Some notes, comments, and confessions about my Dr. Adkins diet, and life in general. ;o) lol
Is this you? Do you post old pictures, afraid to date? Can't hardly move? Depressed? Feel like a blimp? Or maybe... just hate those thunder thighs? Jelly belly?, Maybe even just high blood pressure, and low energy, and slightly overweight? Sugar outta wack, and retain fluid? Read on my friend... cause I love yah, and I want 2 help give your life back to you! I amost died.. til I got up did what i tell you about below. I fought back!!! This is very long people, but if you read it, and DO IT... YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY!!!! (muah!!) I love yah all!!! :o)
~~~ Johnny ~~~
I sit here at 3:30 a.m. consuming 3 boneless chicken breast pieces... 1/2 of a large spaghetti squash, mixed bell pepper, and celery, sweet onion, and carrot chunks, and drinking a huge glass of ice tea., and losing weight like crazy! How you asked? Did I rigorously study the Dr. Adkins diet, and configure the perfect diet? Am I disallusioned, or in denial of reality then? Noperz!!! :oP lol I have had many here, and in the regular world tell me. The diet didn't, or wouldn't work, it was too hard to stay on, or I'm not smart like you on stuff like this, or trying to figgure out what to buy, is just too difficult. Lemme let you in on a little secret my beloved dearies. I... have NO IDEA... what the perfect diet is, and have NEVER read even HALF of doctor Adkins. lol ;o) I HATE TO READ EDUCATIONAL, OR INFORMATIVE BOOKS. MY EYES START TO SHUT, AND MY BRAIN BEGANS TO YAWN!!! LMAO!!! ;oP Let me tell you a lil about me. I am a child at heart, and many say... I'll never grow up. I am somewhat irresponsible, I bore rather quickly with tedious routines, and I am stubborn to the core! lol If it's not fantasy... or fun? SCREW IT!!! That's my motto usually!!! lolz :oP Why does this diet work for me then you ask? It's simple. I didn't COMPLICATE, or OVERTRY anything!! DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!!! hehe ;o) Can't say that enough to yah.... ;o) Here's the secret.... :o) If you are a owner on ANY Doctor Adkins book. Or if you have a download program... ie limewire, imesh, knutella, sharebear... whatever shareware your using... you can usually search "Atkins diet", and download the books n stuff as a adobe pdf, text, or word document for free!!! ;o) "He published several versions of his diet". You can lose all the weight you want, have more energy, and NEVER be hungry... without EVER reading the whole book. I call this the "(Dr. Adkins diet) for the irresponsible, bored easily, and stubborn group". lol ;oP What yah do guys n gals is pick up the book. Thumb through to the carb counter page, and look at the list. If you see things you eat on the no-no list... ie, "high carb content" that is your ONLY job for now, to avoid eating those first off! I had to give up bread, and rice, and noodles. Ahhhh 3 of the main "poor man, dieing with clogged artery staples" lol But I do have good news. If you just CAN'T give up the bread. There are now bakeries that make "carb free bread". The one near me... is called Panara, and the stuff cost over 3 bux a loaf. So I do not miss bread, very often. lol ;oP Use the book, only when U got a question, or need 2 know about a food, if it's not in there, look online. ;o) The first thing to do? Buy a day-um good multi-vitiman. I use "ViTALERT", but One A Day... makes one called "CarbSmart", if yur a 1 a day fan, it is ok to. :o) The reason 4 the vitamin? It help you have more energy=burning fat better=feeling better=good for you any day-um ways... so just DO IT!!! Aight? hehehe ;oP The next... drink as much water as you possibly can!!! Water hydrates, and actually help remove toxins, fat, and body fluid from your body. So it is GOOD STUFF people!!! ;o) Once you give up the no-no's. Here is some of what you can buy without taking a book with you. ALL "MEATS" thas chicken, pork, lamb, frog and dog, if your weird... lol, fish, deer, buffalo, lamb, ham, eggs, bacon, people.. if your a twisted cannible!!! lol... :oP ALL meats are no carb, or like a hot dog, or bologna... low carbs generally. If you are not an egg hater. You Should try to ALWAYS make your first meal of the day. "whatever time that happens to be... lol" Eggs, with some type of meat, and a piece of veggie, of some type. This is not a LAW... but the eggs jump-start your metabolism into fat-burn mode faster, when you start eating. "HIGH PROTIEN, and no carbs!!! HEHEHE ;o) All "BLOCK" cheeses are very low carb "MUNCH AWAY!!" LOLZ ;oP I have found that the processed cheese foods, ie... velveeta, kraft american individual slices, etc... have several carbs per slice... leave em be!!! If you like american, get the hard block, or deli type american. NO MILK, at least not til you lose the weight, aight? It is shyt packed fulla carbs. that applies to "whole milk, 2%, and skim". Fat free... so what? If you start reading labels... MOST "fat free" stuff... has MORE CARBS!!! Ahhhh... the great "health foods lie"... "fat free". You can get big as a house eating fat free, and skim milk products!!! lol :oP YOU CAN USE HALF & HALF, AND HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM IN PLACE OF MILK TO MAKE STUFF THOUGH, AND FOR COFFEE, OR SUGAR FREE PUDDINGS. etc, etc. ;o) Eat a lot of veggies, but not potatoes... potatoes are high in starch. Starch=sugar=carbs. How do I know? Am I an alchemist perhaps, or a great genious mind? HELL NO!!! lmao!! ;oP I looked in book... only when I had a question, or looked up online the things I wanted to know about, and most took 5 minutes, or less!!! ;o) PSSSST!! another lil secret... ;o) "Read the BACK" of "EVERY" packaged item you buy. It's easy to do, and kills the boredom of shopping a lil!! lol ;oP There is a line that says "carbs per serving, or at the top it will say like 4 servings, then each serving has lets say 24 carbs. We are not on a "low fat" diet people.... we are on a "low carb" diet. ;o) So.... your holding a can a "chef boy-r-dee", right? It says 4 servings, at 24 carbs each. "this is a guess, as an example. lol" Then common sense... 24... 4 times = 96 right? Don't mess with it... cause you know well as me, your gonna suck down the whole dam can... "PUT IT BACK PEOPLE!!" lolz ;oP All yah gotta do is buy stuff that is no, or low carb. YOU CAN'T MESS UP... if you DON'T BUY "high carb stuff". hehehe ;o) You can eat your arse off, and lose weight. lol ;o) No "small portions", just say "screw that!!!", to anything that will go over your set amount of carbs for a day. Buy sumthin else. Can you dig it? ;o) It's that Day-um simple dudes n dudettes. hehehehe ;o) "NOTE" The book offers SEVERAL "carb amount" diet options... we... R gonna keep it simple here!!! (If you want to lose weight, and do it fast... the ideal amount of carbs per day, should not exceed 40-50 carbs in a day.) I DO NOT math out my carbs every meal, or day. I simply buy stuff that it is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE... to go over my chosen daily amount, when I eat. I stay well below 40 carbs, on the average day, and I EAT LARGE PORTIONS, when I have the munchies. lol :oP As you lose weight... you will have more energy, and become more active. For me... my first hint? I went from rolling into the floor painfully to get outta bed, to SPRINGING UP, without a thought!!! ;oD You won't notice at first, but you will BET THAT!!! hehehehe ;o) (muahz!) :o) And it also increases your sex drive... OMG!!!! Take my word for it... OK? rofl!!!! :oP I can hear my "hor(s)mones(ing)" now!!! lolz :oO "blushing". Good news if yur gettin sum, but kinda rough for use alone, but hey... it WILL give you motivation 2 meet someone!!! lmao!!! ;oP As you get near your desired weight/energy level... you can add a few more carbs if you want, just make sure not to add too many, or you will start to gain again! (CARBS=weight gain, and enegry loss) Your body wears itself out... tryin 2 burn em. It's that simple.:o) There is also a lil carb cheat called "fiber" If for instance.. a can of lets say... beans, has a total of 28 carbs per serving, but also has 8 carbs per serving of "fiber". It's EASY.... carbs 28, minus fiber 8 per serving = 20. So thanks to the "fiber", your carbs per serving just dropped to 20!!! hehehe ;o) The other subject "SUGAR" heh :oX Here's the deal... you won't die!!! lol NO SUGAR!!! lol :oP So don't eat buckets of fruit, you CAN eat fruit... cause it's natural sugar, and in REASONABLE amounts... burns off. Reasonable IS NOT a WHOLE WATERMELON, OR HONEYDEW MELON, OR BAG A ORANGES folks!!! lmao!!! :oP, but "be reasonable", and you can have a lil bit of fruit every day... if U wanna. hehe ;o) Bye-bye candy bars! lol :oP ALL processed sugars.. meaning "not natural" IN the item from "NATURE"... totally screw up the process of FAT BURNING... known as KETOSIS. So leave ALL candy alone... unless you buy sugar free candy, and even then... CHECK the CARBS out, aight? ;o) I can tell you for a fact... When you stop eating candy. You don't miss it within a month that much! ;o) (hugs) Artificial sweeteners I use, for my tea, and other stuff I like sweet, but lets get real... they taste like shyt!! lolz :oO Here is the best one. It is "made (derived)" from sugar, and so far... no lab rats die from it, and it taste ok. lol :oP Same as no candy. In a month, you will not notice the difference. ;o) The one to buy is called "Splenda" Screw packets... too expensive. Fork out about 7 bux, and get the "big resealable bag!" It is the same as 5 lbs, or sugar, and is much cheaper, in the long run. Next.. POP, SODA??? Bye-bye to regular, hello to diet. It shows carbs to. 1 glass of soda will TOTALLY SCREW UP YOUR CARBS FOR THE WHOLE DAY! :oO I dunno about you, but a glass of coke, or pepsi... just aint worth starving all day!!! ROFL!!! :oP There are a few sodas, that you adapt easily to the "strange taste". It is strange... only, cause the cup of sugar per serving your used 2 sucking down... is missing!!! LMAO!!! :oP Here are a few diet that taste ok. (Cherry/Vanilla Dr. Pepper) don't knock em til you try em. lol ;o) (diet Mountain Dew, AND diet Code Red) RULE!! hehe ;o) (diet Dr. Thunder), is ok... wal-mart brand, for us poor folk.. lol (diet Sunkist)... ehhhh a lil too much fake sweet taste 4 me, but you try 4 yourself. ;o) (diet A&W rootbeer) is cool, (Diet Coke, and Coke's ZERO) Are ok. Basically though. The more flavors added in the pop, the less you taste the fake sugar!! lol ;o) So your shopping right? No book, just remember the few above basics. I found I like various types of squash. I bake em in a dutch oven, with my meat! :o) I try, and make lots of new n cool stuff now!! hehehe ;o) This diet is fun, and opens up a chance to try new things!!! :oD Am I a chef? Did I attend cooking serminals? Hell no!!! I make stuff that taste like hell, or I just flat screw up all the time!! :oO :oP I EXPERIMENT, til I make sumthin I like. lol ;o) People... it is so day-um easy. An overgrown kid can do it. Ummm.. proof? I AM DOING IT!!! lolz ;o) Just buy no/low carb stuff, lotsa salads... most salad stuff is low carb, and eat the hell out of meats n cheeses!!! hehehe If anyone wants 2 ask any questions feel free. THIS WORKS people, and it AINT HARD!! hehehehe kisses n hugs :o)
NOW!!! ME... BEFORE THE DIET.
The unspoken me. My last wiegh-in at the VA med clinic. I was up to 368 lbs. Even at 6'3" that is A LOT. Over 40 lbs of it... was FLUID, around my heart, lungs, and on my legs. I was dying of congestive heart failure. My suger was out of wack, my blood pressure EXPLOSIVE. My feet, and legs painfully, horribly swollen, and fluid burst from them daily. My doctor told me... if the fluid did not come off. I would drown in it basically. My heart would fail. I was taking lasiks in such large quantities... that my ENTIRE body was wracked with convulsions, and cramps, from peeing out all my potassium CONSTANTLY.... STILL, I SWELLED, AND GAINED WEIGHT. I would say that for the past 1 1/2 years.... I gained roughly 15-20 lbs, every 2 months. I did not eat a lot, and was always hungry, and embarressed to even eat. I called myself pig, lardass, fat boy, ugly bastard. I hated the way I looked. I hated my life. I hated me. I have bad lungs as many here know... so I cannot jog, or do vigorous exercise. So.... I got bigger, heavier... every month, and swelled up like a grape!!! :oO I gave up on life, after getting my heart broke a few years back. By the time I WOKE UP... and wanted a life again. I was too sick, and unhealthy to have one.... or so I thought then. I had resigned myself to dying alone... swollen up like a grape. Here I sat daily. Posting only the pics from over 2 years ago, and ashamed of everything about me. I was comimg out of a heart break of MANY long years healing. I was lonely, bored, depressed, and just bummed out period. I could hardly get out of bed, and it hurt to even MOVE. This... did not fit my lifestyle before I became inactive, or my personality. I was in a hell... called my body!!! :o( I was lonely. I wanted too meet someone, but feared my appearance, and knew I had to do SOMETHING!!! I remembered years ago trying Dr. Adkins one time, but like so many... after losing a few pounds. I gave up. I made it COMPLICATED, and got frustrated. We in America are CONDITIONED to think ANYTHING, that might WORK, or BENIFIT us in ANY WAY.... HAS TO BE COMPLICATED!! It is soooo "not true" though. As I told you above. It is not. Just use yur noodle, for something besides a hatrack! hehehe ;o) (muah) ;o) and DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!!! hehehe I wanted to change, but at this time... had not faced up to my realities totally. Anyways.... I started talking to women. I was lonely, but I feared my appearance, plus getting my heart broke too much, to ever want to meet them. So I would end up pushing them away, or avoiding them. I started talking to one several months back. She didn't "go away". She reminded me of "how I was", before I let myself get this way. Before my heart got broke... before I became a depressed, swollen, unhealthy... grape. I knew I was still "in there" somewhere... but it took a cool guitar playing girl... to make me think about it, and a lot of "soul searching, and looking in the mirror", to face up to "my reality". Funny thing is. She has no idea... just how much she helped me... just by being her. Someday... I will tell her. :o) (Read my "Airing my dirty laundry" blog, to see what I saw in my mirror the day I looked, through another persons eyes at myself... OH MAN!!! lol) :oO So... I liked this girl anyways, right? It made me think... What if she ever wants to meet me? What if I actually find a girl, and we wanna meet ever... even if not her? Do I want to be seen this way, and what about after we meet? Even if she accepts me.... I like passion, playfulness... doing stuff together... having fun, runnin round... sex!!! lol :oO I can't do it like this!! Where did "I" go? This isn't me!!! HELP!!! LET ME OUT!!!! :oO I woke up.... rather rudely, and looked hard in the mirror. I saw... what I could imagine... others saw. My friends, family, the doctors. I was like OMG!!! I have to help this poor bastard!!! Now!!!! :oO So... I decided to DO SOMETHING about it all. My choice, Dr. Adkins, or the basics, of Dr. Adkins, and riding a 10 speed bike again. If you saw me right now. You would think. He needs to lose a lil belly, but not too shabby. lol ;oP Personally... I don't think I was ever cute... in any kinda way... (blushing), but at least I am looking like the me I remember again!!! :oD If you saw me before, and I told you about now. You wouldn't believe I was the same guy!!! I am below 300 lbs, and dropping FAST!!! My ideal weight is 220-240. I am a large framed, tall man. I expect to achieve that goal in the next 3-6 months!!! :o) When I finally faced up to my fears... GOT OFF MY ASS, and did something. I would say I was well above 380 lbs!!! :oO Now... I see a light at the end of the tunnel. If I don't "get the girl" as they say. At least I will "get me back". :o) Thanks to all who offered me words of encouragement in my "dark days", and one lil guitar girl, who helped me... remember "me". Imma freebird!! Imma rock n roller!!! Imma rebel... without a cause!!! Hell yah!!! Rock on my brothers n sisters!!! ;o) I love all of yah!!! ;oD
kisses n hugs to all :o)
~~~ Johnny ~~~
