Lost 60 Pounds in 6 Months - Thought I would share.

So I have been doing 3 things:

I log everything I eat and drink in MFP - It really holds me accountable and makes you think about everything you put in your mouth.

After reading The Belly Fat Cure by Dr. Jorge Cruise - Everything made sense to me. I weighed 285 - heaviest I had ever been in May 2014. I read the book in June after my Doctor suggested it. I have been eating less than 16 grams of sugar a day since then. I also eat 6 servings of carbs or less a day - So it is not like Atkins. The biggest part of this way of eating that helped me lose weight is cutting out the sugars. By drastically cutting your sugar intake, your body greatly reduces the production of insulin. For the last 30 years, I was eating between 75-200 grams of sugar a day...When you eat this much sugar, our body produces great amounts of insulin...insulin tells your body to produce fats to feed your cells. When your cells have all they need - your body "stores the extra fats" to burn later. By reducing insulin production, your body now tells itself...Now we need that stored fat to burn, and it goes and gets it, instead of producing more. I am eating less than 1650 calories a day and am almost never hungry. It does take a couple weeks for your body to adjust to the lower sugar intake - you almost go through withdrawals to an extent, but it is SO worth it.

Third, I bought a Misfit Shine (fitness tracker), and started forcing myself to walk at least 10,000 a day. Most days I hit my goal, and now that I have dropped a big chunk of weight it is much easier.

If you read the book, it goes in to a lot more detail, but this is a general overview that I hope, will motivate more of you to get started.

My name is Mark - My initial goal was to lose 100 lbs and I am at about 225 right now...It has been 20 years since I was under 230...I can see reaching 180, and it has not been difficult. I've tried all the fad diets including South Beach, but this is a life change way of eating that I will need to stick to forever and I am committed to it.

Good luck!