Scott F.

The refrigerator in my shop is now 'on and off' appliance. I took it out of my father-in-law's shop when he passed in 2004. He put it in his shop in 1995 when they built their house. And before that it was in the other house bought new in 1978. I'm guessing it would take three or four of today's refrigerators to make 48 years of service. I'm 56 and sound much older, but...'they just don't make things like they use to'. LOL Scott

Great work. Congrats on accomplishing your goal. Good luck as you continue to progress. Scott

Once an adult, we all have had the choices in front of us. The basis of my diet was forced upon me as I grew up in a house where I ate what was put on the plate. Agreed the government and big business were the enablers as well as the culprits as most parents did their best to feed the 'good stuff'. We ate a ton of food straight out of the garden. Funny how I thought highly of that for years and now somewhat frown upon it. LOL But I guess how agree most, is that this is the information age, and there is pretty much nothing about the proper diet that can't be found with a few strokes on the keyboard. From that point on, I completely agree. Scott

You will be signing autographs soon. Scott

I was in Port Arthur near Sabone or Sabine lake in the early 90's. I saw two seasons in Texas in the three months I was there (June-July-August) one was hot and the other was hotter. Scott

Just north of Raleigh in Middleburg/Kerr Lake. Use to have a buddy just north of Hickory in Troy. Scott

85 degrees on Wednesday, 70 degrees at 7AM on Thursday morning, then wind gusts to 40+mph. heat lightning to a thunderstorm heavy down pour at lunch (1/2 inch in a couple hours), temperature dropped after lunch with sleet in some areas. I went out at 5AM this morning and scraped ice off the windshield. By 7AM it is 40 degrees and per the weather report should be back in the upper 70's this afternoon. When your state has the ocean on one side and the mountains on the other, we can have all four seasons in one day. Our weather forecasters are either lucky, or wrong. LOL Scott

I'm the same. Mine can be 15-30 point swings. Most of it is natural but it gets tad higher the first couple of meals after fasting. Once I have been eating for several days it drops back down. I stay around 80 or so during the day and have seen 110-111 once or twice. Good to hear your progress continues. Scott

Ours are so basic. We fry and as soon as they come out we sprinkle them with ranch dressing seasoning (flavor packs). Quick and easy. Hope all went well. Scott

The same here. They all seemed to take a break at the same time but once you mention, fried chicken, BBQ chicken, baked chicken, broiled chicken, grilled chicken they understand break time is over. Scott

Patience may be a virtue, but it is so much easier to say than practice. I went into the service way overweight at 17, I spent the first five years in the 180's-190's. The last year I ballooned into the 220's. I got out around 225. Over the next 30 years I continued to gain until I was in the 320's in my fifties. I did a bunch of diets over the years but always gained it back, and then some. Carnivore was absolutely crazy. I was not putting forth much effort at all and the weight was falling off at a very rapid pace. Maybe 30-31lbs in the first 31-32 days. I hit couple stalls here and there in the second month and my lack of patience showed. I wanted, and actually expected to maintain the 'pound per day' loss I had the first month. It took me several months, closer to a year before I accepted the fact I dug this hole over 30+ years and fixing it in a couple months is beyond reason. I don't calorie count but sometimes using calories as a part of an explanation makes it easier. For easy math and round numbers if I were eating 3000 calories a day and then dropped to 2000 calories per day the weight will drop. In time my body will say, 'this guy is going to starve us to death' and it then figures out how to do all the things it needs to do during the day with 2000 calories and then find a way to store some weight as well. As Bob said, 17% of you is now gone and you are not the same metabolically. Add some walking, some lifting, increase or decrease your food intake, odds are that should trigger the body to lose weight. Odds are you will plane off at another weight as well as the body was designed to store fat as the 'winter is coming and the kills don't happen everyday'. Scott

I went from 300+ to the 250's much quicker than I would have ever thought. I hit some stalls here and there as well. Like Bob said, I had to do some experimenting to get back on the weight loss track. My biggest hitter for a stall was/is drinking milk. After a glass or two I could just about here the brakes squealing as the weight loss was coming to a stop. I experimented with lesser fat than protein and not only did I stall but I gained a few pounds. For me, my best weight loss was with higher fat and moderate protein. I dropped down to 211 and then I started to get more and more into the gym. I switched gears and started forcing myself to eat more to hit a protein target. I also introduced protein powder as I can't eat enough meat to hit the same protein target. I have since gained back to around 226 or so. On this kick, with the protein powders I don't believe my fat intake is exactly where I need it and the weight gain is a little easier. Another thing Bob mentioned is body composition. I had a few stretches where the pounds sort of stalled, but I had to cinch my belt up a little bit more. I was changing but the scale was not keeping pace. I would guess a tad more food per day could trigger some weight loss. You have lost a bunch and the body is probably trying to build some stores. Scott

I don't think I have ever eaten a guinea egg. I guess I will give on a try soon. My chickens have been on strike with all the snow and ice (more snow, more ice and much colder temperatures than normal). I had a quick conversation with them the other day explaining that I like fried eggs and really like grilled chicken. The choice was pretty much up to them. They are starting to crank up now. I can get back to eating 6-8 eggs per day again. LOL Scott

A guy moved to NC from West Virginia way back when and we worked together. He moved into a farming community and took up turkey hunting. He bought the nicest shotgun (a Benelli I believe) a "guilly suit" a sniper would be proud of and the latest and greatest turkey call. He was all set. He walked by the farmer's house early in the morning, waved at the old guy sitting on the porch, and deep into the woods. Just about the sunrise hit the old farmer told us he heard that Benelli cut loose. Boom, boom-boom,. boom. boom-boom. He looked a few minutes later and coming over the hill was my buddy with two handfuls of birds. The first thought was this dummy has killed hens and when he got closer it was even worse, not legally I guess but funny-worse. When the sun came up the guineas come off the pond dam and my buddy thought they were turkeys and bagged his limit in a matter of seconds. We have ridden him for that for the last 30 years. I can't hear, see or read 'guinea' without thinking of his epic hunting story. Off topic, I know. My apologies. My buddy eats guinea eggs on the regular if he can keep them out of the road. They seem to enjoy directing traffic. Scott

Muscle loss and bone density issues. The regain will be mostly fat. If a person can use the GLP-1, get in a sustainable lifestyle, both diet and exercise, to sustain the loss of weight then I think the medicine could be used. The problem is that it is the 'miracle' drug as of late and there is no lifestyle change which cripples sustainability. I'm sure there will be a nice lawsuit in the coming years. Scott