No, I'm not a psychopath. But, then again, do
psychopaths know they are psychopaths? :)
Seriously, it has to do with my perception that
I am still FAT!
My wife says I am skinny, colleagues say I am
skinny, but I have some extra belly fat that I don't
like and to me that makes me feel like I am still
fat!
I have been told I am fat since the 9th grade so that
has been ingrained into me for a very, very long time
that I am NOT skinny. :)
I guess it's going to take a while to get used to the
idea I am at a normal weight.
I guess I am also worried once I "rest" and concede I
am normal, I won't work as hard to be sure I stay this
weight. But, I think that's just the worrier in me and I
really don't think that's going to be the issue.
Just me rambling on. But then, isn't that a point of
a blog? LOL.
Good day to everyone :)
What's a Youatarian? It's my own phrase I have used when people ask me how I have lost my excess weight. I'm a Youatarian and live the youatarian lifestyle. Simply put, a Youatarian is someone that follows YOU On a Diet. For any YOAD followers out there that would like to adopt the phrase
for themselves, please feel free.
- Marshall (aka Orlando Tek)
for themselves, please feel free.
- Marshall (aka Orlando Tek)
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My Story
In July 2006, I visited the doctor for a multitude of
ongoing medical problems and when I weighed
in I remember being 305lbs. That was the heaviest
I could ever remember weighing on any scale in my life.
My wife, also overweight, started some small changes
in her diet at that time and those changes made its way
through into my diet as well.
In September 2006, I watched my mother undergo
triple bypass surgey. And I always believed her
to be of modest health although she had passed
on a few of her problems to me including high blood
pressure and acid reflux issues. In her early 20's,
unaware of her high blood pressure problem, she
actually had a stroke, although not very severe.
My dad is a bit healthier even though being
12 years older than my mom, but he has borderline
adult onset diabetes and he had a stint put into an
artery a few years back.
Taking in all this information, It was then I decided
I needed to make some serious changes in my life
or I will be the next one on the heart ward not too
long from now.
It was Novemeber, 2006 and I was already following
the few changes my wife had made to her diet and we had
both lost about 15lbs in the last few months. Any
change at this point was a good change. We watched
a Discovery Health special called YOU: On A Diet featuring
the YOU docs and a few families incorporating YOAD
into their daily lives and showing their amazing progress.
The very next day, November 7th, 2006, my wife and
I went through every cabinet and cupboard in our
house and got rid of ALL the bad foods. We then
went to the grocery store and bought foods that
met YOAD and from that day we have not looked back!
We could not find the book at any local store so we
ordered it off Amazon. It took a few weeks to arrive
but we started cooking with only YOAD approved foods
using YOAD approved methods and we WERE seeing
results even before the book arrived.
From there it has been all downhilll. I have lost 110lbs
since starting on YOAD in November but about 125lbs
over the last 18 months total. Wahoo!
And most of my medical problems related to my weight
have now vanished including high bood pressure, acid
reflux and sleep apnea. I have much more energy and
I feel better than I can ever remember!
And its all thanks to YOAD!
ongoing medical problems and when I weighed
in I remember being 305lbs. That was the heaviest
I could ever remember weighing on any scale in my life.
My wife, also overweight, started some small changes
in her diet at that time and those changes made its way
through into my diet as well.
In September 2006, I watched my mother undergo
triple bypass surgey. And I always believed her
to be of modest health although she had passed
on a few of her problems to me including high blood
pressure and acid reflux issues. In her early 20's,
unaware of her high blood pressure problem, she
actually had a stroke, although not very severe.
My dad is a bit healthier even though being
12 years older than my mom, but he has borderline
adult onset diabetes and he had a stint put into an
artery a few years back.
Taking in all this information, It was then I decided
I needed to make some serious changes in my life
or I will be the next one on the heart ward not too
long from now.
It was Novemeber, 2006 and I was already following
the few changes my wife had made to her diet and we had
both lost about 15lbs in the last few months. Any
change at this point was a good change. We watched
a Discovery Health special called YOU: On A Diet featuring
the YOU docs and a few families incorporating YOAD
into their daily lives and showing their amazing progress.
The very next day, November 7th, 2006, my wife and
I went through every cabinet and cupboard in our
house and got rid of ALL the bad foods. We then
went to the grocery store and bought foods that
met YOAD and from that day we have not looked back!
We could not find the book at any local store so we
ordered it off Amazon. It took a few weeks to arrive
but we started cooking with only YOAD approved foods
using YOAD approved methods and we WERE seeing
results even before the book arrived.
From there it has been all downhilll. I have lost 110lbs
since starting on YOAD in November but about 125lbs
over the last 18 months total. Wahoo!
And most of my medical problems related to my weight
have now vanished including high bood pressure, acid
reflux and sleep apnea. I have much more energy and
I feel better than I can ever remember!
And its all thanks to YOAD!
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4 comments:
I understand Marshall, if and when I lose weight, I will always be fat!
The days of young and skinny are long gone for me!
I finally found the Hershey's pure espresso!
Yummy!
Me
Hey Chari
I'm glad you found the pure expresso. It's one of our favorite chocolates.
Oh yeah, the young thing is a whole seperate session for me..LOL.
Have a great one :)
Hey Orlando,
I've been lurking here, reading your blog--saw your posts on the RealAge website and also on Richard's blogs. First of all, what a tremendous job...losing 105 lbs on YOAD as well as another 15 another way (you sound very much like my own start to the "lifestyle."
As I read your previous blog, I had a comments I wanted to make, specifically when you said:
My last problem is that my body fat percentage is still a few points higher than what I like even though I am at a healthy weight. Stubborn belly fat!
Then I read your most current blog, and I felt like you had made the very comments I wanted to make. You've lost over 100 pounds. You still might be "overweight" in terms of BMI, but the YOAD doctors don't seem to put that much value into BMI, either. Is your goal of 180 just where you want to be, or is there a medical reason you want to be there?
As for that stubborn belly fat, it will require you to keep up the YOAD principles once your depart from the "diet", as you well know. I also think it will entail lots of crunches and abdominal work. Then again, maybe that particular fat is the good fat talked about in the YOAD book--or is it loose skin?
Anyway, this is the time for you to reinvent the image of yourself and to say, "I am no longer fat." You've got a wife and colleagues to remind you of this fact. Still, it's tough to do.
Keep up the good work, and thanks for all that you do to be an inspiration to others on the diet, particularly on the RealAge boards.
Chris
Thanx Chris for that response.
I want to be just the healthiest weight I can according to the medical community so it's through them I researched that question.
Strange that if I bring up 10 different website, including RealAge, I get 10 different answers to what my ideal weight
should be. But they all hover
around the same range of numbers;
typically between 170lbs and 190lbs. So I split the difference (180lbs) and believe that is the best answer I was going to get :)
The belly fat really can't be targetted through crunches although believe me I have been doing them. The only way to get rid of it is to lower my overall bodyfat percentage. Only in the last few weeks have I started weight training which will target my body fat issue better than anything else I have been doing to date. I have been focusing on
cardio which is great for weight loss overall but does not target body fat specifically.
Yup, I think I have already re-invented myself and I have been accepting my new skinny-ness here more and more over the last week or so.
Thanx again for your input and have
a great day!
Marshall
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