10 chips max/day, and not every day.

And apple is now my dessert, lol ...

I'll do like 1/3 of a Honeycrisp, every 2-3 days, try to have it on days when I was 'better' earlier in the day They're AMAZINGLY good when you don't do much other sugar that's for sure!

Also ... you had to go and say bagel ... lol ...

There is a tricky recipe for keto tortillas...it's takes practice to finesse, but basically it's like a crepe with egg white, almond/coconut flour and water. I found the trick is you need very thin watery batter, and you have to make sure they get done and are completely dry on the top side, and peel them with your fingertips to flip because a spatula will snowplow right through before they're cooked. They're fragile until they cool down then they are stronger and work exactly like flour tortillas and taste great - not like egg at all.

(There are different variations if you google, some with more ingredients, I just did egg whites, almond flour and water and seasonings. keto connect has a video and it's worth experimenting if you miss tortillas. I've even experimented with faux enchilada and lasagna by stacking and baking them with cheese, meat, and sauces.)

https://www.ketoconnect.net/low-carb-tortillas/

https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/coconut-tortillas/

The easier solution is Mission "Carb Conscious" tortillas which have carbs but are much easier than making them - small tortillas have 2-3 carbs, big giant ones have 6-8, where most tortillas can be 20-30 based on size and brand.

Chips are more difficult. I sometimes get the Quest tortilla chips which are tasty but very delicate and expensive and not as crunchy as you're used to - too fragile to dip anything, but they taste like Doritos! Another option is cheese crisps which you can make in the oven with shredded cheese and muffin tins, or you can buy Whisps brand in some stores, or Aldi has a parmesan crisp.

I have toasted Mission carb conscious tortillas in the toaster oven which produces a cracker-like "chip" that can be dipped. I've also toasted cheese and pepperoni on it and it works as a crunchy-style thin pizza.

I tried making Fathead pizza dough and never got the hang of it. Tasty messes; mine ended more like "bowl of yummy pizza-like destruction" instead of a crust. Quest also has a frozen low carb pizza, but when I say frozen pizza it's like "totinos party pizza" level. If you like that, it's good.

Luckily I can find Healthy Life Zero Carb bread at the store and Aldi's zero carb bread.

For rice, just use riced cauliflower, but you have to season it. Great for stir-fry, and mashed cauliflower prepared and seasoned correctly can work as mashed potatoes.

Carbs are definitely my enemy. Eating right is the hardest thing in my life. I was raised on meat and potatoes. Lots of potatoes. LOL. I never ate a salad until I was 45 years old, unless you count the lettuce, tomato, etc., on a big fat cheeseburger! I never got more than 25-30 pounds over my high school weight, which was fine considering my height (6'-3&quot , but my bad dietary ways messed me up over time. I was diagnosed at 45 with Type 2 diabetes. Found out in a physical where they did some blood work.
Anyway, I had to change my ways. I quit drinking beer. I tried to cut out the sweets. That was a battle. I cut the carbs. Even bigger battle. I love bread. Eventually, I pulled it together, and finally got myself off of the diabetes meds through diet and exercise. I'm 30 pounds lighter and feeling good.

You mentioned cauliflower. That has been a miracle food for me.

I've used as a substitute for potatoes for years now. It's great roasted with some garlic and olive oil. Break it up, mix with oil and garlic, season the way you like, roast in oven at 425. 30 minutes. Modify it if you like. Lots of recipes for this online.
Cauliflower makes a pretty good pizza crust, too.

Usually get it frozen, but fresh works too.

Steam it in a colander - I have discovered I have a magical flat-bottom colander that fits in my saucepan and the lid fits on top.
Move the colander to the sink, dump the steaming water and melt butter and coconut oil.
Return the cauliflower to the pan and sautée it a bit with a little garlic salt.
Throw in a handful of shredded cheese, cover and turn off the heat. It melts and makes a sauce.
Easy cauliflower in cheese sauce.

I used to be SO anti-vegetable until I learned to cook them the way I like them.

The other fun thing is using my air-fryer oven to roast broccoli that's been sprayed with butter-flavor cooking spray to a light char. The crispy parts taste like french fries!

I bought a larger one, so now I have one for whatever I need to cook.

My daughter would love that cauliflower in cheese dish. Thanks!

Speaking of cheese, I forgot to mention throwing some parmesan on top of that roasted cauliflower. Put it on at the end, and turn on the broiler for 5-10 minutes, until golden.

with a bit of olive oil. You might like that too.

I have the Mr. Tortilla Multi-Grain 1 net carb (dubious imho but whatever) tortillas, and I like 'em okay. And I'll probably just have the occasional real-ish tortilla chip when I feel I've been good enough to splurge a little, controlling the portion to a very small one. Rather just really like what I'm eating than necessarily have a lot of it. Basically finding I'm better at portion control than totally cutting certain things out

Smaller healthier portions at meals and eliminating the midnight snack was the big key for me. And walking at least 10,000 steps per day. No other exercise routine, except normal marital exercises.

And I was happy to lose only 1 lb every week or two. Took 3 years to do it. I only weighed myself monthly.

Then the pandemic came along and I have gained back 25 or 30 of those lbs, but planning on starting with the stricter regime again after the Holiday season is over. I have no doubt I'll lose that again in a year give or take.

Some people who've been on diets a while complain "I'm so hungry!" The thing is, if you're getting an actual hunger signal (stomach growling) you should eat something.

The problem is when people overeat incorrectly out of boredom, or in response to carb addiction or habit, they don't recognize true legitimate hunger signals because they never actually let themselves get physiologically hungry. The headache/low blood sugar feeling can be a symptom of carb/sugar addiction, or a different condition such as hypoglycemia.

What I discovered is that healthy hunger signals are not unpleasant nor desperate. My stomach would growl a bit and settle down, like "Just a reminder; I'm ready for food when you are." No headache, no grouchiness.

When I had to eliminate Wheat, Soy, and Corn based products from my food plan in 2019, my cravings for sugar also went away. I added more healthy fats and lean protein to keep me filled up. Read up on low and medium glycemic veggies snd fruits.

As a result, I lost another 10 pounds over the past 2 years. That may not seem like much, but being Below my WW goal, it keeps me accountable. Plus, my A1c readings are at 5.1. No Diabetes going on with me.

Other things taste kind of gross with meals now and cuts out a lot of unnecessary calories.

I topped out at 275lbs in 2017. Came back from a trip to Greece where I was miserable and missed a lot of things because I couldn't do them physically and decided things had to change. I've lost 125 lbs and have been maintaining for about 2 years now. It's been a great journey.

He lost over 300 when R Barr lost her spot.

He should be proud. He's one of my favorite modern actors. I like him in just about everything he does. Hope this means he's going to be around to entertain for many years to come.

The pressure on the heart, lungs, back, and joints. Getting around on a scooter, fighting for breath, not being able to move is not living.

For every pound of fat lost, that equals 5 pounds of pressure. Goodman took off 1,000 pounds of pressure off his body. He can never go back to the way he lived before or die in the process.

Good for him.

You would enter the amount of weight you lost, and it would show you objects that weigh the same amount and it really puts it in perspective.

My favorite was at 44 pounds it showed me that weighs the same as a church lecturn. It's shocking to imagine walking around carrying a large piece of furniture constantly.

Mental pictures can be really powerful. And they can have a big impact!

My journey to re-earn my Weight Watchers lifetime member benefits begsn June of 2013. I was not in a good place after having lost my mother, who was grossly obese when she died of Stage 4 Lung cancer. Long story about that.

I went to my closest WW location, hit the scales at just under 208 pounds. It took me 13 months to lose 53 pounds. Since July of 2014, I have been at or below my 155 goal. In 2019, I discovered I had allergies to Gluten, Soy, White potatoes, snd Lactose Intolerant. After making some dietary changes, I lost even more. 62 pounds off, even with all the traveling I do. Tracking, planning, exercise is part of my lifestyle. Knowing my limitations keeps me accountable. I will weigh in for December when I get back home.

I did a keto diet to lose weight. After two years, I've been re-introducing moderate carbs. I still avoid sugar and regular bread and pasta, but I will take a bite of something just to taste it, or will splurge on some fruit or a small occasional serving of a starchy vegetable like corn.

The funny part is on the occasions where I am like "Sure I'll eat one french fry..." I often will chew it up to taste and then spit it out. It's just a weird instinct that my body doesn't want it.

And I was doing really well. Lost 6 pounds the first month.

Then COVID hit and they closed the meetings. I need people to help me lose and the people at that WW meeting were really great.

I keep checking to see if they started up again but they haven't. There are other WW meeting in the area but the people at that one were just so great. I may have to go to one in another area.

I've gone back to just Keto, but the point system helped me from eating too many calories which you can do even on Keto.

Funny though lately I've upped my exercise and though I haven't lost weight my belly has decreased by 2 inches.

Good for him. He looks great, like an entirely different person.

What I love about the Weight Watchers lifestyle, I can insert that mindset into how I eat. I use a lot of extra Virgin olive oil as a salad dressing, to lightly saute, roast. Wines on ocassion. Plenty of exercise, some low glycemic fruits, fresh veggies, greens, lean proteins.

Being I cannot eat breads, wheat pastas, white potatoes, white rice, beans, corn, soy products, and most dairy, I also incorporate a Keto mindset as well. I get the best of both and still stay within my daily and extra weekly point range Weight Watchers gives me as a frame to plan my day. Even when I travel, I remain mindful at all times.

However this article is from "19:38 ET, Dec 8 2021"

It tells about his doing it and how he did it.

Not everything on DU is 'news'.
I surf the internet and post articles I think others may enjoy.

as a way to improve survival chances if infected.

Good for him. He did it with diet and exercise. Mediterranean diet and 2 40 minute cardio sessions every day with intermittent strength training. That's doable.

He led a megachurch. I miss that show.

Maybe dying on Roseanne and being brought back to life on The Conners was a wake up call. hahaha

Season 2 starts in January!

I didn't know he got an Emmy for it. He was really good in that episode, as a small-town Nevada sheriff who didn't like the liberal TV show and had one of its stars in custody (dressed as Jesus, no less). It's a great episode and has a lot to say about politics and entertainment.

And skewered all the sacred cows. I loved that show. So of course they canceled it.

That took a lot of dedication and hard work.

He's a great character actor.

I know what it's like, brother.

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You gut will thank you .

I must add that I had no idea he was so handsome!

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