Re: One year on, 90 pounds lost, 25 to 40 pounds left to go.

Hi Steve, I’m so glad to meet you, thank you for replying to me. I came to the forum because a friend told me that one of her co-workers was fasting and it intrigued me so I did a search and came up with Curezone. This looks like a great place to be. I read several of your posts and found them to be open and honest, you are very giving of yourself. I saw the picture of your huge pants on your now skinny body, WOW! I also saw the picture of your refrigerator jam packed with good stuff, was that a bottle of wine I saw on the bottom shelf? ☺ I want to learn to love all those good things.

Ok, so here’s the scoop on me. I just turned the BIG 50 but I still feel like I’m in my 20’s. I started out in life to be very skinny but when I was 5 my parents put me on a plane and sent me to spend the summer with my beloved Grandmother. She lived in the south and introduced me to all that good southern cooking, fried foods and very fattening desserts. I don’t know if my metabolism was reset due to all the different types of foods or what but ever since then I have battled my weight. Maybe I just like to use that as an excuse, I might have turned out heavy anyway, I don’t know. By age 6 I was a chubby kid, then a chunky teen, and now an overweight adult. Since my late teens I have been on every diet known to man, I find that I have no trouble losing weight (well, it does get harder the older I get) but I have never been able to change my eating habits once I lose the weight and I am convinced that is what it’s going to take for me, I need to change my eating habits. I think that fasting might just help me with that, what do you think? I’m sure like with any diet much of it is mind over matter; I would think that would apply even more with fasting. I think I’m going to give it a try after Thanksgiving. Lately I have been eating when I’m not hungry but that is probably due to the fact that I’m home all day now and I’m used to working so it’s most likely out of boredom. I’m self-employed and decided to stay home for a while, in light of me stuffing my face maybe that wasn’t such a good idea huh? I’m 5’5 and I weigh 185lbs, I know that is probably obese, I feel most comfortable at around 130-140lbs. I think if I fasted for 7 to 10 days at a time I would be able to accomplish my goal in a few months. I have never had any health problems but I do smoke, I want to quit and will before I undertake a fast. I’ve never had any kind of eating disorder except over eating all the wrong foods.

Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated. I’m glad I found this forum. Thanks.

Willow