8 week checkup.

[winklie 518]

Diet = unrestricted.

Down 22 pounds in 4 weeks.

Currently I am at 39% of my goal weight. My NUT checked the calculations twice and said this is amazing. She said you are in like the top 5% of weight loss patients, you are where you should be between months 3 and 4, not at 2. She went over my diet, and was very happy, we talked about what I eat, when and how, but when we got to exercise she realized why I am loosing so much weight. I am training for an Event called the Tough Ruck http://www.toughruck.org/ I have 9 hours to walk 26.2 miles, so I am really pushing it. I am up to 7.57 miles in the am as a single activity and I walk everywhere, so I do 10-12 miles a day. She was flabbergasted. Supportive, but amazed. She said she's never seen such motivation in someone, and just knows I will do well. I explained, what I refuse to eat. Sugar, corn, flour, rice, Pasta, anything processed or fructose.

If she was amazed before, her jaw hit the ground. I was like, why are you so surprised, this was a lifestyle change, these foods are hollow calories and should be avoided.

We then talked carbs, I told her my net carbs per day is probably around 60. But I am trying to get lower. I did low carb for about a year and felt amazing. I'd like to get back to that. She said, you know in a year, or so, you can probably have a 1/2 a cupcake or a small piece of cake and tolerate it. I said why? Why open that door? One bite, is all it takes. One cupcake leads to two. Then to three, then I am fat again. I said do you always tell you clients to eat cupcakes after a year? And she was like no no, but your completely abstaining from these foods you can treat yourself. I said I just did, I bought pants 3 sizes smaller and they are now loose. Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

She called me an inspiration, shook my hand and watched me walk down the stairs.

All in all I walked away feeling pretty good.